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Plumbing (Access to Building Services Engineering)<br />
Diploma - Level 2<br />
Duration: 1 year. Also available part-time<br />
Location: KC<br />
About the Course<br />
This programme is ideal for school leavers who want<br />
to become skilled in building services engineering. This<br />
course develops your knowledge and skills in <strong>College</strong><br />
rather than in a working environment.<br />
You will learn by a series of practical exercises in wellequipped<br />
workshops, backed-up by relevant classroom<br />
theory. This includes an introduction to aspects of<br />
basic plumbing ,heating ,wiring, refrigeration and air<br />
conditioning.<br />
You will also undertake qualifications in Functional Skills,<br />
or resit GCSEs, if appropriate.<br />
This course will immerse in the world of building<br />
services engineering which expects its operatives to<br />
demonstrate a multi-discipline approach. Therefore the<br />
hand skills and technical knowledge that you will be<br />
learning will be a mix of mechanical and electrical. These<br />
skills will be applied over a range of systems that will<br />
allow demonstration of your understanding in a multidiscipline<br />
environment.<br />
You will cover the following:<br />
• Introduction to the building services<br />
engineering sector<br />
• Electrical<br />
• Plumbing<br />
• Refrigeration and air conditioning<br />
• Heating and ventilating.<br />
• Health and safety<br />
• Environmental awareness<br />
• Building services engineering science<br />
• Health and safety<br />
Entry Requirements<br />
A minimum of 4 GCSEs with English at grade C, a<br />
Foundation Diploma (equivalent to 5 GCSEs at Grades D<br />
– G), NVQ1 or satisfactory completion of a Foundation<br />
Learning programme with a minimum of 37 credits (at<br />
level 1).<br />
In all cases, we interview you to assess your ability to<br />
benefit from the course.<br />
All learners are required to provide their own safety<br />
footwear.<br />
Future Opportunities<br />
You can progress to a Level 2 Plumbing Qualification at<br />
<strong>Leeds</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>College</strong>. You could<br />
also progress onto an apprenticeship if you have suitable<br />
employment.<br />
As a plumber you would install, service and repair<br />
plumbing systems in homes and businesses. Depending<br />
on whether you work in domestic, industrial or<br />
commercial premises, your duties<br />
could include:<br />
• Installing and repairing water supplies, heating systems<br />
and drainage<br />
• Servicing gas- and oil-fired central heating systems,<br />
boilers and radiators<br />
• Installing and fixing domestic appliances like showers<br />
and washing machines<br />
• Servicing air-conditioning and ventilation units<br />
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