BPEC Renewable Energy Awareness
This course is ideally suited to householders, housing associations, teachers, local building control officers, housing developers, and installers wishing to know more before committing themselves to a full course.
In the light of rising fuel bills and average gas bills exceeding £1000 a year, BPEC has introduced a course designed to educate and inform individuals about renewable energy heating and energy technologies
What will I study and how am I assessed?
There are no pre-requisites to undertaking this course
The content of the course is as follows:
• Getting started 

• Cost of fuel 

• Climate change and energy efficiency 

• Solar thermal water heating 

• Domestic scale biomass systems 

• Heat pumps 

• Wind power 

• Photo-voltaic systems 

• Micro-hydro
You will then be required to complete open book assessments.
Duration
2 Days
Investment
Open Programme:   £200

BPEC Solar Thermal
Is it for me?
This course is aimed at plumbers or multi skilled workers who have solid experience in plumbing / heating engineering and / or a level 3 NVQ plumbing/heating engineering qualification. Anyone attending this course must have already achieved their unvented hot water systems and hold a valid certificate.
If you are intending to certify under an MCS scheme then this course will count towards certification for solar thermal technology.
What will I study and how am I assessed?
The content of the course is as follows:
·      Introduction to solar heating
·      Solar collectors
·      Hot water storage and key installation issues
·      Preparing to install a solar water heating system
·      Fitting solar collectors
·      Plumbing layout and design of solar water heating systems
·      Control and power requirements
·      System commissioning and handover to clients
You will then be required to complete open book assessments and practical assessments.
Duration
3 days
Investment
£500.00

BPEC Rainwater / Greywater
It is estimated that the demand for water is going to increase dramatically, to such an extent that the government is now looking at more sustainable approaches for water conservation. This is a hands-on course with interactive seminars and practical demonstration. On successful completion of the assessment candidates will be able to demonstrate their safety awareness and competency in the contents of the course.
The course is aimed at qualified plumbers, water professionals, civic bodies, policy makers and architects.
The content of the course is as follows:
·      Rainwater & Greywater harvesting in context
·      Legislation
·      Health & Safety
·      Rainwater Harvesting calculations
·      Systems & Components
·      Water Quality
·      Installation & Commissioning
·      Maintenance and fault finding
You will then be required to complete open book assessments and practical assessments.
Duration
2 days
Investment
£370.00 

BPEC Groundsource and Airsource heat pumps
This course suited to Candidates must hold an Unvented Domestic Hot Water qualification as well as one of the following:
A number of years’ experience in either conventional heating engineering or plumbing or an NVQ level 3 in conventional heating engineering or plumbing and To provide the knowledge and understanding required to install, commission and maintain groundsource and airsource heat pump systems.
What will I study and how am I assessed?
The content of the course is as follows:
·      Health and Safety requirements associated with heat pump systems 

·      Regulations and legislation relating to heat pumps 

·      Domestic pipework installation 
·      Installation of heat pumps 

·      Servicing and commissioning of heat pumps 
·      Carrying out safety checks 

·      Checking system stability 

·      Identifying installation faults
You will then be required to complete open book assessments.
Duration
2 Days
Investment
£350.00 

BPEC Woody Biomass
The woody biomass heating training and assessment course has been designed to comply with the requirements of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme.
The course examines modern wood heating with different types of domestic wood fuels, boilers, fuel preparation, chimneys and control systems. There will be practical and theory sessions and full system design will be explored, as well as the legal requirements for installations. This Woody Biomass course includes a BPEC assessment and is certificated on completion.
This Woody Biomass training is an Industry-recognised Certified Course and this BPEC Biomass certificate is recognised under the Micro Generation Certification Scheme (MCS) and can be used by installers as evidence to apply to accreditation bodies such as: NAPIT, BRE, NIC, ARE, ELC, HETAS to have ‘biomass’ added as a category of registration – at this stage it is up to 50kW in dwellings.
This course is suitable for candidates who:
•    Have a number of years’ experience in plumbing or conventional heating or
•    Who are at least knowledgeable about one typical domestic fuel source such as gas, oil, heat pumps or solar as well as experienced with domestic plumbing
or
•    Hold a formal qualification such as NVQ level 3 in plumbing or heating engineering
Duration
4 Days
Investment
£490

BPEC Solar Photovoltaic course
The course is designed for qualified electricians who hold inspection and test qualifications as well as a 17th edition certificate
The content of the course is as follows:
All study materials and practical training for the installation, maintenance, commissioning, handing over, fault diagnosis and fault rectification of solar photovoltaic systems.  Study materials are issued one month prior to the start of the course and candidates are expected to study the contents before starting.
Assessment is by two multi-choice exam papers, one short written answer paper and one practical assessment
Duration
3 Days
Investment
£450.00

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