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Pipework & Brazing

The Pipework & Brazing course is essential for all personnel who will to be trained and certified competent in pipework & brazing and compliant with:


 
  • Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999
  • Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC
  • Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR2000)
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    The objective of this course is to provide training and assessment for:
     
  • ERS JAB1  Joining & Brazing Certificate
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    To provide understanding and training for:
     
  • Presure Regulations 1999
  • Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC
  • Pressure Systems Safety Regulation 2000 (PSSR2000) for pipework & brazing
  • Compliance with Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration industry standards
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    To provide:
     
  • Competence evidence for the appropriate skills card.
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    The Pipework & Brazing course is a practically based course but includes the required training in health and safety areas to enable candidates to competently carry out the correct brazing techniques.
     
    The British Refrigeration Association has set the criteria for the pipework & brazing practical assessment hence this approved industry standards is strictly adhered to ensure the workmanship and that best practices are shown and achieved.
     
    1. General Safey & Compliance
     
  • General Dutues of Employers
  • General Duties of Employees
  • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 (COSHH)
  • Protection Against Burns from Flames and Sparks
  • Protection from Fumes
  • Transport
  • Storage
  • Safety
  • Gas Cylinders in Fires
  • Pressure Regulation Compliance
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    2. Refrigeration Pipework Installation
     
  • Introduction
  • Copper Tubing
  • Soft Drawn
  • Hard Drawn
  • Cutting Copper Tubing
  • Bending Copper Tubing
  • Flared Connections
  • Swaged Joint
  • Fittings
  • Installation planning
  • Pre-Site Checks
  • Pre-Installation Checks
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    3. Oxy-acetylene Equipment
     
  • Cylinder afety Precautions
  • Acetylene
  • Explosion Risks
  • Oxygen
  • Gas Pressure Regulatiors
  • High pressure Blowpipes
  • Backfires and Flashbacks
  • General Preparations
  • Setting the Gas Pressures
  • Lighting the Blowpipe
  • To Shut Down the Plant
  • Blowpipe Flame
  • The Neutral Flame
  • The Carbonizing Flame
  • The Oxidising Flame
  • Power to the Flame
  • Brazing Alloys
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    4. Brazing and Testing Techniques
     
  • Cutting and Fitting
  • Cleaning
  • Proper Fluxing
  • Assembling and Supporting Purging System with Dry Nitrogen
  • Heating and Flowing the Alloy
  • Cleaning after Brazing
  • Points to Remember
  • Caution
  • Pressure Testing
  • Destructive Testing

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    First stop…..
    NVQ Level 2/3 in Airconditioning or Refrigeration.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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    DATES AVAILABLE:

     

    16th & 17th  March 2026

    18th & 19th May 2026

    20th & 21st  July 2026

    21st & 22nd September 2026

    23rd & 24th November 2026

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

      

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Head Office:

    Crownship Developments Ltd,

    Charlton House Mews,

    Bridge Street, Brigg,

    North Lincolnshire,

    DN20 8NQ

     

    Technical Centre:

    Crownship Technical,

    Unit 13,

    Temple Street Unit Factory Estate,

    Station Drive,

    Hull,

    HU5 1AD

     

    Telephone Number: 01652 658151

    Email: enquiries@crownship.com

     

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