#One of the family
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For Gas Qualifications, please call 01530 278626 to speak directly to a member of the team!
The Plumbing and Gas academy was established in 2021 following many years of both areas working independently within the college. The academy was introduced to ensure that the areas were aligned providing the best possible service for all students and stakeholders. The area currently is able to offer full time plumbing and heating courses, apprenticeships and also full cost courses ensuring that students have a complete pathway of progression from full time provision to full cost courses.
We have outstanding facilities for all students to work in including a new workshop that was recently completed in June 22. These facilities provide the platform for our students to be the best they can be. We have designated area’s for Gas training and assessment which is accredited with BPEC. We have a long standing relationship with our awarding body and look forward to working alongside them for many more years to help deliver qualifications to our students.
At the SMB College group Gas and Plumbing academy, we look forward to seeing many students over the next few years embark in a career in the plumbing and heating industry and become the next generation of engineers to help meet government targets and initiatives, whilst ensuing that quality standards are met and exceeded.
Our partners Worcester Bosch and Resideo both support the area by donating upto date equipment and co designing the curriculum to ensure that it meets the needs of the industry and encapsulating the changes currently taking place surrounding hydrogen and control systems. Our partners also deliver content to students within their studies so that students can receive updates and boiler / control system expertise from the manufactures who are manufacturing and selling the products on the market for homeowners.
We are the only UK Resideo academy in the country and are proud to working alongside an innovative company which is a global brand. We are proud to be working with Worcester Bosch and will be working on new projects in the coming months to develop and deliver low carbon technology for building services
"As part of our ongoing commitment to invest in future talent entering our industry, we’re delighted to collaborate with SMB College Group to deliver a series of Resideo Academy training courses.
Our collaboration with SMB College Group is aimed at training the next generation of heating and plumbing installers on the latest products and advancements in the industry. Providing industry knowledge, together with practical workshops on products and systems will upskill students, supplementing the training content from their course. Equipped with these additional skill and experience, students have a head start to their career, as they play a key role in the future of the sector."
"Worcester Bosch’s is delighted to be in Partnership with SMB College Group; placing a strong emphasis on training, which is mutually beneficial to both the college and ourselves. With the significant changes within the heating industry needed to reach zero carbon by 2050; manufacturers, education establishments as well as the wider industry need work together to support skilled engineers of the future.
The Worcester Bosch’s College Links programme enables our experienced Engineers to train SMB students on existing and new technologies to help them meet the challenges of the future which for us is essential for the future of the industry.
The collaboration with SMB Group will help students excel and be inspired by our training programmes ensuring they are relevant, to the latest standards in the ever-evolving market."
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We are now running Domestic Gas short courses for industry, find out more - Domestic Gas Courses for Industry | SMB College Group
