Quidos Public Building Energy Assessor Training
What we are offering:
Comprehensive training to qualify as a Public Building Energy Assessor (PBEA) Level 3, we will provide you with all the education, training, and materials required to gain your Diploma in Commercial Energy Assessment.
The Diploma is issued by ABBE www.abbeqa.co.uk and is a Level 3 VRQ.
Diploma structure:
Bespoke Training: ABBE vs APEL
To enable you to practice as a public building energy assessor you must be accredited with a government approved accreditation body, however unlike Domestic Energy Assessors, there is more than one route to commercial accreditation.
These two routes are as follows:
ABBE Qualification DipDEC Level 3
As described above, this is a qualification designed to train people to the standard required for completing energy assessments on properties in accordance with Level 3 requirements.
Once the Qualification is complete you will be able to apply for accreditation without any further requirements.
This option is suitable for those with a background in domestic energy assessing, home inspectors or general property surveyors.
APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning)
The APEL application route has been given approval by the CLG and Asset Skills Council for application to practice as a PBEA as there are a number of existing commercial surveyors presently working in the market, who already have the majority of necessary skills to practice at their desired level.
The Quidos APEL route shall involve a number of stages to complete, initially a skills audit form based on a government approved format will be required to be completed in order to assess the suitability for a candidate to continue with the APEL route, and this will involve a number of questions based around NOS requirements upon which a final decision will be made.
If a candidate is accepted to proceed down the APEL route they will then be assigned an assessor who will guide them through the rest of the process which will involve providing evidence to support their initial claims.
This option is suitable for those with experience in the commercial energy assessment and surveying market, preferably with either two years experience or existing membership to a professional institution.
We do however recognise that there may be individuals who have trained to complete DEC’s and AR’s and as such if professional competency can be proven we will also consider these applications.
Quidos DipDEC Level 3 Training Schedule of Events
The course is intended to be run over a period of two or five consecutive days and will incorporate a selection of practical and written activities, including slide show presentations and sample (virtual) properties that candidates can practise inputting data etc… The idea being to make the course as hands on as possible
An example of the Schedule is as follows:
Day 1 Commercial building construction
- Recognising commonly occurring commercial building constructions
- Determining the age of commercial property
- Measuring and Survey techniques
- Sources of information
Day 2 & 3 Building Services
- Basic principles
- Heating systems – heat generation and distribution
- Comfort cooling systems
- Hot water provision
- Sources of information
- Lighting Systems
- Basic principles
- Lighting – Identifying and recording different light sources
- Controls
Day 4&5 DEC software
- Principles of Operational Ratings and calculation
- The structure of the software
- Data assembly and input rules
- Entering Area and Energy usage details
- Assessing the property and creating detailed Advisory Reports
- Generating the DEC and AR including lodgement
- Details of ABBE portfolio requirements and assessor information supplied
All our courses are supported by comprehensive and up to date training manuals, professionally printed and updated as changes occur in the industry.
Modular Breakdown
As part of the APEL route it may be deemed that there are candidates who show 80% competency in fulfilling the requirements however have shortfalls of knowledge in one or more specific areas.
This has led to the modular breakdown of our training course which will help to fill those gaps, without the unnecessary attendance of a formal government approved qualification, thus saving time and money.
The course as presently structured will therefore be broken down into the following modules:
Module 1:
- Building Construction and Measurement
- HVAC and Water Heating Systems
- Lighting Systems and Controls
Module2:
- DEC software and methodology
How much will it cost, and what does it include?
Full pricing details can be found by choosing the appropriate link at the bottom of this page.
How to apply:
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