Have you been thinking of switching careers to become a Gas Safe Registered Engineer? Ask yourself the following questions… Do you prefer hands on work? Are you interested in learning new skills for life? How about being your own boss? The route to becoming a Gas Safe Registered Engineer has never been clearer. More often […]
We want our students to feel that what they learn is of real value for the working world. Our Gas Courses such as the New Entrant Gas Training Package does exactly that as you will see in the above Video. The students can be seen taking a gas rating of appliances and checking working pressures […]
Derren Davidson (pictured above) is one of our students currently on the MLP, which is one of the perfect Gas Courses for those who already hold Plumbing qualifications. After catching up with him today, he is shown identifying and categorising faults within installation and pipe work on a gas supply. Instructor Sam said, ”Currently in […]
Able Skills love to see students gaining hands on practical experience as soon as possible to create the ultimate real life learning experience. Just in the first week of their New Entrants Gas Training Package, we see our current students becoming familiar with burner pressures, gas rates and heat inputs. Gas Courses such as this […]
Ensuring you have a Carbon Monoxide Detector is a household essential in this day and age. The small device situated just above our kitchen cabinets detects the presence of Carbon Monoxide Gas in order to alert us of any poisoning. The latest gas news proving important to both those who are undertaking gas training as […]
Our plumbing courses and gas courses are without doubt up there with the most popular courses we offer. They easily come hand in hand together and most students will take both courses. A few weeks ago, saw the end of another fantastic City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing Course here at Able Skills, with lots […]
One of our favourite programmes that catch so called professional’s in the act known as Rogue Traders on the BBC has recently warned viewers of the importance of checking the Gas Man’s ID card. The ID card being referred to relates to Gas Engineers who enter our homes on a daily basis throughout the UK. […]
Thought boiler problems was only a thing in the winter? Think again! Although we most certainly use our boilers less in the summer months, it is exactly this period which has been associated with a high carbon monoxide poisoning risk. Maybe boiler fault finding has its benefits after all hey! But why is this the […]
Side by side help on our Gas Courses is proving to be an excellent advantage amongst our students as one on one demonstrations help make course material even clearer. In the below photos we see our instructor Ian Welthy showing how to set up a combustion analyser and how to take a reading on a […]
We are sadly approaching the 30 year mark since the tragic explosion of Piper Alpha. For those that may not be familiar with it, Piper Alpha was an oil and gas production platform in the North Sea, just 120 miles from Aberdeen, Scotland. An explosion causing oil and gas fires destroyed the platform on 6 […]
Able Skills are proud to help raise awareness of Child Safety Week taking place from today the 4th – 10th of June. Such campaign is run by Child Accident Prevention Trust to help raise awareness of the risks of child accidents and how they can be prevented. Falling in such category are the risks associated with Gas […]
Yesterday proved a busy day for all our gas courses! Here’s a clip of just of our gas centres at Able Skills. Students are seen busy at work and this is a true reflection of our hands on learning approach. If you would like to see our other centres where our gas courses are taught […]
