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Solar Thermal Hot Water

Registered list price: £415.00 + VAT

Non registered list price: £415.00 + VAT

Duration: 3 days

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This 3 day course is designed for plumbing and heating engineers to provide the necessary skills for the design, installation,testing, commissioning, handover, servicing and fault finding of solar thermal hot water systems in accordance with the latest NOS/QCF criteria and MCS scheme requirements.

Day 1

Fundamental working principles
Fundamental requirements of building location/building features
Regulatory requirements
Health and safety risks and safe systems of work
Requirements of relevant regulations/standards relating to practical installation, testing and commissioning activities
Types and layouts
Purpose and operational characteristics of solar thermal hot water system components
Types and key operating principles of solar collectors
Information requirements to enable system component selection and sizing
Measuring the performance of solarhot water systems

Day 2

Preparatory work required for installations
Requirements for connecting collector circuits to combination boiler domestic hot water circuits
Requirements for installing pipework and solar collector arrays
Requirements to test and commission solar thermal hot water system installations
System handover requirements
Planning and preparation for the installation of ‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
Installing components
Testing, commissioning and handover of an ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system
Requirements for routine service and maintenance
Diagnosing and rectifying faults

Day 3

Theory and Practical assessment

The course is ideal for experienced plumbing and heating engineers looking to improve their knowledge and understanding of solar thermal hot water systems with a view to applying for:

Competent Person Scheme registration
Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) registration and/or
PAS 2030 Scheme

Candidates applying for this course must also hold the following qualifications:

NVQ Level 2 plumbing or H&V (domestic) or equivalent
A certificate of competence for the installation of unvented hot water systems
WRAS approved Water Regulations qualification
An Energy Efficiency qualification issued by a 17024 UKAS accredited body
An independently accredited Health and Safety qualification covering Working at Heights, CoSHH
and Manual Handling qualifications

The training and assessment have been designed to provide the necessary skills for the design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, servicing and faultfinding of solar thermal hot water systems in accordance with the latest NOS/QCF criteria and MCS scheme requirements.

Successful candidates will now be able to apply to join the MCS Installer Scheme.