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BPEC Woody Biomass (Certificated) course
D & E Renewables Ltd in Partnership with Bishop Auckland College, is now
offering the BPEC Woody Biomass certificated training course. This course is
ideal for installers who are looking to move their businesses into the energy
efficient market or for those of you who would just like to have an overview of
woody biomass heating.
There is a strong demand for courses for renewable energy as plumbing and
heating engineers are realising that they need to respond to the increase in
demand from environmentally and economically conscious consumers.
Course Details
The woody biomass heating training and assessment course has been designed to
comply with the requirements of the
Microgeneration Certification Scheme
(MCS).
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.
This Woody Biomass training is an Industry-recognised Certified Course and this
BPEC certificate is recognised under the Micro Generation Certification Scheme
(MCS) and can be used by HETAS installers as evidence to apply to HETAS to have
‘biomass’ added as a category of registration – at this stage it is up to 50kW
in dwellings.
Who should attend?
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 and
• Hold a pre-requisite hetas 2 Day heating engineers certificate.
Duration & Location
This is a 4 day course which runs from Monday to Thursday between
08.30am-16.30pm. The course is held at Bishop Auckland College’s Skills and
Enterprise Centre, in Spennymoor, County Durham
Cost
£490 plus Vat
Course Information and Booking
For more information or to book a place on the BPEC Biomass Installers course,
please call us on 01388 825840 or you can email:
Rob.Richardson@bacoll.ac.uk
Note. If you are contacting the main college switchboard ask for ext.7770
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