Commercial laundry, coming soon to Northolt and Basildon

Posted on June 19, 2013 by jess

Commercial laundry covers non-domestic appliances such as those used in laundrettes, schools and hospitals. To better cater for all types of gas engineer, we will soon be offering the ACS commercial laundry course, CCLNG1, at our Basildon and Northolt centres.

The course is required for any installer wishing to work on non-domestic laundry gas installations and appliances. In addition, candidates must also hold the relevant appliance element. Commercial laundry training will cover the following elements:

Gas safety, legislation and standards
Gas emergency actions and procedures
Installation of pipework and fittings
Tightness testing and purging
Unsafe situations, use of emergency notices and warning labels for pipework
Operation and positioning of emergency isolation controls and valves
Products and characteristics of combustion
Checking and/or setting meter regulators (and supply/appliance regulators)
Unsafe situations, use of emergency notices and warning labels
Operation and checking of appliance gas safety devices and controls
Re-establish existing gas supply and relight appliances
Ventilation and installation of chimney (exhaust duct)

To be eligible for commercial laundry training, candidates must already hold one of the following core qualifications:

We’ll keep you posted as to when this becomes available, but if you’re interested in finding out more before commercial laundry training and re-assessment is available at Northolt and Basildon, get in touch!

Smart delays for smart meters?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by jess

The roll-out of smart meters in 30 million UK homes has been postponed by more than a year. A recent Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announcement claims the £11.7bn project will now commence in 2015 to enable the industry more time to design, build and test the communications system required. This, in turn, has seen the end of the roll-out extended to 2020 instead of 2019.

Once in place, the project is aimed at cutting energy usage in households across the UK to prevent the need to import more energy in the future. Smart meters were to be introduced to bring an end to estimated bill by showing exactly how much gas and electricity is being used in each home, by sending an accurate meter reading back to the user’s energy supplier every day.

The delay has been widely supported, receiving praise from Angela Knight chief executive of Energy UK, who explained: “We welcome the government’s decision to allow an additional 12 months to complete the smart meter programme. This recognises the scale of the programme and the need to prepare carefully.”

Backing this opinion, Ed Davey, Energy Secretary, added: “Completing the national roll-out will be an enormous logistical and technical challenge for the industry. Getting this right for consumers is the government’s priority.”

There was more positive news from Don Leper, director of new business at E.ON, who said: “We’re making great progress with our smart metering programme. While E.ON has been installing smart meters for more than two years, this decision now provides the whole industry with the time to make best use of the foundation period to ensure that all our customers benefit.”

An updated view of Smart Meters is planned for publication in late 2013. To a degree, however, the future of Smart Meters and their route to market lays in the balance in the face of the next general election scheduled for May 2015.

Updated course list in response to changing industry

Posted on April 9, 2013 by jess

April means a new year for anyone who runs their own business. We have updated our price list for 2013, including some new courses and new information based on changes in the building services engineering sector.

The full price list can be downloaded here: PRICE LIST

New courses!

We’ve added the new MET4, Gas Meter course, which is designed specifically for installers who fit Diaphragm type meters. The course is for experienced gas installers who already hold Core Domestic Gas Safety (CCN1) and/or Core Commercial Gas Safety (COCN1), plus Testing and Purging of Pipework (TCPP1) and one or more of the following qualifications:

Core Emergency Service Provider (CESP1)
Core Meter Installation (MET2)

New information!

As of April 6^th the requirements for joining a Part P Competent Persons Scheme changed, with Qualifying Supervisors (QS) required to complete one of two new Level 3 qualifications. More information about these changes can be found on Logic Certification’s blog.

For Logic4training’s full list of courses and prices, download the price list here.

Job opportunities for Luton’s unemployed

Posted on March 17, 2013 by jess

We’ve teamed up with Luton Adult Learning to deliver Access to Building Services, a pre-apprenticeship course for 19+ students which provides an excellent grounding in the breadth of building services engineering. On completion of the course candidates will be ready to go on into full employment at a junior level or start an apprenticeship programme.

If you’re aged 19+, living in the Luton area and are currently unemployed, you could benefit from free training, leading onto a career in heating, ventilating, plumbing, air conditioning and refrigeration, electrical and even renewable technology installation.

On successful completion of the course, candidates will have a City & Guilds 2000-01 Level 1 Certificate in Access to Building Services Engineering, employability and work skills and a CSCS card, necessary to work on many building sites. Logic4training, along with Luton Adult Learning, will also try and link you up with a local employer; to provide experience and hopefully a job or apprenticeship placement.

