Introduction to Solid Fuel

HETAS H001

This course provides a pathway to anyone beginning a career in solid fuel or interested in a greater understanding of modern solid fuel, its delivery and storage and associated technologies and appliances.

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Introduction to Solid Fuel

HETAS H001

This course provides a pathway to anyone beginning a career in solid fuel or interested in a greater understanding of modern solid fuel, its delivery and storage and associated technologies and appliances.

Course Overview

This course provides a pathway to anyone beginning a career in solid fuel or interested in a greater understanding of modern solid fuel, its delivery and storage and associated technologies and appliances. As an introductory course it is invaluable for anyone interested in solid fuel, wood and biomass technology and is intended to provide a demonstration on the basic operating principles of solid fuel appliances and information on the following:

Course content:

  • Fuel types, Storage & Selection
  • Principles of Combustion
  • Causes of Incomplete Combustion & Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  • Appliance types, Operating Principles & Selection
  • Legislation, Regulations & Industry guidance

Course Assessment Options

This course is designed for anyone seeking

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Written Assessments

These consist of three open book written assessments. The Open Book assessments permit the use of approved reference material such as Hetas manuals to obtain answers.  All three written assessments contain either multiple questions or true/false statements.

Practical Assessments

There are no Practical activities required.

Practical Tests

There are no Practical activities required.

Course Schedule

This is a two days course which is inclusive of one hour assessment

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Pre-Requisites

There are no formal prerequisites required for this course

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