{"id":14494,"date":"2018-06-13T13:54:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T11:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/hse\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2022-07-07T05:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T03:49:55","slug":"guidance-qualifications-required-work-equipment-containing-f-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/guidance-qualifications-required-work-equipment-containing-f-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: Guidance on qualifications required to work on equipment containing F gas &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"On 23rd May 2018 the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs and Environment Agency have published the updated version of the Guidance on Qualifications required to work on equipment containing F gas.\n\nA facility must be qualified to work on systems and equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases (F gas) that the EU regulates.\n\nIt needs different qualifications for:\n<ul>\n \t<li>stationary refrigeration and air conditioning (SRAC systems), including heat pump systems<\/li>\n \t<li>stationary fire protection systems<\/li>\n \t<li>mobile air conditioning systems<\/li>\n \t<li>electrical switchgear<\/li>\n \t<li>solvent recovery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAn individual must be qualified (have a personal qualification certificate) even if he works for someone else.\n\nA business that works on third party systems or equipment must ensure that its engineers must have personal qualifications. The business must also have a company F gas certificate.\n\nThe Contents of the Guidance are the following:\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/qualifications-required-to-work-on-equipment-containing-f-gas#check-if-youre-qualified\">Check if you\u2019re qualified<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/qualifications-required-to-work-on-equipment-containing-f-gas#stationary-refrigeration-and-air-conditioning-srac-systems-including-heat-pump-systems\">Stationary refrigeration and air conditioning (SRAC) systems, including heat pump systems<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/qualifications-required-to-work-on-equipment-containing-f-gas#stationary-fire-protection-systems\">Stationary fire protection systems<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/qualifications-required-to-work-on-equipment-containing-f-gas#mobile-air-conditioning-systems\">Mobile air conditioning systems<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/qualifications-required-to-work-on-equipment-containing-f-gas#electrical-switchgear\">Electrical switchgear<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/qualifications-required-to-work-on-equipment-containing-f-gas#solvent-recovery\">Solvent recovery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSource:\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/qualifications-required-to-work-on-equipment-containing-f-gas\">Guidance &#8211; Qualifications required to work on equipment containing F gas<\/a>, published on the Government webpage on 23rd May 2018.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 23rd May 2018 the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs and Environment Agency have published the updated version&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[603,601,611],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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