Oil enquiry

[Flanners]

Evening guys

I have been a gas engineers for the past 14 years and love it! I want to get into oil now and expand my horizons!!!

Has anyone recently registered with oftec? Was is very difficult / involved?

What is a rough guide price to become registered and do the training courses etc?

Any info would be great!

Thanks

 

[SimonJohns]

Do some courses. I went on the grant one to get a taster. You don't have to be oftec straight away. But you really need to get it if you want to do it because of insurance etc and to know the regs properly

 

[Best]

Wasn't recently, but probably cost about £600 + registration, so rough guide £1000 I think. That was the 101, 105, & 106 which is servicing/ commissioning, installation & oil tanks install.
The course was hard enough but a load of bull. Mostly multi choice & open book. The practical was useless. You can buy oftec books. Better you learn from oil engineer.

 

[Plumb God]

Oil is easy, it's the regs and H & S thats the ball ache.
Oftec for 5 years is I believe £800 + (think they only do a 1 and 5 yr deal)

If you have done a 'proper oftec recognised course of training' and pass naturally, then you don't have to register with them if you only want to do Breakdowns and Servicing.
Installations and Boiler/Tank replacement you need to be with them!

(the above is my info what I knew 2 yrs ago)

 

[dontknowitall]

Round numbers:
Training around £900
Registration around £200 a year
FGA around £500 + £100 calibration a year
£200 for tools and small stock (smoke pump, spanners, nozzles, flexible oil lines, etc)

 

[Roger Welton]

Training is broken down into a number of modules

101 - Pressure jet commissioning
102 - Vapourising commissioning
105 - Instalation
600 - Tank installation

As mentioned above grants Vortex product course is very informative, and will give you a flavor of what its like. Though like anything you learn more by working with some one / doing it yourself.

Tools you probably have most things you need if you've been working on gas already, apart from possibly a fuel pressure gauge.

Spares, a selection of nozzles, flexi oil lines, filter elements, a few fuel pumps, solenoid coils, motors, control boxes and sundries, prob budget 500-1000ish

Be prepared to get dirty, and have van stink of kerosene, though you soon get used to it.

Oftec registration consists of two parts, company registration and personal registration when i did mine they were both for 5 years at 500ish each, though i believe they now offer an annual alternative.

 

[kimbo]

I,ve been with oftec for 10yrs waste of money the quality of work by some engineers is rubbish and a lot can't do breakdowns,you can't learn it all in 5 days. Best go with another engineer you will learn a lot more. You don't have to register with oftec the regs say a competent persons scheme of which often is one also napit and one or two more. Breakdowns and servicing you don't need to register.