City and Guilds 5101 Training

F. Gas Mobile Air Conditioning Qualification Training and Assessment

City and Guilds Level 3 in Mobile Air-Conditioning Systems

5101 04.94 Unit 301 Refrigerants Handling

License to Practice Unit

It is currently illegal to recover and charge refrigerant in any motor vehicle air-conditioning system unless a person holds one of the interim certificates listed in the governments "Statutory Instruments 2009 No 261 Environmental Protection" white paper.

From July 2010 new legislation requires that all personnel recovering or using refrigerant listed in the legislation must posses the new qualification or be liable to prosecution.

City and Guilds 5101.04.05 unit 301 now covers the new requirements and is currently a lifetime qualification. It is possible that it may be adjusted in the 2011 government review to 5 years.

JAVAC can provide on-site training and assessment for City and Guilds qualification 5010 .04.05 unit 301 for up to 6 persons which will allow the successful candidate to recover refrigerant from a motor vehicle. To see costs and to book your course, download our application form now.

Who can take the qualification?

• Any responsible person who is required to work on vehicle air-conditioning systems.

Where can a course be held?

• Any premises which can provide a suitable training room with tables and chairs.
• An undercover environment suitable for a vehicle an an automotive air-conditioning charging machine

What does the course consist of?

• A verbal training session with practise questions and answers based on a supplied pamphlet.

What does the assessment consist of?

• A verbal question and answer session consisting of 20 questions, 16 of which are mandatory "pass" questions.
• The use of a charging machine to recover refrigerant from a suitable vehicle
• The recovery of a volume of virgin refrigerant from a cylinder to the charging machine

What is achieved from taking the course?

• A successful assessment will provide a qualification frm the City & Guilds including a certificate which will legally allow the person to work on any vehicle air-conditioning system.

To see costs and to book your course, download our application form now.