For more information, download a leaflet here: Access to Building Services Engineering.

We’re looking for employers in the Luton area to take on apprentices/employees following this course, and/or provide general support to candidates during their training. Contact us for more information.

Gas Logic Solutions?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by jess

That’s not us! They say copying is the sincerest form of flattery but we’re not too happy about a completely unrelated company, Gas Logic Solutions, using the Gas Logic name against our wishes. We’re currently dealing with this matter in conjunction with our solicitors.

If you’re looking for high-quality, industry-leading gas and building services engineering training and consultancy then make sure you choose one of the Gas Logic brands; encompassing Logic4training, Electric Logic, Plumb Logic, Solar Logic and Logic4trade, covering the breadth of the BSE sector, plus the tools installers need to carry out their jobs. Gas Logic Solutions is nothing to do with this and has no affiliation with Gas Logic and these established brands.

Gas Logic has the solution for all your gas ACS training requirements, Gas Logic Solutions, well, we wouldn’t like to say!

Gas Logic: Gas safety training for ACS, assessment, re-assessment and new entrants courses available.

Electric Logic: City & Guilds courses for electricians, plus Part P training and AM2 assessment.

Plumb Logic: Training and assessment courses for plumbers.

Solar Logic: MCS recognised renewables training and new entrant’s courses.

Logic4trade: Your one stop shop for the tools and equipment building services engineers need to do their job.

Gas Logic Solutions: ? Nothing to do with us!

Commercial catering gas safety crack-down

Posted on February 28, 2013 by jess

There’s a big problem in the commercial catering sector and that’s badly maintained gas appliances and illegal work carried out by unqualified installers. Here at Logic4training we want this to be dealt with seriously and are in full support of any clamp downs to stop bad practice. With numerous staff and sometimes customers in commercial catering establishments, the risks to human health and even life, are potentially huge.

In 2012 Environmental Health inspected curry houses in Woking; 32 premises were inspected, 14 of which alongside a Gas Safe Registered engineer. The findings were not encouraging; three restaurants were closed immediately due to detection of gas leaks with others housing unsafe appliances and appliances in need of repair – a number of enforcement notices were also served.

This is an isolated scenario, but one that, in Logic4training’s opinion, should be repeated nationwide. If these more stringent checks are enforced, Gas Safe Registered engineers will be called upon to bring badly maintained equipment up to scratch.

If you already work in the commercial catering sector, make sure your customers are fully aware of the correct operation of their equipment and why this is so important. For example, ventilation is crucial. Multiple appliances all going simultaneously produce high-levels of heat, CO and CO2; consequently, a suitable interlock system must also be installed to prevent the appliance’s operation without suitable ventilation. The interlock system is an often ignored or bypassed area as powerful extraction systems consume a fair amount of electricity causing cash-conscious owners to switch them off – a potentially perilous move.

For gas engineers interested in entering this area, we provide changeover and up-skill packages, plus Approved Prior Learning programmes for non-gas safe registered candidates but who have some relevant experience – APL acts as a stepping stone onto the ACS scheme.

Health and Safety clamps downs, plus a buoyant sector – thanks to Brits holidaying at home and an increase in foreign visitors – means commercial catering could be a great industry to join.

For more information about our commercial catering gas courses, click here.

Changes to commissioning of gas boilers

Posted on January 17, 2013 by jess

From April 2013, boiler manufacturers are recommending that gas engineers measure the level of CO in the chimney/flue gases and combustion ratio when a boiler is commissioned. These new requirements have been agreed by the HHIC boiler manufacturers group and will become mandatory by April 2014.

Following installation, the measured CO level and combustion ratio should be recorded on the appropriate commissioning documentation (eg, an HHIC Benchmark Commissioning Checklist), this new requirement will eventually form part of a boiler’s warranty conditions.

These changes have been bought about due to concerns over a very small number of incidents involving newly installed condensing boilers fitted with air/gas ratio valves. Investigations of these incidences showed that high levels of CO were present in the appliances’ combustion products, due to a combination of factors; including inappropriate adjustment of the gas valve and poor flue installation.

The proposal to implement these changes follows-on from last year’s ACS requirements for gas engineers to be competent in using an electronic combustion gas analyser, covered in CPA1.

For more information about Logic4training’s ACS gas safety courses, click here.

