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LCL Awards Level 3 Award in the Installation and Maintenance of Ground Source Heat Pump Systems (non-refrigerant circuits

  • SLOUGH & LANGLEY COLLEGE
  • LEVEL 3

Course Overview

This course will be delivered on the following dates:
Thursday 9 January 2025 – Friday 10 January 2025 8:30 am – 4:00 pm (2 days)
Thursday 13 February 2025 – Friday 14 February 2025 8:30 am – 4:00 pm (2 days)
Thursday 13 March 2025 – Friday 14 March 2025 8:30 am – 4:00 pm (2 days)

Based on the LCL Awards, Level 3 Award in the Installation and Maintenance of Ground Source Heat Pump Systems (non-refrigerant circuits), this 2-day course has been designed for experienced heating installers who work with gas, LPG, solid fuel, oil or biomass and wish to fit ground source heat pumps in domestic and small commercial properties.

The course price includes assessment and certification and is VAT exempt

Our Technical Tutor, will show you how to install Kensa’s “game changing” compact Shoebox NX (5kw), which aims to deliver Networked Heat Pumps to the mass market.

Designed for quiet operation, the Shoebox NX is small enough to fit in a cupboard and capable of heating anything from a high-rise flat to a five-bed home. It is five times more efficient than a boiler, with an Energy Rated Performance of A+++ and a COP of 4.36.

The heat pump harnesses naturally occurring renewable energy and concentrates this into a high temperature, to provide heating and hot water to a dwelling. For every 1kW of electricity used to run the heat pump, over 4kW of heat is produced – making the Shoebox NX over 400% efficient.

It delivers hot water up to 64℃ and can even be configured to provide passive cooling in the summer months, a valuable feature for combatting overheating, particularly in high-rise buildings. It can be tucked away in a kitchen or airing cupboard, and its pared-back footprint frees up vital storage space in a home.

The training covers both ground to water technologies and meets the training entry requirements for MCS

Whilst the qualification is designed for sealed refrigerant systems and precludes the knowledge and competence requirements to break, make and fill split refrigerant circuits, which would be covered by separate Refrigerant Handling Qualifications, the knowledge and understanding criteria are still relevant and this qualification could be undertaken by operatives wishing to install split systems, so long as they are also separately qualified in the handling of refrigerants as described in the EU F-GAS regulation and the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations.

Course Code

XR3AGHP4L0

Course Fee
£395.00
Start Time

08:30

End Time

17:00

Entry Requirements

A Level 2 or Level 3 NVQ or SVQ in plumbing / heating & ventilation / gas / oil Installation and Maintenance qualification, or a valid Core Gas Saf...

Course information

2 days