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NAME : Alan Forrest MIfL Dip.RSA Cert Ed
TEL: 01670 544448
Email : alan.forrest2@gmail.com
Gas Training was established by Alan Forrest. Alan a Gas Consultant with over 26 Years experience of the gas industry working as an Executive with contracts such as BP Energy LTD and Rolls Royce. Now Company Director of a group of companies as a Plumber, Combustion/Gas Engineer, Lecturer, Trainer/Assessor/verifier.
I am an Associated Lecturer/training consultant with at Highbury College; working approximately one week per month training key customers such as Southern Gas Networks operatives on cat3 Emergency Service providers. I am proud to to recently be a part of the team that was awarded Ofstead grade 1 outstanding at Highbury Portsmouth. (CITB) Also Gateshead College with similar awards. (Bpec) as well as many other UK Wide.
Professional qualifications
Gas Safe Reg No: 125570 (16 years)
C.I.T.B. Reg No: 139621
Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (Affiliate)
I.F.L. institute for learning Reg No: ab105234 (Member)
Domestic gas acs:
ccn1 domestic gas safety
cen1 domestic central heating
ckr1 domestic cookers
wat1 domestic water heaters
htr1 domestic fires and wall heaters
cpa1
Commercial gas acs :
ciga1 commercial indirect fired heating appliances
icpn1 commercial pipe work first fix
tpcp1a commercial test purging pipe work >1m3
codnc01 commercial gas safety
cort1 commercial radiant tubes
cbhp1 booster/compressors and high pressure pipe work
cdga1 commercial direct fired appliances
tpcp1 commercial testing & purging commercial pipe work > 1m3
conglp1 lpg
Meters
Met 1 4 Cmet1 Cmet2 Regt1
Commercial catering acs: cocn1,comcat 1 & 3 CMC Commercial Mobile Catering
Commercial acs laundry
Registered Un-vented citb installer : Reg 1994
1986 NCFE Plumbing Cert (d596-1-01) pass
1994 City and guilds 6030/01 Plumbing craft certificate Pass
1994 City and Guilds 6030/03 pass with credits
1994 City and Guilds 6030/04 pass
2005 Energy efficiency city and guilds level 3: Part L compliant
2008 citb Health & Safety test
CRB Full enhanced disclosure May 2009
Completed Professional and Teacher Training
PGCE/Pcet. Certificate in Education Sunderland Uni Year 1&2. (pass yr1 June 2008 and Yr2 2009)
A1 Assessors award (pass 08)
V1 Verifier (Passed July 09)
CPD Continuing Personal & Professional Development
B Ed(Hons) Bachelor of education (ongoing)
V2 Verifier(ongoing)
Highly motivated individual keeping the learners expectations close to heart. Passing my skills onto the future generation is very rewarding knowing the contribution being made to all involved is very rewarding. Using my vast knowledge of the industry I am very keen to expand on my commitment to the industry providing invaluable assistance.
I have been lecturing with an ofsted outstanding team including Level one to Four Plumbing and Gas City and Guilds lessons with 100% pass rates.
I have vast quality assurance experience with ACS approved gas centres and ensure the quality of the Accredited Certification Schemes are upheld as a part of my V2. My roles have included working with colleges to provide ongoing support, advice and guidance to the schemes requirements. I have and maintained a sound in depth and up to date knowledge of the regulatory requirements as detailed by UKAS and the ISO 17024 standard, I also provide technical expertise to approved centres and help them to improve the delivery of their qualifications to ensure the quality of assessment and verification meets the national standards through:
Giving feedback to centres in the form of written and verbal information and support and clarifying issues and concerns.
Sampling candidate assessments and monitoring assessment and verification practices in ACS Gas centres.
Ensuring decisions on competence are consistence across centres.
Discuss with candidates and assessors to check the validity and authenticity of portfolios, records of assessment and claims for certification. Provide advice, guidance and support.
Carry out internal verification of portfolios ensuring we are identifying and providing for any special assessment needs of candidates and have mechanisms in place to ensure fair assessment and training in place.
Providing positive feedback on good practice and encouraging the on-going quality of assessment
Identifying areas of non compliance or needing further development and agree action planning.
Monitoring assessor/iv competence, experience and personal development in line with CSA requirements
Monitoring assessor/iv support and standardisation.
To maintain my own continuous professional development by working towards V2 and b Ed (hons) and further.
We have built a comprehensive set of teaching resources including interactive white board lessons to paper based questions and answers sessions and software to help and identify grades, training needs and efficiency panning.
