Gas engineer courses in Cambridge

Cambridge Regional College

The college's Energy Systems Centre on Kings Hedges Road runs gas training and assessment, CCN1 core gas safety refreshers and reassessments, OFTEC oil courses and unvented hot water training. It says its gas courses meet the mandatory requirements for Gas Safe registration.

Its courses are generally aimed at people with trade experience. If you are starting from scratch, ask the centre which route it recommends.

Apprenticeships

The Level 3 Gas Engineering Operative apprenticeship combines paid work with training. Look for providers on the government's Find apprenticeship training service, and approach Cambridge heating firms about vacancies.

Building your portfolio

Every new entrant route needs evidence of supervised work on real appliances. Arrange a placement with a registered engineer before paying for training, and log each job with the date, appliance and the engineer who supervised you.

Landlord safety checks, boiler services and installations give a good spread of evidence. Cambridge's mix of terraces, flats and newer homes means you will see a wide range of boilers and flue arrangements.

Local demand

Three in four Cambridge homes heat with mains gas only, and with over half of households renting, annual landlord gas safety checks provide steady work. Very hard water means scale-related repairs are common too.

Adding OFTEC, unvented cylinder or heat pump qualifications widens the work you can take on.