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Thank you for your interest in the NICEIC Certification 8 Day (60 hours) Meter Installation (Domestic) course. As you may be aware changes were made in August 2003 to the entrance requirements for the A (!S Scheme.
Now, in order be qualify for entrance to the ACS assessments, if the candidate is not already CORGI or ACS registered, they need to either complete a gas NVQ qualification or provide evidence of an auditable extended period of gas training, and organisational support in the production of a portfolio of gas experience.
The NICEIC Certification Meter Installation (Domestic) course meets the requirements of CORGI's entrance criteria.

What does it entail?

In addition to the 8 days off job training the candidate will need to produce a portfolio of evidence gathered `On the Job' whilst supervised by a CORGI registered engineer. They will have our assistance with the production of this portfolio, but we are unable to arrange the `On the Job' placements, these they must arranged by the trainees themselves.
The Meter Installation (Domestic) course is delivered over 8 consecutive weekdays; this period may be shortened if some Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) can be shown, e.g. a GD qualification. However, any APL claimed will need to be confirmed during the course. You may wish to discuss this with us.
The duration of the On the Job experience and development of the portfolio will be determined by the type and frequency of gas meter work undertaken by the candidate. The candidate is also required to demonstrate work over the range of meter types.
We will require evidence of the CORGI registration of the supervising engineer and we will also make on site visits during the On the Job period.
Once the training and the necessary `On Job' experience and the portfolio of evidence are successfully completed and approved by us, the trainee will be issued a completion certificate by NICEIC Certification Limited. Only on receipt of this completion certificate is the trainee eligible to go on to take the CMA1 /CESPI and MET2 Assessments under the ACS rules.
You will have gathered from the information above that the process is aimed at the mature person with preferably some plumbing, building or engineering background with dexterity skills and most importantly access to work with an existing CORGI registered engineer, who is willing to meet the witness requirements and complete the necessary objective On the Job reports.
We must point out that this route into the gas industry is for Meter Installers or Emergency Service Providers (CESP1) only and that you will not be entitled to work on gas appliances.
You are expected, by CORGI, to seek employment with an existing CORGI registered company. CORGI have made it clear that anyone considering a sole trader status will not necessarily be accepted for registration without adequate proof of experience in the gas industry.

The Standard of Training

The standard of training and the conduct of Nationwide Training Services centres are under NTS codes of practice all centres must meet the requirements of this code, any complaints on breaches of these standards must be made in the first instance to the training centre manager (Scotland Ltd) and if no satisfaction can be found then a complaint can be made to the certification body. We always provide the relevant books for the course as part of the training and we try to make the courses interesting and enjoyable, as we feel that candidates learn more if they enjoy the course.

Refreshments are provided and the courses start at 9 00 am till 4 30 pm.


I M Dean
For Nationwide Training Services Ltd