ACS CENWAT, HTR1, CKR1 & DAH1 Initial & Reassessment Training & Assessment

• Understand the types and operating principles of central heating boilers, water heaters, gas fires, cookers, and warm air heaters
• Develop the practical skills needed to carry out pre-installation checks and correct installation procedures
• Build competence in testing and commissioning domestic gas appliances across all four categories
• Develop the ability to service, fault-find, and repair domestic gas appliances
• Ensure learners can identify unsafe situations across a range of domestic gas appliances
• Build understanding of the operation and checking of appliance safety devices and controls
• Develop competence in the installation and maintenance of central heating and water heating systems
• Ensure learners can carry out the installation and maintenance of space heaters
• Reinforce current legislation and safe working practices relevant to domestic gas appliances
• Develop competence in the installation and maintenance of cookers and ovens
• Ensure learners can carry out the installation and maintenance of warm air units
• Build understanding of correctly labelling the meter and recording installation details
• Prepare learners for both the written and practical elements of ACS assessment
• Support domestic gas engineers in broadening their scope of appliance-specific competence

• Central Heating & Water Heating installation & maintenance
• Space Heater installation & maintenance
• Current legislation and safe working practices
• Cooker/Oven installation & maintenance
• Warm air unit installation & maintenance
• Labelling the meter and recording installation details
• Types of appliances and operating principles: boilers, water heaters, fires, cookers, and warm air heaters
• Pre-installation checks
• Installation of appliances
• Testing and commissioning of appliances
• Servicing, fault-finding, and repair
• Identification of unsafe situations
• Operation and checking of appliance safety devices and controls
• CENWAT: central heating boilers and water heaters
• HTR1: gas fires and space heaters, including wall heaters
• CKR1: domestic cookers, hotplates, ovens, and grill units
• DAH1: domestic warm air heaters
• Written assessment preparation
• Practical assessment preparation

This course is aimed at gas engineers holding a current CCN1 (Core Domestic Gas Safety) qualification who want to gain or renew their ACS appliance assessments for central heating boilers and water heaters, fires, cookers, and warm air heaters. Learners must provide their current ACS CCN1 certificate in order to access these appliance assessments. The Initial Assessment route is for those undertaking these appliance assessments for the first time, or whose qualifications expired more than 12 months ago, while the Reassessment route is for those renewing current or recently expired qualifications, no more than 12 months past the expiry date.

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