City & Guilds
Level 2
QN: 600/0912/3
Curriculum Active
City & Guilds Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Installing, Testing and Maintaining Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by City & Guilds. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 642 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
City & Guilds
Syllabus Units
11 Units
Guided Hours
642 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Apply safe working practices in building services engineering working environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to demonstrate personal health and safety precautions in the workplace
- Be able to prepare and use access equipment in the workplace
- Be able to check that the work area is safe in order to carry out work
- Be able to liaise with those responsible for health and safety in the workplace
2
Handling fluorinated gases and ozone-depleting substances _category I personnel_
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- identify basic systems, terms, principles, units and how these relate to theory and thermodynamics of vapour compression cycles and refrigerants
- identify the causes and effects of global warming and climate change
- identify causes and effects of ozone depletion
- identify stationary refrigerant, air conditioning and heat-pump system components, functions and leakage risk
- identify the hazards and safe working practices for the installation, commissioning and handling of refrigerants, fabricate and examine pipe
- undertake pressure testing, evacuation and record completion
- undertake refrigerant charging, leak checking and record keeping
- undertake recovery of refrigerant and oil and prepare for disposal
3
Install, Test and Maintain Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan and prepare for the installation, testing and maintenance of air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Be able to carry out the installation of air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Be able to carry out the testing of air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Be able to carry out the maintenance of air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Be able to handoverair conditioning and heat pump systems
- Be able to carry out the de-commissioning of air conditioning and heat pump systems
4
Understand Air Conditioning and Heat Pump System Installation, Testing and Maintenance Techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the specific Health and Safety requirements which apply to the fitting and fixing, servicing and maintaining and de-commissioning of air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Understand the legislative and organisational procedures for fitting and fixing, servicing and maintaining and de-commissioning of air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Understand the working principles and layouts of air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Understand the procedures for fitting, fixing and testing cooling systems equipment and components
- Understand the service and maintenance procedures for cooling systems equipment and components
- Understand the decommissioning procedures for air conditioning and heat pump systems
5
Understand and carry out electrical work on RAC systems and components
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the electrical standards that apply to the mechanical services industry
- Know the inspection and testing requirements of electrically operated mechanical services components
- Be able to inspect and test electrically operated mechanical services components
- Know the procedures for safely diagnosing and rectifying faults in electrically operated mechanical services components
- Be able to safely diagnose and rectify faults in electrically operated mechanical services components
- Know the principles of electricity supply to Buildings
- Know the layout features of electrical circuits in Buildings
- Understand the electrical industry safe isolation procedure
- Be able to carry out the electrical industry safe isolation procedure
- Know the site preparation techniques for the electrical connection of mechanical services components
- Be able to demonstrate and apply site preparation techniques for the electrical connection of mechanical services components
- Understand the installation and connection requirements of electrically operated mechanical services components
- Be able to install and connect electrically operated mechanical services components
6
Understand and carry out safe working practices in building services engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the health and safety legislation that applies to the building services industry
- Know how to recognise and respond to hazardous situations while working in the building services industry
- Know the safe personal protection measures while working in the building services industry
- Be able to apply manual handling techniques
- Know how to respond to accidents that occur while working in the building services industry
- Know the procedures for electrical safety when working in the building services industry
- Be able to apply basic electrical safety measures in the building services industry
- Know the methods of working safely with heat producing equipment in the building services industry
- Be able to safely work with gas heating equipment in the building services industry
- Know the methods of safely using access equipment in the building services industry
- Be able to safely use access equipment in the building services industry
- Know the methods of working safely in excavations and confined spaces in the building services industry
7
Understand and Carry Out Site Preparation and Pipework Fabrication Techniques for RAC Systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to complete general site preparation work for RAC pipe
- work systems
- Know how to apply leak tightness tests to RAC pipe
- Be able to apply leak tightness tests to RAC pipe
- Know how to de-commission RAC pipe
- Be able to de-commission RAC pipe
- Be able to apply general site preparation techniques to fit and fix, service and maintain, test and de-commission RAC pipe
- Know how to implement general on site administration procedures required to fit and fix, service and maintain test and de-commission RAC pipe
- Be able to apply general administration procedures required to fit and fix, service and maintain, test and de-commission RAC pipe
- Know how to prepare to fit and fix, service and maintain, test and de-commission RAC pipe
- Be able to apply preparation techniques to fit and fix, service and maintain, test and de-commission RAC pipe
- Know how to fabricate RAC pipe
- Be able to fabricate RAC pipe
- Be able to maintain RAC equipment and components
8
Understand how to apply environmental protection measures within BSE
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the energy conservation legislation that applies to the building services industry
- Know the applications of energy sources used in the building services industry
- Know the importance of energy conservation when commissioning building services systems
- Know the methods of reducing waste and conserving energy while working in the building services industry
- Know how to safely dispose of materials used in the building services industry
- Know the methods of conserving and reducing wastage of water within the building services industry
9
Understand how to apply scientific principles within MES
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the standard units of measurement used in the mechanical services industry
- Know the properties of materials used in the mechanical services industry
- Know the relationship between energy, heat and power in the mechanical services industry
- Know the principles of force and pressure and their application in the mechanical services industry
- Know simple mechanical principles and their application in the mechanical services industry
- Know the principles of electricity as they relate to the mechanical services industry
10
Understand how to communicate with others within Building Services Engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the members of the construction team and their role within the building services industry
- Know how to apply information sources in the building services industry
- Know how to communicate with others in the building services industry
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 600/0912/3
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- City & Guilds
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Apr 2011