ACS Specialist Appliance Initial Training & Assessment

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 am to Wed, 17 Dec, 2025 at 05:00 pm UTC+00:00

Inverness College UHI | Inverness

UHI Inverness
Publisher/HostUHI Inverness
ACS Specialist Appliance Initial Training & Assessment
Advertisement
The aim of this course is to provide gas operatives with their initial Gas Appliances certificates
About this Event

The aim of this course is to provide gas operatives with their initial Gas Appliances certificates making them eligible for Gas Safe registration.



Client Group

Candidates must be valid ACS/CORGI (CCN1) card holders, be approved for one or more of the specialist subjects listed below and must produce an original copy of their ACS certificate.



Award

On successful completion of the assessments, candidates will renew the following certificates as appropriate:

CENWAT: Domestic gas water and heater appliances and Domestic gas fired central heating boilers

CKR1: Domestic gas cooking appliances

HTR1: Domestic gas fires and wall heaters

DAH1: Domestic gas fired ducted air heaters




Course Content

The course is in two sections. The training section will prepare individuals to confidently complete the appliances assessments. The assessment section involves the candidate undertaking a series of practical checks to a standard that confirms competence in carrying out work safely.

Please note that the training section of this course is not compulsory. You could choose to attend for assessment only. In practice only an extremely small number of candidates take this route and we do recommend you attend training immediately in advance of your assessment.



Duration

Training 1.5 days (max 8)

Practical Assessment 1.5 days (per group of 4)

Training Monday all day and Tuesday morning for group of 8.

Assessment Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday all day for first group of 4.

Assessment Thursday all day and Friday morning for second group of 4.




Important information

To ensure Bpec Certification complies with its Awarding Body Agreement with Gas Safe Register, centres must verify the likeness of candidates who are undertaking assessments. This means that ALL candidates must have their likeness checked and recorded by one of the following means:

* A current valid passport

* A current valid driving licence (photo ID type)

* A photo ID card issued by the UK Border Agency

* Photo ID issued by any other Government agency

You also need to bring the following:

* Current CCN1 certificate or

* If you have an SVQ level 3 Plumbing certificate, you will need to complete the CCN1 course prior to completing the ACS course.

PLEASE BRING YOUR CURRENT CCN1 CERTIFICATE AND 2 PASSPORT PHOTOS

WITHOUT THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTATION, YOUR PLACE ON THE COURSE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.


Advertisement

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Inverness College UHI, 1 Inverness Campus, Inverness, United Kingdom

Tickets

GBP 650.00

Discover more events by tags:

Workshops in Inverness

Sharing is Caring:

More Events in Inverness

Breakfast with Santa Paws \ud83d\udc3e \ud83c\udf85\ud83c\udf84
Sun, 14 Dec at 09:30 am Breakfast with Santa Paws 🐾 🎅🎄

Aignish Drive, Inverness

Family Party Disco
Sun, 14 Dec at 12:00 pm Family Party Disco

Old Perth Road, IV2 5BE Inverness, United Kingdom

Calum MacColl Trio
Mon, 15 Dec at 07:30 pm Calum MacColl Trio

Highland Rugby Club, Bught Road, Inverness

Bay City Rollers in Inverness
Thu, 18 Dec at 07:00 pm Bay City Rollers in Inverness

An Seomar

Botanic House Presents: Mad Friday
Fri, 19 Dec at 05:00 pm Botanic House Presents: Mad Friday

The Botanic House

Tide Lines
Fri, 19 Dec at 07:00 pm Tide Lines

Inverness Leisure

Tide Lines in Inverness
Fri, 19 Dec at 07:00 pm Tide Lines in Inverness

Inverness Leisure Centre

Breakfast with The Grinch \ud83c\udf84\ud83d\udc9a
Sat, 20 Dec at 09:00 am Breakfast with The Grinch 🎄💚

Inverness Retail Park, Eastfield Way, IV2 7GD Inverness, United Kingdom

Inverness is Happening!

Never miss your favorite happenings again!

Explore Inverness Events