Catering ACS Gas Extension to Range & Scope (New as GN8)

Catering Gas ACS Extension to Range & Scope course

• Course overview

  Choose additional ACS Codes from our pre-defined list below (Note. You must have been Gas Safe Registered for over 6 months or completed an appropriate MLP (Managed learning program). The parent course will include the following, most popular ACS sessions which you can choose from:-

  CCCN1 – Commercial catering natural gas core
  COMCAT1– Commercial catering appliance (Table 1) 
  COMCAT3 – Commercial catering appliance (Table 3) 
  
  

  COMCAT2 & 5 - Commercial catering appliance (Table 2 & 5) - available on request

  The  Commercial Catering ACS Gas Extension to Range & Scope course includes, assessment, gas book and Administration & certification fees.

  If you do not see the ACS code you require. please contact our Customer Service Team on 02890739418  (option 1) for further advice.

• Entry Requirements

  The Commercial ACS Gas extension to Range & Scope course is for Gas Safe Registered operatives who need to renew their commercial ACS qualifications.

  These changes reflect the NEW Pre-requisite Training for experienced operatives as Published in GN8. 

  In a nutshell If you have been Gas Safe Registered for over 6 months and have  the domestic or Commercial core on your certificate then you are suitable for this course. If you have no previous on-site experience, we will carry out RWE (Real Work Environment training & experience in accordance with GN8 prior to assessing you). If you wish to add a further scope (e.g Commercial Gas) we will require you to book onto our Commercial ACS Gas Extension of Scope course where, if you have no previous on-site experience, we will carry out RWE (Real Work Environment training & experience in accordance with GN8 prior to assessing you).The scheme expects engineers to gain some experience in what they’ve been trained initially before extending the scope of their work.

  Please note: These changes are nationwide and are not coming from CCTS. All training centres in Britain & Northern Ireland will have to adhere to the new requirements. 

  In order to undertake re-assessment, operatives must complete the course no more than 12 months after the expiry date of their existing qualifications.

  The core re-assessment can be completed up to six months before this expiry date.

  Gas installers who have held the qualifications previously but have let them lapse by more than 12 month, must undertake a Managed learning Programme (MLP)

  Candidates who have never held a core but have transferable skills and experience may be eligible for the Logic MLP (Managed Learning Programme)

  Gas Safe Registered Operatives may only undertake gas appliance re-assessment in modules which they have previously been certificated under the ACS scheme

• Do I need this course?

  Membership of the Gas Safe Register is a legal requirement for any installer wishing to carry out gas work in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Guernsey.

  To register as a Commercial Catering gas installer, you must hold Core Commercial Catering Gas Safety (CCCN1) plus certification for the appliances you intend to work on.

• Course content/Syllabus

  A. Extract Systems

   

  1. Standards and Normative Documents.

   

  2. Extraction Systems.

   

  3. Maintenance of extract systems

   

  4. Canopy Dimensions.

   

  5. Canopy Extract Flow Rates.

   

  6. Ductwork.

   

  7. Ventilated Ceilings.

   

  8. Plenum Type Ceiling.

   

  9. Cassette Type Ceiling.

   

  10. Interlocking of Extraction Systems.

   

  11. Conducting Interlock Risk Assessments

   

  12. Replacing Appliances.

   

  13. Testing Extract Systems

   

  14. Make Up Air.

   

  15. Requirements for vents and grilles

   

  1. Controls

   

  1. Isolation valves.

   

  2. Gas Taps.

   

  3. Solenoid Valves.

   

  4. Pressure Regulators.

   

  5. Air Pressure Switches.

   

  6. Thermo-electric Valve Controls.

   

  7. Flame Signalling.

   

  8. Flame Rectification.

   

  9. Liquid Expansion Valves (Flame Supervision Device).

   

  10. Liquid Expansion Thermostats.

   

  11. Multi-function Valves.

   

  12. Low Pressure Cut-off.

   

  13. Safety Interlocks.

   

  14. Electric Thermostats.

   

  The candidate will be assessed in the following areas:-

  • Gas safety legislation and standards
  • Gas emergency actions and procedures
  • Installation of pipework and fittings
  • Tightness testing and purging (natural gas installations of total IV < 0.035 m³) Appliance pipework connections
  • Unsafe situations, use of emergency notices and warning labels for pipework
  • Operation and positioning of emergency isolation controls and valves
  • Products and characteristics of combustion
  • Checking and/or setting meter regulators (and supply/appliance regulators)
  • Unsafe situations, use of emergency notices and warning labels
  • Operation and checking of appliance gas safety devices and controls
  • Re-establish existing gas supply and relight appliances . Ventilation and flueing (make-up and extract).

   

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• ACS Guidance Note 8/8A

  ACS Guidance Note 8/8A