cost of oftec registration

[mike_s]

had one of my good customers call me today, pretty desperate as her oil boiler has broken down and she couldnt get hold of her usual oil engineer.


I do all of her gas work and landlord safety checks but all I could say was that I'm sorry I'm not qualified to work on oil boilers and I have no experience of it. I suggested she look on oftecs website for a local engineer which she was grateful of and did get someone out to it.


I have only come across 2 oil boilers in 8 years, I looked at the pricing of oftec 101 courses etc and it's looking like around £500 + registration fees.


How much is the registration and do you have to renew the quals every 5 years like the acs?

Probably not going to be worth it to me, anyone do much oil work?

I'd sooner do lpg and suggest she gets an lpg tank instead or a heat pump as I'm investing in renewables next year. She does have a large detached house probs 5 bedrooms + and says its very expensive to run on oil.

 

[ecowarm]

had one of my good customers call me today, pretty desperate as her oil boiler has broken down and she couldnt get hold of her usual oil engineer.


I do all of her gas work and landlord safety checks but all I could say was that I'm sorry I'm not qualified to work on oil boilers and I have no experience of it. I suggested she look on oftecs website for a local engineer which she was grateful of and did get someone out to it.


I have only come across 2 oil boilers in 8 years, I looked at the pricing of oftec 101 courses etc and it's looking like around £500 + registration fees.


How much is the registration and do you have to renew the quals every 5 years like the acs?

Probably not going to be worth it to me, anyone do much oil work?

I'd sooner do lpg and suggest she gets an lpg tank instead or a heat pump as I'm investing in renewables next year. She does have a large detached house probs 5 bedrooms + and says its very expensive to run on oil.

Mike,
I dont think swapping to LPG would be any cheaper than oil!

 

[mike_s]

Yea I havn't suggested anything or put much thought into it yet, only thought of the idea because of her difficulty finding a local oil engineer and shes mentioned before she would like another way, I'll probably suggest a heat pump once I've done the courses if they're good enough to rely on as the only heat source.

I'll have to find out what her neighbours have, if they all have oil then it could be worth it to me doing my oftec.

 

[dontknowitall]

Back of the *** packet prices:

Training, every 5 years - £800
Registration, every 5 years - £900
Presumably you have FGA, but smoke pump, spanners and a few other tools £150

 

[mike_s]

cheers, can you pay monthly by direct debit like with gas safe or is it the full £900 odd up front for 5 years.
And yes got a fga which I use almost every day!

 

[dontknowitall]

I think you can pay OFTEC annually but training will, presumably, depend on the training company.

If you go down this route and can get to Telford, you might consider Aga. Their training isn't brilliant but it means you can pick up Aga and oil stove jobs as well, as opposed to oil boilers only.

 

[Dannypipe]

I've wanted to get Oftec registered for a long time. Even bought my smoke pump allready!

Is there anywhere in Kent that's good for training?

I've got quite a bit of experience with oil fired boilers, as I know its not yet against the law to work on them, and so I've repaired a few of my old neighbours. (I've moved recently, but previously lived on the edge of a farm where we all, myself included had oil fired boilers.

I would love to get properly trained and qualified, as it would be a real advantage where I live.

 

[grahamgas]

I've wanted to get Oftec registered for a long time. Even bought my smoke pump allready!

Is there anywhere in Kent that's good for training?

I've got quite a bit of experience with oil fired boilers, as I know its not yet against the law to work on them, and so I've repaired a few of my old neighbours. (I've moved recently, but previously lived on the edge of a farm where we all, myself included had oil fired boilers.

I would love to get properly trained and qualified, as it would be a real advantage where I live.

I think Trianco do some of their trining up at chatham. Not sure how far that is for you. IIRC their cost £750 including all the books. Think they only do chatham every other month

Graham

 

[benfisher]

Heres all the latest info on fee's http://www.oftec.co.uk/documents/PaymentDetailspaymentinfullGBSept11.pdf
Im qualified but i haven't bother getting registered as i've only had 2 people phone me about oilt in the last 12 months.

 

[Dannypipe]

Cheers lads. Another string to my bow, here I come!!