DIY Gas Fitting

[ian4147]

lol not been on for ages as been very busy at college etc.the person involved did fly planes if you had read my second post he also engineers model steam engines which i imagine have much higher pressures than your average gas supply.he recently removed his gas fire which was profesionally fitted and low and behold the pipe was almost cut through because it had been tightened up that much.

[fuzzy]

Originally Posted by adrianfs1

hi sorry to butt in guys, but how are you supposed to learn how to work with gas if you are not allowed to work with gas, all these gorgi guys are going to retire eventually, who will do the work then...????????????

you can sit your ACS if you have experience of working with a registered gasinstaller(RGI). Thats hard to get but so it should be, the prefered option by the industry and the people you will be doing work for is a apprenticeship, either for school leavers or adults. it makes no difference what your age is as long as you get the correct training and experience.
The ACS that you complain you cannot do without experience isnt a training course but a refresher for expereinced fitters. If your new you want a level2 then 3 gas fitting course.

Yes all RGI's will retire as will other trades and they like gas will require newentrants who are just as skilled as the previous tradesmen, nothing wrong with that.

oh and dave williams, its not about money, its about ensuring people working on such apliances have the skills to do so and policing it. as a cleint im sure you would want that

[CopperPot]

Do most plumbers not go as far as gas qualifications? ive been looking into becoming a plumber and i have decided not to get gas qualified immediatley... for 1, i think working with gas cannot be learned well on a fast track and 2, its bloody expensive to train. Im going to get the lower certificates and work for a year or 2 before attempting the gas side of things..

Originally Posted by fuzzy

you can sit your ACS if you have experience of working with a registered gasinstaller(RGI). Thats hard to get but so it should be, the prefered option by the industry and the people you will be doing work for is a apprenticeship, either for school leavers or adults.

[fuzzy]

Originally Posted by CopperPot

Do most plumbers not go as far as gas qualifications? ive been looking into becoming a plumber and i have decided not to get gas qualified immediatley... for 1, i think working with gas cannot be learned well on a fast track and 2, its bloody expensive to train. Im going to get the lower certificates and work for a year or 2 before attempting the gas side of things..

There are many plumbers who do not work on gas, they are after all 2 different trades! they only really merged when plumbers started fitting gas central heating. now the trades are linked but sperate. many plumbers only do the acs and cen1 to fit boilers. Leaving the other aspects to gas fitters
the route you suggest is the prefered option to the trade, get either your plumb quals, gian experience and then go for your acs OR train as a gas fitter and not a plumber.