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Becoming MCS certificated: Solar Water Heating (Solar Thermal)

One day seminar to assist you in becoming certificated under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme

15 September 2010 - BRE, Watford

Details :
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme has been operating since 2007 and has been shown to be raising quality levels in UK renewable energy installations. It is used by Government and other grant-giving bodies as a quality mark on which to rely, when approving financial incentives for renewable energy installations. BRE originally set up the MCS for the government, so our knowledge of the scheme requirements is second to none.

To achieve this raising of standards, the scheme has to be robust, which means that becoming certificated is not a simple box-ticking exercise - it drills down to the fundamentals of how your installation business operates, as well as assuring a high level of technical competence.

This one day seminar has been designed to help you with the key aspects of becoming certificated under MCS:

  • Morning session: Quality Management Systems - an essential ingredient. Certification under MCS requires certain good business practices to be demonstrated to the assessor, including a set of operating procedures written by the installation company. This session will describe, with examples, exactly what is expected, and how these can make your business run more efficiently
  • Afternoon session: Technical requirements of Solar Thermal installations complying with MCS - The technical session will cover the key issues which MCS assessors look for and how to avoid the common pitfalls. Some prior knowledge of solar water heating installations will be assumed in this session.

This seminar will provide attendees with:

  • An understanding of the benefits of becoming certificated under the MCS scheme with BRE
  • A clear idea of what is required to achieve certification and what are the next steps
  • The basis of a Quality Plan which is specific to your business via interactive class exercises
  • Confidence in dealing with MCS certification
  • Q&A with an MCS expert

MCS Assessments are undertaken by UKAS-accredited certification bodies, such as BRE Global, and involve a visit to your company and an inspection of a sample installation.
The MCS standards are applicable to domestic and small commercial scale systems (up to 50kW electrical, 45kW heat).
More information on MCS assessments by BRE Global can be found at www.greenbooklive.com/microgen

Programme :

09:30 Registration and refreshments 
10:00 

Morning session commences

13:00 Lunch 
14:00 Afternoon session commences
16:30 Close 
A detailed programme will follow shortly

Intended audience :

Existing installers who wish to gain MCS certification or anyone interested in becoming a solar thermal installer. Please note: this course does not aim to provide installation training - some prior knowledge of how solar thermal systems are installed will be assumed.
Please note that BRE runs several other courses for people with little no prior knowledge of renewable energy systems

Other events in this series will include:

21 September Becoming MCS certificated: Heat Pumps
29 September Becoming MCS certificated: Biomass
7 October Becoming MCS certificated: Small Wind Turbines

Cost

  • Full-day £150 + VAT
  • Half-day (technical session only)* £100 + VAT.  *For delegates wishing to attend more than one event in this series, you are only required to attend the Quality Management System (morning session) once.  After you have attended one session, any subsequent technical requirements (afternoon sessions) can be booked at the reduced cost of £100 + VAT.  To register at the reduced cost, please contact BRE Events for an online booking code at E: events@bre.co.uk or T: 01923 664800

For more information:
Caroline McGill
events@bre.co.uk
01923 664800