Elmhurst’s intensive ABBE qualification course is designed to equip non-domestic and air conditioning professionals with the skills and knowledge to become fully qualified Air Conditioning Inspectors in just 6 days.
The course covers all key aspects of the Air Conditioning Inspection Report process, providing learners with an industry-recognised qualification that allows them to undertake Air Conditioning Energy Assessments on systems with an output greater than 12kw.
The Level 3/4 course is designed for those who will be assessing complex air conditioning systems, including multiple cooler installations, air handling equipment, air and water-cooled chillers, as well as the simple, and multi-split packaged equipment and systems.
Elmhurst’s experienced team of trainers and technical support staff will guide learners through the training and assessment process, ensuring a thorough understanding of the subject matter. Upon completion of the training, learners will be able to produce the DLUHC Recommendations Report and Certificate that can be lodged onto the Government’s website.
| Price Breakdown
£2025.00 + £332.85 ABBE Registration fee = £2357.85 (excl VAT) or £2829.42 (inc VAT) |
Course Breakdown
The comprehensive 6-day course is held over 2 weeks and includes 3 learning days in each week. This split ensures that most, if not all, attendees will become fully qualified without the need for additional training/work after the course.
- Welcome & Housekeeping
- Introduction to Portfolio
- Review of ‘OneFile’
- Methodology – ABBE course framework
- AC/Chiller System Type definitions
- Assessing Equipment sizing and the use of benchmarks
- Mechanical Refrigeration
- Evaporators
- Condensers
- Compressors
- Expansion valves/Devices and other components
- TM44 (2012) Reporting Methodology
- Inspection of ‘Packed Systems’
- Homework
- Review of Homework plus course material delivered on ‘Day 1’.
- AC4 System types and definitions
- Evaporators
- Condensers
- Compressors
- Expansion valves/devices and other components
- Inspection of ‘Centralised’ systems
- Efficiency of Air Conditioning systems
- Free Cooling
- Task 3 – Risk assessment
- Homework
- Review of Homework plus course material delivered on ‘Day 2’.
- Setting up the ‘ACE’ Software
- Setting up the ‘Project’
- Setting up ,Time Zones’
- Setting up ‘AC Systems’
- Setting up ‘Air Handling Unit’
- Adding ‘Chilled water pumps’
- Room Sizing’
- Maintenance’
- ‘Adding Photographs’
- TM44 Inspections fields’ – ‘Site Inspection Data’
- TM44 Inspections fields – Setting up VOL001 (Building)
- TM44 Inspections fields – Setting up CH001 (AC or Chiller)
- TM44 Inspections fields – Setting up AHU001 (Air Handling Unit)
- TM44 Inspections fields – Setting up TU001 (Terminal Unit)
- TM44 Inspections fields – Setting up SC001 (Controls)
- TM44 Inspection fields – Setting up GR001 (Grilles)
- Recommendation Report
- ‘Executive Summary’ Report
- ‘Validation’ of your report
- Final ‘Advisory Report’ and ‘Certificate’
- Review on what has been achieved.
- Review of the material covered within the first week
- Look at the material for the first real building which resides on ‘OneFile’
- Download the material and review what is there
- Open ACE Wizard and go through the same process you undertook for the ‘Training project’ on the previous week
- Review on what has been achieved.
- Review of the material covered on the first day
- Look at the material for the second real building which resides on ‘OneFile’
- Download the material and review what is there
- Open ACE Wizard and go through the same process you undertook for the first project on the previous day
- Review on what has been achieved.
- Review of the material covered on the second day
- Look at the material for the third real building which resides on ‘OneFile’
- Download material and review what is there
- Open ACE Wizard and go through the same process we undertook for the second project on the previous day
- Review on what has been achieved.
- Review the work undertaken over the two weeks to see what is outstanding.
May 2024
| Date | Duration | Delivery | Location | Places left |
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| 7 May 2024 09:00 | 6 days | Online (Live) | Online | Full |
July 2024
| Date | Duration | Delivery | Location | Places left |
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| 8 Jul 2024 09:00 | 6 days | Online (Live) | Online | 4 |
September 2024
| Date | Duration | Delivery | Location | Places left |
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| 16 Sep 2024 09:00 | 6 days | Online (Live) | Online | 6 |
November 2024
| Date | Duration | Delivery | Location | Places left |
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| 11 Nov 2024 09:00 | 6 days | Online (Live) | Online | 6 |