Training to deal with a gas emergency

Posted on January 10, 2013 by jess

In the event of a gas emergency, a trained gas installer must be on call to make safe the situation. Gas emergency services providers, such as the National Grid, employ suitably qualified engineers to assist in unsafe situations.

If this is a role you currently undertake, or an area you’re looking to move into, then you need to complete ACS module, ‘Gas emergency services provider changeover course’ – CODNESP1. A new offering for Logic4training, this course is designed for existing domestic gas engineers, who are up to date with their Core Gas Safety (CCN1).

CODNESP1 specifically covers the required procedure for dealing with gas emergencies downstream of the emergency control valve:

Installation of pipework and fittings – pipe sizes 28mm to 100mm
Unsafe situations, use of emergency notices and warning labels
Operation and positioning of emergency isolation controls and valves (in Non Domestic premises)
Ventilation/chimney standards (Non Domestic)
Re-establishing existing gas supply and relight appliances (Non Domestic).

This new course follows in the footsteps of CMDDA1, which is designed for installers specifically dealing with a Carbon Monoxide leak call out, either due to an alarm going off, or signs of CO reported.

For more information about CODNESP1, gas emergency services training, click here.

Changes to flues in voids guidance

Posted on November 28, 2012 by jess

From 1st January 2013 the Gas Safe Register’s guidance for flues in voids is changing in regards to the correct procedure when dealing with a concealed flue that cannot be accessed. The Gas Safe Register is currently updating its technical guidance note on this subject, TB008, and it is expected that this will be issued in the next few weeks.

Any gas engineer carrying out work on a flued appliance should examine the flue to check it’s safe and working properly. This is particularly difficult where the chimney or flue is not accessible, often the case in flats built after 2000.

Ideally, concealed chimney/flue systems should be installed with an inspection hatch to allow examination. In some situations, however, an inspection hatch may not offer a practical solution.

The final detail of the new guidance is yet to be published, we will update our site accordingly, as soon as it is issued.

For information on our range of Gas ACS training, click here.

Carbon monoxide appliance testing

Posted on November 27, 2012 by jess

With the dangers of carbon monoxide well advertised, consumers are advised to minimise the risk of exposure by ensuring that all gas appliances and flues within their household are regularly maintained and all ventilators are clear. Fitting an audible CO alarm is also highly recommended and therefore trained gas engineers are required to deal with the leak in the event of an alarm going off.

Where signs of CO have been reported or an alarm has activated, a detailed examination of the gas appliances installed within the property will need to be carried out in accordance with the guidance and procedures detailed in BS7967. The ACS assessment, CMDDA1, has been introduced to assess the competence of the gas engineer to carry out this detailed examination and determine the cause of the CO.

What carbon monoxide appliance testing covers
CMDDA1 is limited to responding to reports of CO from domestic gas appliances.

If there has been an incident where the occupier has been taken to hospital or a fatality has occurred from suspected CO poisoning, the requirements of The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) apply. In this instance, the gas installation must not be disturbed, only made safe e.g. cap the gas supply at the meter. CMDDA1 does not cover the competencies required to carry out investigations in this case.

Pre requisites
The dwelling type will determine what ACS certificates must be held prior to taking CMDDA1. For examples, gas engineers intending to investigate suspect Natural Gas installations in domestic dwellings must hold valid ACS certificates for CCN1 and domestic appliances, plus CPA1 or equivalent gas services N/SVQ. Likewise, where the dwelling uses Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) the appropriate core or changeover and appliances must be held.

CMDDA1 is available as assessment only. It is strongly recommended that gas engineers familiarise themselves with the content, procedures and guidance provided in BS7967, parts 1-4, in preparation.

During the assessment the gas engineer will be provided a series of scenarios where CO in the atmosphere has been reported, they will then carry out a detailed investigation of the gas appliances installed and identify the cause of the CO. The investigation will require the engineer to select the appropriate equipment, carry out a risk assessment, conduct a series of atmosphere sampling tests, confirm the presence of CO and identify the faulty appliance.

Once the presence of CO is confirmed and the suspect appliance identified, the gas engineer will carry out a series of tests including combustion performance analysis and either repair or make safe the faulty appliance. All relevant information, risk assessments, results of atmosphere sampling and appliance tests are recorded on an Incident Report Form.

The assessment also covers the presence of CO in atmosphere by causes other than a gas appliance. Gas engineers will be assessed on their underpinning knowledge of BS7967 by correctly answering a number written multiple choice questions.

For more information and to book the Carbon Monoxide appliance testing course, click here.

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