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BPEC have recently made changes to a Legionella Risk Assessment and Water Systems Disinfection for Mechanical Services question sheet and accompanying rationale . Centres delivering the Legionella course should re-download paper 1, version 1 and its accompanying rationale via our Centre Resource Area. BECOMING APPROVED TO DELIVER LEGIONELLA If you would like to extend your […]

July 2017 sees BPEC celebrate its twenty fifth anniversary since it was established in 1992.  George Thomson, BPEC’s current Chairman, said BPEC has grown and developed into a well-respected industry owned and led organisation working to meet the skills needs of those operating in the UK Plumbing and Heating industry and the wider Building Services […]

The Department for Education (DFE) do not plan to withdraw funding for non-performance table (RQF/QCF legacy) qualifications until the implementation of the Skills Plan. As a result, BPEC’s Level 2 and Level 3 Plumbing Foundations will continue to be eligible for funding.   Level 2 and 3 Plumbing Foundations Both qualifications provide an excellent entry into […]

“I just wanted to say how impressed I am with the service provided by the Certification Team at BPEC. Both Hannah and Danielle provide excellent customer service. They are always very professional and supportive in assisting me to sort out any problems I may have. I always tend to call the same number so I […]

The nation’s elite young skilled women and men have been selected to go for gold against the rest of the World – in a litmus test for the future of our economy. Successful super-talented Team UK members have beaten off the challenge from thousands of fellow and former apprentices and students to represent the UK […]

There is a lot of confusion around at the moment regarding CO alarms in rented properties and also an amount of misinformation as well. This will hopefully clarify it, but first you need to remember that the UK is made up of 4 different countries, each of which have their own powers of law making. […]

BPEC have received a number of incomplete candidate result sheets for Unvented Initial Assessment. Please refer to the correct procedure within the Centre Guidance documentation prior to submittal: ‘Finally, the assessor needs to fill in the centre details at the top of the form and sign the form in the appropriate box. The IV then needs […]

In view of the imminent closure of SummitSkills, the Plumbing Industry’s leading organisations APHC, BPEC and SNIPEF have worked together to establish the ‘Plumbing and Heating Skills Partnership’ (PHSP). This new Skills Partnership will have a UK focus and be led by employers from the plumbing and heating industry; and will take over responsibility for […]

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy have issued a quarterly release; presenting statistics on the roll-out of smart meters in Great Britain. It includes information on the number of smart meters installed in domestic properties and smaller non-domestic sites in the last quarter (Q3 2016) by the large energy suppliers, as well as […]

The World Plumbing Council (WPC) is pleased to announce that Shayne La Combre, CEO of Australia’s Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre (PICAC) and Deputy Chair of the WPC, has been elected unopposed to Chair of the WPC for the 2016 – 2019 term. The confirmation took place at the recent WPC Triennial Conference held in […]

BPEC have recently made some changes to the Legionella Risk Assessment and Water Systems Disinfection for Mechanical Services answer sheets. Centres offering the Legionella course, could you please re-download the answer sheets from our website. BECOMING APPROVED TO DELIVER LEGIONELLA If you would like to extend your range of products and services we have a team of dedicated technical […]

ETA in Stourbridge are almost there. Matt and the team have been continuing with the transformation of their new training centre in Stourbridge. ETA have recently been approved to deliver Domestic Hot Water Storage Systems (Unvented) and Water Regulations / Byelaws. Full ACS approval and additional qualifications will follow early 2017 prior to the grand opening – we will update […]

“Able Skills use the well-established and industry known certification body BPEC to certificate our gas training and assessment and make sure our gas courses are run to the correct standard to be in line with industry regulations. BPEC certification has a reputation for quality and high standards and this is one of the main reasons […]

Could all BPEC centres please re-download the AW2 assessment and Rationale – assessment AW2 question 22 has been amended to give the correct answer of 450mm instead of 375mm (see below). Copper pipework run outside from a house to a barbecue where the pipe route passes under the driveway to the garage shall have cover of: […]

BPEC awarded Richard Steward, a plumbing tutor from Suffolk College, £1000 towards a project in an Eastern European country. A group of 35 volunteers travelled to Moldova to transform a village school. They went as part of TEECH (Telecoms Eastern European Challenge), a charity started by BT employees. The volunteers had just eight days to build four […]

The team at ETA have been working incredibly hard on the new centre and the change has been unbelievable to see. Images are being uploaded to our Facebook regularly – to see the changes, please visit our page. The centre is in a great location and will open in early 2017 when there will be an opening day […]

BPEC have received a number of candidate result sheets for Unvented Re-assessment including a validation sticker. Please be aware that the manual and validation sticker are not required for reassessment. In some cases, the manual may be required by the candidates which we appreciate, however; the handouts for reassessments that are provided via the centre […]

BPEC have recently made some changes to the CO Gas Safety Awareness course material: CO Reference Guide Nov 16 CO Workshop speaker notes Nov 16 Effects of CO on the body Short film of Sue Westwood (Suffered CO poisoning) Training evaluation form Centres offering the CO Awareness course could you please re-download the above material […]

Here is a quick guide to the Grundfos Ecademy – a free digital training tool and information platform: What is the Grundfos Ecademy? An internet based learning tool that it designed to improve knowledge on pumps, applications and their theory. What is its purpose? The Grundfos Ecademy is a digital training and information platform that […]

it’s our last COMPETITION of 2016 – enter here Would you like to win an Anton Evo 3 LD Flue Gas Analyser AND £300 worth of Monument Tools? All you have to do is like and share the pinned post on our Facebook page (it’s right at the top, you can’t miss it)! Winner will be […]

Established in 1986, Anton provide innovative and market leading products and services aimed at making the job of a heating engineer easier. Anton are best known for their popular Anton Sprint eVo range of flue gas analysers, but also offer power flushing equipment, a comprehensive range of pressure, temperature and other test equipment, personal CO […]

You may have read the news in recent days that SummitSkills, the Standard Setting Organisation for Building Services Engineering, have announced they will be closing their operations in March 2017.  Please click here to see their official announcement. The closure of SummitSkills will obviously leave a void in the management of the skills agenda particularly […]

The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England. In line with Ofqual requirements regarding qualifications with little or no uptake, please be advised that as of 01/10/2016, a number of qualifications will no-longer be open for registrations. Qualifications No-longer open for registrations BPEC Level 3 Certificate in Domestic Energy […]

Key Appraisal Limited are the agents for the Liquidators of Sevenoaks Energy Academy Limited and offer for sale, Sevenoaks’ assets comprising Utilities (gas / electrical / plumbing / solid fuel and renewable energy) Training Appliances & Equipment, which are located at: Units C1-2, Unit C3 and Unit C4 Chaucer Business Park Watery Lane Kemsing Sevenoaks Kent TN15 […]

BPEC have developed some brand new training materials to assist centres involved in delivering gas & appliance training. They would be ideal to support centres who are delivering the following BPEC assessments, qualifications and courses: Domestic Gas ACS & Appliances Domestic Gas Foundation (managed learning programme) Plumbing NVQ Diploma (including the gas pathway/option) The materials […]