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 Overview - Refrigeration Courses

Will you be compliant in 2011 ?

THESE COURSES ARE CURRENTLY SUSPENDED - PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

New F-Gas legislation came into force  in July 2011 making all previous qualifications invalid. The Construction Skills (formally CITB) have replaced their existing refrigerant handling qualifications with the new F-Gas legislation requirements with the exception of Ammonia which remains unchanged.

Construction Skills now offer a choice of 4 categories:

• Category 1 for systems with more than 3 kgs of refrigerant in them
• Category 2 for systems with less than 3 kgs of refrigerant in them
• Category 3 Recovery of Refrigerant Only
• Category 4 Leak Testing Only

We appreciate most engineers will need Category 1 so we are offering this as standard but for those needing Categories 2, 3 or 4 we will provide these on request.

Our approach is to aid and facilitate companies with a ONE STOP SHOP for all their Certification requirements.

Category 1: For personnel who require certification of competence to carry out all work on all systems such as installation, recovery, maintenance and repairs regardless of F-Gas quantity. Brazing knowledge is required for this category.

Category 2: For personnel who require certification of competence to carry out recovery, installation, maintenance and repairs on systems containing F Gases (Fluorocarbon Refrigerants) up to 3 Kg. (6 Kg if hermetically sealed system) or Air conditioning / heat pumps up to 5 Kg (6 Kg if hermetically sealed system).

CATEGORY 1 is the more flexible and common module as it allows you to work on above and below 3kg.

FG-1 Gas Regulations

This is a two day training and assessment course. This course is aimed at intermediate level engineers who feel that they would benefit from an overall review of refrigeration systems and the City & Guilds or CSkills content with the addition of more practical experience prior to undertaking the assessment. Engineers will need a small amount of experience in brazing before attending the course but a brief practical session will be carried out for those whom need extra hands on experience.

FG-2 Gas Regulations

This is a one day assessment course. This course is for experienced engineers who feel that they only need a review of the regulations course content prior to undertaking the assessment. Engineers will need to be competent at brazing prior to coming on this course.

FG-3 Refrigeration Pipework and Brazing

The course is essential for all personnel who wish to be competent in installing and/or replacing refrigeration or air conditioning copper pipework. It is a practically orientated course but includes theoretical elements for safe and competent refrigeration brazing techniques.