Gas engineering operative

Knowledge

K1: Health and safety practices including manual handling, working at height and working in confined spaces. Back to Duty

K2: Gas Industry Unsafe Situations Procedure (IGEM G11). Back to Duty

K3: Risk assessments, associated procedures and documentation. Back to Duty

K4: Environmental and sustainability regulations and guidance. Back to Duty

K5: The range of gas appliances, their suitability and associated gases. Back to Duty

K6: Installation and commissioning practices and techniques applicable to primary gas appliances. Back to Duty

K7: Installation and commissioning practices and techniques applicable to secondary gas appliances. Back to Duty

K8: Testing and safety-checking practices applicable to gas appliance types. Back to Duty

K9: Routine and reactive servicing and maintenance practices and techniques applicable to gas appliances and components. Back to Duty

K10: Fault-finding, diagnosis and rectification practices and techniques applicable to gas appliances, their controls and associated systems. Back to Duty

K11: Decommissioning practices and techniques applicable to gas appliances and systems. Back to Duty

K12: Domestic electrical circuits, safe isolation and electrical safety checks in relation to the work being conducted. Back to Duty

K13: Combustion theories, combustion analysis, gas properties, carbon monoxide and types of burners. Back to Duty

K14: Chimney and flueing types, design and ventilation principles specific to gas appliances and dwelling types and structures. Back to Duty

K15: Emergency procedures including gas escapes, report of fumes and unsafe situations. Back to Duty

K16: Heat and hot water system design theory, location, controls including smart controls. Back to Duty

K17: Common construction techniques and features of domestic housing stock including wall types, floor types, glazing, drainage systems & utilities. Back to Duty

K18: Sustainability and energy efficiency: green technologies, alternative fuels, energy consumption, energy ratings and how they are calculated. Back to Duty

K19: General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Back to Duty

K20: Principles of equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the impact on their work. Back to Duty

K21: Common issues, symptoms and warning signs of stress, anxiety and depression, including where to go for help and the resources available. Back to Duty

K22: Tools, equipment and test instrumentation used in gas engineering activities. Back to Duty

K23: Verbal communication techniques. Giving and receiving information. Matching style to audience. Barriers in communication and how to overcome them. Industry terminology. Back to Duty

K24: Principles of recycling, reusing and returning defective components and disposal of waste. Back to Duty

Skills

S1: Comply with health and safety practices. Back to Duty

S2: Install and commission a range of primary appliances, for example central heating boilers, gas cookers, space heaters. Back to Duty

S3: Install and commission a range of secondary appliances, for example laundry appliances, water heaters and gas meters (not exceeding 6m3 in capacity). Back to Duty

S4: Carry out testing and safety checks applicable to the appliance chimney or flue type. Back to Duty

S5: Carry out routine maintenance and servicing of appliances and components. Back to Duty

S6: Identify and rectify faults in appliances and components. Back to Duty

S7: Decommission appliances and systems. Back to Duty

S8: Isolate the electrical supply to the appliance. Back to Duty

S9: Conduct electrical safety checks pre- and post-work. Back to Duty

S10: Undertake and document risk assessments. Back to Duty

S11: Source, read and follow technical documentation associated with equipment and installation requirements. Back to Duty

S12: Select, use and maintain tools, equipment and test instrumentation. Back to Duty

S13: Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE). Back to Duty

S14: Check and action inspection records and schedules. Back to Duty

S15: Identify unsafe situations or conditions and take action under IGEM G/11 Gas industry unsafe situations procedure. Back to Duty

S16: Use digital technology to access job, appliance and customer information. Back to Duty

S17: Complete and maintain work records including appliance and customer data in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Back to Duty

S18: Communicate verbally with customers, including the provision of guidance on energy and efficiency measures specific to the appliance or system being worked on. Back to Duty

S19: Recycle, reuse, return defective components and dispose of waste. Back to Duty

S20: Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities. Back to Duty

S21: Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures. Back to Duty

Behaviours

B1: Prioritise health and safety. Back to Duty

B2: Take responsibility for work. Back to Duty

B3: Committed to continued professional development (CPD) to maintain and enhance competence in own area of practice. Back to Duty

B4: Support an equitable, diverse and inclusive culture. Back to Duty