NVQ Level 2 Diploma in Plumbing and Heating – QCF 6189 -11
Course duration dependent on ‘on-site’ activity, available at Caerphilly site
This new Diploma is the replacement qualification for the technical certificate 6129 and NVQ 6089. It’s the only way to become a qualified plumber in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The course will suit you if you’re a new entrant to the plumbing industry or if you’re already in the trade and want to gain a formal qualification.
You take both theoretical and practical elements in the units so you achieve the qualifications in small, manageable steps. You first follow a path of mandatory study which is outlined below, before getting a choice at Level 3 regarding the fuel route you wish to take, including the gas option.
As well as training in the Centre, you need to secure an industrial placement to complete the ‘on-site’ sections of the qualification. You receive your Diploma once you achieve a set amount of units incorporating both theoretical and practical knowledge and skills.
Assessment is both practice-based and theory-based (via City & Guilds online testing).
Course Content:
Level 2 mandatory units
- Safe working practices in building services engineering
- How to communicate with others in building services engineering
- Environmental protection measures within building services engineering
- Scientific principles within mechanical service engineering
- Site preparation and pipework fabrication techniques for domestic plumbing and heating systems
- Domestic cold water system installation and maintenance techniques
- Domestic hot water system installation and maintenance techniques
- Domestic central heating system installation and maintenance techniques
- Domestic rainwater system installation and maintenance techniques
- Domestic above ground drainage system installation and maintenance techniques
- Applying safe working practices in a building services engineering working environment
- Install and maintain domestic plumbing and heating systems
- Install and maintain domestic heating systems
For further information, or for details of relevant IET publications please contact our training team
