Merit Award 2012 Tuesday’s work involved finishing the block work and starting shuttering for the columns and the ring beam. While the steel was being put on top of the blocks in readiness for the next ring beam another group dug out the floor area to level. After completion the team were ready to receive […]
Merit Award 2012 There was a community meeting on Monday to discuss the laundry facility and who would be looking after it, further to this a vote was held to delegate a secretary to administer the facility. Unfortunately when I and some of team got onto site a little boy named Kevin had come off his […]
Merit Award 2012 Day off. The team needed a day to recover from their aches so we took the opportunity to go on a boat ride through inland waterways to a village called Tasba Pauni – the village is sandwiched between Pearl Lagoon and the Caribbean. We took part in Sunday school and Church followed by […]
Merit Award 2012 We have been working in very challenging conditions and when the load of 220 concrete blocks arrived they had to be unloaded and carried down the same 200 metre track to site. Local adults and children as young as six have been helping carry the materials by hand down the track. In the […]
Merit Award 2012 Over the course of 2 days our team has been working with locals to clear and set out the site, fabricate steel reinforcement cages, dig foundations and concrete the bases of 9 supporting columns in place. Rock was bought from a 76 year old lady in order to make the concrete. Training […]
Development Award 2012 January 2013 We are into to New Year and I have received the funding from BPEC which will aid in the development of the project. A brand new Apple MacBook Pro is enabling me to download new software and I am awaiting the arrival of additional software over the coming weeks. I […]
Gas Safe Register has been working with the production team of popular TV soap Coronation Street, on a story-line showing the risks posed by unregistered and unqualified people working on gas appliances, and the danger from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning which can result. On New Years Eve millions of Coronation Street fans saw popular character […]
Andrew Patton from Dave Neal Plumbing and Heating, a student at Grimsby Institute has been crowned the 2012 SkillPLUMB champion after three days of intense practical competition at The Skills Show at the NEC in Birmingham. As a sponsor of SkillPLUMB, BPEC would like to congratulate Andrew, his employer and Grimsby Institute for this fantastic […]
“Gas Flare Limited, based in Bristol, have been established for 16 years and moved to BPEC in May 2012 for Domestic/Commercial Gas and Oil Assessments. We have been delighted with the support we have received. From the initial change to BPEC and the help and guidance we were given to the continued support we enjoy. We have received positive feedback from our […]
Over the last year BPEC has been working very closely with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to develop an asbestos awareness video and app. This is one of a series which BPEC will bring out over the next year, including Electrical Safety Awareness. Mally Butters of BPEC said “BPEC wanted to introduce something different […]
The Katie Haines Memorial Trust have issued a video on the dangers of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in the home. Please click here to view the video.
Almost £30,000 has been given out in charitable awards by Derby-based training and certification provider BPEC to projects that use plumbing skills to enhance life. At its first ever Life Award presentation ceremony, The BPEC Charity awarded four grants to deserving projects. The awards, in memory of BPEC’s founding chairman Raymond J Brooks, were presented […]
“PPL has been delighted to work with BPEC for over 7 years – their commitment, passion and dedication to the industry has been an inspiration, and we look forward to the next 7 years.”
“As an awarding body BPEC demonstrated to us that quality of training and assessment is paramount and should not be compromised at any time. Tutors, assessors and IVs are very happy with the service they are currently receiving from BPEC, and are very optimistic that the future with BPEC looks very promising.”
“We joined BPEC in 2001 and since then we have received nothing short of first class support from them. This has included technical and assessment support. Also, if there is a problem, it is always resolved in an efficient and friendly manner without exception. I cannot speak too highly of the team at BPEC.”
“As a College that strives to provide ‘excellence and innovation in learning’, BPEC are the perfect partner to offer dynamic and outstanding learning and assessment in the building services and energy sector.”
“The integrated support from BPEC helps approved centres deliver high quality learning and assessment that develop world class skills and knowledge that meets business and participant requirement.”
BPEC recently held a very successful series of road shows attended by around 200 of its customers from approved training and assessment centres at various venues around the UK. The road shows were a great success, providing an ideal opportunity for BPEC to meet with many key customers to discuss and consider some of the current […]
Building on the considerable success of the Domestic Ventilation Training course and following extensive industry consultation BPEC is delighted to announce the launch of a new improved and updated version of the course. These improvements include enhanced information on noise reduction, worked examples for calculating ventilation rates and background ventilator sizing, further information about duct-work […]
You may already be aware that the BPEC Renewable Energy Awareness course has been mapped against the QCF unit and has been retitled Awareness of Environmental Technology Systems. The course has had a new module added covering micro CHP and has also had more material added in each module relating to building regulations, permitted development […]
The National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies (the Skills Academy) and BPEC are working together to ensure Environmental Technologies training and assessment provision meets the high standards required by the sector. This joint statement is to clarify the use of training materials in supporting the delivery of the BPEC Solar Thermal & Solar PV qualifications […]
“Excellent service provision.”
“Overall, we are very happy with the service provided by BPEC.”
“Very happy with the overall service.”
“Staff are always very helpful and reply to queries promptly.”