Level 2 in Zero Carbon Heating
The aim of this three-strand course, Hydrogen Awareness, Low Energy Buildings and OFT50, is to raise awareness of the need to implement change into the construction sector to improve the housing stock and understand Hydrogen as a Green Energy. As part of this, the candidate will complete OFT50, working on Oil Firing appliances and completing Flue Gas Analysis of their emissions as a comparable to Hydrogen. OFT50 areas are covered by practical sessions over two of the four days.
· Understand building insulation.
· Understand the use of internal wall, insulation (IWI) and external wall & insulation (EWI).
· Understand Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) systems.
· Understand the enhancement of insultation for door, window and framing.
· Understand the use of different green technologies within the dwellings.
· Understand Hydrogen Technologies as a new and alternative energy source to replace fossil fuels.
· Understand Carbon Based Fossil Fuels and their emissions.
· Be able to work on a fossil fuel boiler and correctly measure the flue gas emissions.
· OCN NI Level 5 Award in Green Technologies
· OCN NI Level 5 Retrofitting of Domestic Properties
· OCN NI Level 5 Certificate and Extended Certificate in Retrofitting of Domestic Properties.
· OFTEC 101 – 105 & 600
· Unvented Hot Water
· Water Regulations
· Heat Pumps
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