Gas Safety CCN1 and Appliance Course (initial)​

Expiry

This course is valid for up to 5 years.

Previous certificates must be produced at the time of assessment as evidence.

Assessment Overview

The candidate will be assessed in the following areas:

• Gas safety legislation and standards
• Gas emergency actions and procedures
• Products and characteristics of combustion (inc. combustion performance analysis)
• Ventilation
• Installation of pipework and fittings
• Tightness testing and purging
• Checking and/or setting meter regulators
• Unsafe situations, emergency notices and warning labels
• Operation and positioning of emergency isolation controls and valves
• Checking and setting appliance burner pressures and gas rates
• Operation and checking of appliance gas safety devices and controls
• Chimney standards
• Chimney inspection and testing
• Installation of open, balanced and fan assisted chimneys
• Re-establishing existing gas supply and relight appliances

Pre-requisites

For the initial CCN1 assessment, candidates must meet the entry requirements, of which details provided upon request as there are many routes into CCN1.

For re-assessment, candidates must have held the element previously – if this has expired within 12 months of the assessment date, the initial assessment must be undertaken.

The CCN1 core domestic gas safety certificate has an equivalence to a Level 3 QCF qualification in the gas utilisation sector (which is also aligned to ACS), and satisfies the same gas safety criteria leading to a certificate of competence recognised by the Gas Safe Register.

Assessment Method

Assessment is carried out using a variety of assessment methods including multiple choice, short written response and scenario questions, and observed practical assessment.