Going Commercial

[Millsy 82]

I am hoping to get my commercial gas soon do I have to do a commercial LPG conversion course aswell.

I hold domestic NG and LPG i'm kind of guessing there is a commercial LPG changeover course aswell

 

[SimonJohns]

A commercial change over is just that. You'll automatically have a lpg con ticket

 

[Millsy 82]

Cheers for that its good news for a change.

Next question

As I havnt worked on commercial gas before is there any good training manuals about so I can start learning now.

 

[SimonJohns]

Ive never had a training manual

It's all the same as domestic just bigger. But I would suggest that if you have no experience on commercial then I would suggest pairing up with someone who has

Have you ever worked on com. Have you got any work for commercial.

It's a bigger type of fish than domestic with the regs. And if you haven't got alot of experience on domestic I would say to really build on that knowledge so that your in better stead for the com world

For example. You cannot just replace a gas valve on a commercial boiler. It requires a rather expensive analyser and about 3 hours depending on load of commissioning

 

[Millsy 82]

I have been domestic for the past 11 years and I am good at installing but I have mainly carried out service and breakdowns where I can get my head around most things and am good at fault finding.

I have domestic gas/ LPG and also Oil.

I would like to be able to work with somebody but there is nobody on the company that I work for who can touch it.

I know its going to be a very steep learning curve (as it was when I did my oil but after a few jobs I was ok 18 months on im as reliable as with gas) I am prepared for that and expecting it to be harder than picking up oil but going to be worth it.

 

[SimonJohns]

If you ever need advice. Give me a pm. Or post and I'm sure I'll pick it up at some point