LCL Awards
Level 3
QN: 600/7439/5
Curriculum Active
LCL Awards Level 3 Award in the Installation and Maintenance of Solar Thermal Hot Water Systems
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by LCL Awards. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 80 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
LCL Awards
Syllabus Units
4 Units
Guided Hours
80 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Inspect, service and maintain ‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Undertake the routine service and maintenance of an ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system
- Undertake fault diagnosis work on ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system installations
- Undertake fault rectification work on ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system installations
2
Install, commission and handover ‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan and prepare for the installation of ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system
- Install solar thermal hot water system components, Test and commission an ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system, Handover an ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system
3
Know the requirements to inspect, service and maintain ‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the requirements for the routine service and maintenance of ‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
- Know how to diagnose faults in ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system installations
- Know how to rectify faults in‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
4
Know the requirements to install, commission and handover solar thermal hot water systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the health and safety risks and safe systems of work associated with solar thermal hot water system installation work
- Know the requirements of relevant regulations/standards relating to practical installation, testing and commissioning activities for solar thermal hot water system installation work
- Know the types and layouts of solar thermal hot water system
- Know the purpose of components used within solar thermal hot water system installations
- Know the types and key operating principles of solar collectors
- Know the information requirements to enable system component selection and sizing
- Know the fundamental techniques used to select, size and position components for solar thermal hot water systems
- Know how the performance of solar hot water systems is measured
- Know the preparatory work required for solar thermal hot water system installation work
- Know the requirements for connecting solar thermal hot water system collector circuits to combination boiler domestic hot water circuits
- Know the requirements for installing solar collector arrays
- Know the requirements for installing for solar thermal hot water system pipe
- Know the requirements to test and commission solar thermal hot water system installations
- Know the requirements to handover solar thermal hot water systems.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 600/7439/5
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- LCL Awards
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jan 2013