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Protection from carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide is a colourless, tasteless, odourless gas produced whenever a fossil fuel is not burned efficiently. It can be emitted from inadequately maintained or badly fitted domestic heating appliances such as wall heaters, fires or boilers and can be fatal in high concentrations. Carbon monoxide poisoning is a common issue. The best way to protect yourself is to install an approved Carbon Monoxide detector or combined smoke and carbon m... [more]
SummitSkills makes the Skills Pledge
SummitSkills, the sector skills council for the building services engineering (BSE) sector, has joined more than 150 leading employers from across England to make a public Skills Pledge to continuously develop their staff. The Milton Keynes-based employer is one of the first companies to make a public and voluntary commitment to support their employees in gaining and developing valuable skills and competencies that support business needs and ... [more]
Specialist day one day course on Plumbing and Decorative Leadwork
Increasingly, the very specific crafts skills needed for leadwork are being lost. In fact there is currently a shortage of skilled leadworkers as much of this work is now carried out by roofers who, often, lack the training to enable them to do the job properly. Today we are familiar with the dull grey appearance of lead rainwater goods, but in earlier times, particularly during the medieval period, these were often extravagantly ornamented, ... [more]
SummitSkills reviews National Occupational Standards
SummitSkills, the Sector Skills Council for building services engineering, has begun a major review of the sector’s National Occupational Standards (NOS) qualifications and assessment principles at operative level. These standards describe the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to undertake a particular job to a nationally recognised level of competence - they form the basis of qualifications such as NVQs and SVQs. The project, managed... [more]
Bathroom Academy Guides help prepare Plumbing Theory Course in Afghanistan
Bathroom Academy Training Manager, Phil Lumley, recently received a letter from a Corporal who is currently serving with the Army in Afghanistan and has limited, intermittent access to the internet, but when he does log on he is working his way through a Plumbing Theory Course. The Corporal has requested the Bathroom Academy’s Generic Industry Guides to assist him in his studies and help fill the gap of generic product information that his Plu... [more]
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