ABBE
Level 3
QN: 610/1576/3
Curriculum Active
ABBE Level 3 Certificate in Surveying and Calculation of Building Heat Loss
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by ABBE. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 30 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
ABBE
Syllabus Units
3 Units
Guided Hours
30 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Determining age and fabric types in buildings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the Health & Safety requirements for carrying out site surveys
- Be able to identify the age of a property
- Understand how to identify different construction elements and their associated heat loss properties
- Be able to draw a floor
- plan of a property
- Understand the level of detail required for information gathering
- Be able to accurately measure a property and its individual rooms
- Be able to calculate heat loss in buildings
2
Heat Loss Calculations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to manually calculate a room-by-room heat loss of a building
- Be able to use a proprietary heat loss calculation spreadsheet to produce a full property heat loss figure
- Understand how to specify the heat pump size and output
- Understand how to appropriately size the heat emitters
- Be able to produce relevant documentation from the heat loss software/tool to satisfy relevant MCS requirements and client needs
3
Regulations, Noise Assessments and Technical Surveying
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the required regulations for heat pump installations, and the relevance to carrying out surveys and heat loss calculations
- Understand the basics of how a heat pump works
- Understand the requirements of permitted development, noise assessments and manufacturers clearance requirements
- Be able to carry out the required noise assessment and calculations
- Understand the basic requirements relating to a technical survey to gather necessary information for a heat pump installation
- Be able to measure room by room to determine how heat moves through and out of a building
- Be able to enter data to carry out the heat loss calculation for each room
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/1576/3
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- ABBE
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Oct 2022