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Publisher: CORGIDirect
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
Pages: 499
Edition: 2021
Language: English
Size: 163 Mb
Being CORGIDirect’s 'foundation' manual for domestic gas installers, this comprehensive and authorative manual is packed full of technical information covering the essential gas safety elements of any domestic
gas installation.
Content:
1 - Gas safety legislation
2 - Gas emergency actions and procedures
3 - Characteristics of combustion
4 - Ventilation
5 - Installation of pipework and fittings
6 - Testing for gas tightness (Natural gas)
7 - Checking and/or setting regulators
8 - Gas Industry Unsafe Situations Procedure
9 - Emergency controls and isolation valves
10 - Emergency notices, warning labels and forms
11 - Checking/setting burner pressures/gas rates
12 - Checking of appliance gas safety devices /controls
13 - Chimney standards
14 - Flue testing
15 - Re-establishing gas supply/re-lighting appliances
16 - Domestic gas meters
17 - Landlord's Gas Safety Record
18 - LPG- General requirements
19 - Definitions
20 - Useful data
21 - References
22 - CORGIDirect Publications
The competence you need to carry out work 5
How is your competence as a gas operative assessed? 5
Which competency certification is valid? 5
What do the certifications involve? 6
The Nationally Accredited Certification Scheme (ACS) for Individual Gas Fitting Operatives 6
Qualifications that have been aligned to ACS 6
Group Competence Scheme (GCS) 7
The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (GSIUR) - what do they cover? 8
Who enforces these regulations? 8
How the approved Code of Practice (ACoP) helps you comply 8
How important are a manufacturer's installation instructions? 8
How you assess if an existing appliance is installed correctly 8
What if the manufacturer’s instructions are not available? 9
The Gas Act 1995 updated the law - as competition is now permitted in the gas industry 10
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (HSWA) - the wide ranging duties explained 10
What happens if the act is not complied with? 10
What does ’practicable or reasonably practical' mean? 1 0
The Gas Safety (Management) Regulations (GSMR) - setting out a safety framework that transporters
and suppliers must meet 11
The Gas Safety (Rights of Entry) Regulations - invoked where threat to life or property 11
When and how do you contact this help? 11
What happens next? 12
1 - Gas safety legislation
Gas Regulations that affect Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man 12
1. Northern Ireland 12
2. Isle of Man 12
Building Regulations/Standards - requirements you must follow for any building work 13
England and Wales - Building Regulations 13
Northern Ireland- Building Regulations 13
Scotland - Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 13
Building Regulations - definition of competence - how does this affect you? 13
Approved Document J (ADJ) requirements 14
Notification of building work - how it affects competent operatives 1 4
Building work under ADJ- what you must do 14
Meeting compliance requirements of ADJ - who is responsible? 14
Approved Document L (ADL1A and ADLIB) requirements 15
Notification of building work - how it affects competent operatives 15
Building work under ADL - what you must do 15
ADL about energy efficiency - to conserve fuel and power 15
Additional benefits for gas users 16
Energy rating - helps show compliance indwellings 16
Approved Document P (ADP) requirements 16
Gas Appliance (Safety) Regulations (GASR) - about conformity and safety in use 17
Information you need to ensure is provided with new gas appliances 17
CE Marking - showing that all products for sale meet safety standards 17
How may you be liable as a gas operative? 18
Who is responsible for enforcing these regulations? 18
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) 18
Making the installation safe - who is involved? 18
Guidelines on what you need to report 19
You must report within 14 days any dangerous gas fittings you find 19
How you report 19
Other matters of concern 20
The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) - protecting and promoting the interests of all gas and electricity customers 20