What you'll learn?

  • Heat pumps in context.
  • How a Heat pump works – principles and components
  • Insulation, heat losses and the effect of heating system design
  • Domestic hot water, buffer tanks and solar coils
  • Ground heat exchangers
  • Health and Safety
  • Heat pump installation
  • Maintenance and fault finding
  • Plus an appendix containing reference charts for ground heat exchanger design.

Description

This course covers the key competencies required in order to safely and correctly install both Air and Ground Source Heat Pump systems.

The course is recognised as a demonstration of competence for the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) having been developed in association with GSHPA (Ground Source Heat Pump Association). It is also NOS and QCF Mapped.

Prerequisites

  • Trainees should have a minimum
  • N/SVQ Level 2/3 in Plumbing or equivalent earlier certification; or
  • N/SVQ Level 2/3 in Heating and Ventilating (Domestic Installation) or equivalent earlier certification; or
  • N/SVQ Level 2/3 in Heating and Ventilating (Industrial and Commercial Installation) or equivalent earlier certification; or
  • N/SVQ Level 2/3 in Oil-Fired Technical Services or equivalent earlier certification; or
  • N/SVQ Level 2/3 in Gas Installation and Maintenance or equivalent earlier certification; or
  • Heating installers with minimum 3 years of experience installing wet central heating systems, evidenced either by manufacturer courses certification or Gas Safe Register, OFTEC, MCS or HETAS registration

Awarded

  • Domestic Air and Ground Source Heat Pump Systems - DHPS/DASHP/DGSHP