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IGEM/IG/1 Supplement 2: Domestic natural gas training specification

Areas are the subjects of IGEM/IG/1 Edition 2 Supplement 2 (Communication 1846, February 2022): the core competencies in Appendix 1 and the appliance subjects in Appendix 2. Each subject has its own performance (P) and knowledge (K) criteria and minimum guided learning hours; see your copy of the Supplement for these.

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A1.1 Safety, legislation and standards
    A1.2 Gas emergency actions and procedures
      A1.3 Products and characteristics of combustion
        A1.4 Ventilation for domestic gas-burning appliances
          A1.5 Installation of pipework and fittings
            A1.6 Tightness testing and purging
              A1.7 Checking and/or setting meter regulators
                A1.8 Unsafe situations, emergency notices and warning labels
                  A1.9 Operation and positioning of emergency controls and valves
                    A1.10 Checking and setting appliance operating pressures and heat inputs
                      A1.11 Operation and checking of appliance gas safety devices and controls
                        A1.12 Chimneys and flues
                          A1.13 Chimney installation, inspection and testing
                            A1.14 Re-establishing the gas supply and relighting appliances
                              A1.15 Basic electrical safety
                                A2.1 Domestic appliances: generic requirements
                                  A2.2 Central heating boilers, systems and controls
                                    A2.3 Ducted air heaters
                                      A2.4 Fires and wall heaters
                                        A2.5 Cookers
                                          A2.6 LP domestic gas meters and regulators