MCS Made Easy
This one day course aims to assist installers with the MCS Certification process and will help delegates implement an MCS-QMS in their own business. Delegates will be supplied with their own Company MCS Quality Manual and the day will cover the 19 steps required within MCS001.
Although MCS Made Easy does not guarantee passing an MCS accreditation process, it should very significantly reduce the time you require to obtain MCS and also minimise the number of non-conformances your company receives from your Certification Body.
Renewtech
Based
in Newhaven, East Sussex, Folkestone and Kent.
Renewtech
offer NICEIC accreditation in Solar Thermal, Energy
Efficiency, Water Regulations, Unvented Hot Water and
Health and Safety. Shortly Heat Pumps, Underfloor
heating an Photovoltaics will be included.
Solar
Water Heating
BPEC
run a course developed in conjunction with the
Solar Trade Association aimed at already qualified or
experienced domestic heating engineers and plumbers.
The course usually takes approximately 2-3 days to complete
including theory, practical and assessment.
There
are a number of assessment centres that run the BPEC
approved course and they can be found following the
web link.
Logic
Certification also offer a course in Solar Thermal
Domestic Hot Water (although unlike the BPEC course
it does not cover roof mounting). Both the BPEC
and the Logic Certification courses can assist in achieving
recognition under the Microgeneration
Certification Scheme (MCS) which is required to
gain access to Government support initiatives for microgeneration
e.g the Low
Carbon Buildings Porgramme
Ground
Source Heat Pumps (GSHP)
BPEC
Certification have a training course in Ground
Source Heat Pumps running in conjunction with the Renewable
Energy Installer Academy in Northern Ireland .
Logic
Certification is developing training on GSHP.
The Centre
for Alternative Technology runs weekend courses
in Ground Source Heat Pumps.
In addition, a number of GSHP companies run training
for the installation of their systems (such as EarthEnergy
Ltd ; Worcester
Bosch and Ice
Energy ).
Biomass
HETAS
is the official body recognised by government to
approve solid fuel domestic heating appliances, fuels
and services. In association with the Solid
Fuel Association . HETAS operates a registration
scheme for heating engineers with special skills in
the installation and maintenance of solid fuel heating
systems. A
four day HETAS approved solid biomass training course
is run by Sure
Fire Technical Services.
The Centre
for Alternative Technology in Wales offer weekend
BPEC registered courses on Heating with Wood.
Northwoods,
the North East's Woodland Initiative run Ignite
training, a three day course aimed at farmers, foresters
and arborists with modules on woodfuel systems, woodfuel
resource and woodfuel technlogy with additional modules
on managing woodlands for fuel, marketing your woodfuel
business and woodfuel business management. The
course is accredited by Lantra Awards.
Gerkros
offer
training on Biomass Heating Systems at their Training
Centre in Ireland.
Photovoltaics
City
& Guilds with a number of other providers have
developed a Certificate in Installing and Testing Domestic
PV systems - Vocational (No. 2372). The course is aimed
at practicing experienced electricians who either have
or are working towards NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, students
will ideally have knowledge of the IEE 16th Edition
Wiring Regulations and of Test and Inspection. It runs
across a number of centres and takes five days.
This course is currently being run by Centre
for Alternative Technology.
Wind
Courses
in micro-wind are run by Elesca
& WM
Training for those with and without previous electrical
training. In Northern Ireland the
Renewable Energy Installer Academy run courses
in mirco-wind and a number of other renewable energy
technologies. City & Guilds are also
developing a training course for wind. Empower
Training are planning to deliver this course.
CREST run a five day Wind Power Summer School each year. In
addition, a number of companies run courses specific
to the installation of one manufacturer's turbine -
for example Scottish
and Southern Energy (Swift Wind Turbines); Proven
and Iskra
.
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