• Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technician – Level 3

    Course Details

    Course Duration: 48 months (not including EPA period)

    Delivery method: 1 day a week at our Training centre and site visits from our assessors. Access to an online portfolio.

    Assessment methods: A combination of observations, centre based practical and onsite assessments, professional discussions, written and oral questioning, online and paper-based tests and portfolio evidence gathering. A final End Point Assessment.

    Entry requirements: No prior experience is required; however, learners must be working in the plumbing industry. Entry will be based on initial assessments and an interview.

    Apprentices without level 2 English and maths (or equivalent) will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment. This will be incorporated into your Apprenticeship.

    Apprenticeship Profile

    Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technicians plan, select, install, service, commission and maintain all aspects of plumbing and heating systems. Plumbing and domestic heating technicians can find themselves working inside or outside a property. Customer service skills and being tidy and respectful are important qualities as they can often find themselves working in customers’ homes as well as on building sites. As a competent Plumbing and Heating Technician, the installation of plumbing and heating systems includes accurate measuring, marking, cutting, bending and jointing metallic and non-metallic pipework. Appliances and equipment can include gas, oil and solid fuel boilers as well as pumps, heat emitters, bathroom furniture or controls as part of a cold water, hot water, and central heating or above ground drainage and rainwater systems. Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technicians are at the forefront of installing new and exciting environmental technologies like heat pumps, solar thermal systems, biomass boilers and water recycling systems. It is important for a plumbing and heating technician to be able to work independently or as a team and use their knowledge and skills to ensure that both the system and appliances are appropriately selected and correctly installed, often without any supervision, and done so in a safe, efficient and economical manner to minimise waste. 

    Candidates will be required to achieve the Level 3 Diploma in Plumbing and Domestic Heating.

    Topics Covered

    • Health and Safety
    • Core plumbing systems
    • Electrical components and control systems
    • Plumbing science and processes
    • Principles of environmental technology systems
    • Principles of fossil fuels
    • Customer service
    • Communication
    • Sustainable working

    Skills Developed

    • Safe working
    • Core plumbing system techniques
    • Electrical components and control systems techniques
    • Supervisory skill

    Options

    In addition to the core skills and knowledge requirements, Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technicians must choose to undertake one of the following specialisms:

    Option

    Knowledge

    Skills

    Option 1 (Fossil Fuel – Natural Gas)

    Understand the principles of selection, installation, testing, commissioning and service and maintenance techniques on  domestic downstream natural gas pipework systems and appliances

    Select, install, test, commission, service and maintain domestic downstream natural gas pipework systems and appliances

    Option 2 (Fossil Fuel - Oil)

    Understand the principles of selection, installation, testing, commissioning and service and maintenance techniques on domestic oil storage, pipework and appliances

    Select, install, test, commission, service and maintain domestic oil storage, pipework and appliances

    Option 3 (Fossil Fuel – Solid Fuel)

    Understand the principles of selection, installation, testing, commissioning and service and maintenance techniques on domestic solid mineral fuel, wood burning and biomass appliances

    Select, install, test, commission, service and maintain domestic solid mineral fuel, wood burning and biomass appliances

    Option 4 (Environmental Technologies)

    Understand the principles of selection, installation, testing, commissioning and service and maintenance techniques on solar thermal, heat pumps and water recycling systems

    Select, install, test, commission, service and maintain solar thermal, heat pumps and water recycling systems

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