Gas Safe Register Information
Simply put, The Gas Safe Register is about safety and to make sure that gas appliances such as boilers, fires, ovens and hobs are installed, maintained and serviced safely. In order to ensure this process is adhered to, Gas Safe register Engineers need to be employed to carry out the work.
If someone other than a Gas Safe registered engineer does the gas work in your home, you could be risking the safety of your family and your property.
As an approved provider of Gas Training and Gas Assessment, Able Skills supports the changes that the new Gas Safe Register have implemented to monitor the Gas Industry.
GAS SAFE Register replaced CORGI gas registration in Great Britain on 1 April 2009. It is now the official industry stamp for gas safety and will be overseen by The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) who are responsible for regulating gas safety in Great Britain.
As of the 1 April 2009 you must be on the Gas Safe Register to legally carry out gas work and comply with the Gas Safety (Installation & Use) Regulations 1998.
www.gassaferegister.co.uk provides detailed guidance on the changes that have been made and how new Operatives are assessed and monitored.
The aim of the new register is to provide clearly written rules of registration and a high level of service with new services and benefits designed to improve the registration scheme and promote gas safety.
Gas Safe Register
Gas Safe Register will:
1. Raise public awareness of gas safety and the gas register.
2. Manage inspection and enforcement.
3. Provide technical support and standards updates to registered engineers.
4. Provide facilities for the reporting of notifiable gas work.
5. Lower cost of overall service.
6. Increased demand for services.
7. Renewal of registration on anniversary of registration.
8. Technical standards update and technical alerts services.
9. Magazine: Registered Gas Engineers.
10. Consultation on significant changes.
11. Mobile friendly phone numbers.
12. Simple online application and renewal process.
13. Straightforward complaints and appeals procedures.
Gas Safe Register is the new official stamp for gas safety in Great Britain and the message is; gas, safe, register – keep gas safe. The meaning is clear. A Gas Safe Registered Engineer is safe to work with gas.
Gas Safe Register provides a service allowing engineers to report gas work that is notifiable under the Building Regulations.
Inspection and enforcement
Gas Safe Register assesses the competence of individual engineers by inspecting the gas work they have carried out. Inspections are generated from data sources and not selected by the engineer. Each piece of work an engineer carries out is a potential candidate for inspection.
All registered engineers and businesses will have a risk profile that is made up of a range of factors. This will help Gas Safe Register to target inspection resources where we anticipate finding work that might be considered of higher risk.
A dedicated enforcement team will identify and pursue businesses and individuals that undertake gas work unregistered.
If you are looking to gain access to or are already working within the Gas Industry, Able Skills is an approved CITB training and assessment centre and we provide comprehensive, step by step programmes in order for you to access/continue in the Gas Industry.
We have the following Domestic Gas programmes available:
New Entrant Gas Courses
Gas Re-Assessment
Gas Initial Assessment
Weekend Gas Training
Able Skills is also CITB approved for the purpose of Commercial Gas:
Commercial Gas Training & Assessment (Changeover from Domestic)
Commercial Gas Assessment
Other Able Skills training courses relevant to Gas Engineers
Plumbing Courses – 6129/6089 levels 2 and 3:
If you are interested in obtaining plumbing qualifications to complement your gas career, Able Skills has a dedicated Plumbing Training Centre where we offer training and assessment for City & Guilds 6129 levels 2 & 3; we also have the facility to provide you with NVQ 6089 which involves assessing you out on site, in the workplace.
Domestic Electrical Installer Courses for Part P Registration:
Additionally, if you are looking to become Part P registered within your role as a gas engineer or a plumber, Able Skills offers Domestic Installation training as well as the required qualification: VRQ Level 2 to register onto a Part P scheme. Part P for Beginners is a comprehensive package which also includes the 17th Edition qualification: C&G 2382
