OFTEC Training & Assessment

UHI Inverness is one of the largest partners of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).   Through a partnership with 12 other colleges and internationally renowned research centres, we are making it easier for people to study high quality further and higher education across the region. Our vast selection of courses, from national certificates to post graduate degrees, are taught to over 6,500 full-time and part-time students.

UHI Inverness

The aim of this course is to provide oil heating installation technicians

Inverness College UHI

<h2>Booking and enrolment for OFTEC Training &amp; Assessment</h2>DescriptionThe aim of this course is to provide oil heating installation technicians with their OFTEC 105E, 101 and 600A certificates making them eligible for OFTEC registration.Client GroupCandidates should have experience in domestic heating installation and will generally have a qualification in gas, electrical, plumbing or heating and ventilation.AwardOn successful completion of the assessments, candidates will gain the certificates below and be eligible for OFTEC registration.• OFT105E – Domestic/light commercial appliance and energy efficiency installation• OFT101 – Domestic/light commercial pressure jet appliance commissioning and servicing• OFT600A – Domestic/light commercial/ industrial tank installationCourse ContentThe course is in two sections. The training section will prepare you for your OFTEC 105E, 101 and 600A assessments by providing information on legislation and training in both the practical and theoretical aspects of oil installation. The assessment section consists of a number of multiple choice exams and a practical assessment. During this practical assessment, an OFTEC approved assessor will observe you undertaking practical activities on appliances and equipment.Please note that the training section of this course is not compulsory. You could choose to go for assessment only. In practice only a small number of candidates take this route and we do recommend you attend training immediately in advance of your assessment.IMPORTANT INFORMATIONTo ensure BPEC Certification complies with its Awarding Body Agreement with Gas Safe Register, centres must verify the likeness of candidates who are undertaking assessments. This means that ALL candidates must have their likeness checked and recorded by one of the following means:* A current valid passport* A current valid driving licence (photo ID type)* A photo ID card issued by the UK Border Agency* Photo ID issued by any other Government agency*﻿ 2 Passport PhotosCANDIDATES MUST HOLD A CURRENT OFTEC CERTIFICATE OR PROOF OF PRIOR CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE (BPEC/LOGIC ECT.) WITHOUT THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTATION, YOUR PLACE ON THE COURSE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.<h2>How We Use Your Information</h2>Inverness College UHI is committed to ensuring that the processing of personal data is only undertaken in the legitimate operation of the College’s business.  The College is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office and collects/uses information (data) about its students and stores it in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation and UK Data Protection Act 2018.  Further details regarding the processing of your data can be found <a href="https://www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk/about-us/data/how-we-use-your-information/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.The personal data that you supply to us may be processed by Inverness College UHI, the University of the Highlands &amp; islands or by one of the UHI academic partners.  All processing will be undertaken in accordance with current data protection legislation. The College and UHI may provide limited personal data to contracted third parties to enable provision of services for the purposes of teaching, learning, administrative support and IT provisioning.  This includes, but is not exclusive to, Microsoft for student email accounts and CollabCo for the student portal.By providing your personal data, you are entering in to a contract with us for the purposes of administering your educational/training programme. We will only provide limited data to third parties where: we are obliged to do so by law e.g. Scottish Funding Council (SFC), statistical personal information will be shared with the SFC to allow them to allocate appropriate funding to colleges in line with Scottish Government strategies and their statutory duties. For more information on how the Scottish Funding Council use your personal data please see their FE student privacy policy on their website <a href="http://www.sfc.ac.uk/home/privacy.aspx" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.<a href="http://www.sfc.ac.uk/home/privacy.aspx" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Skills Development Scotland (SDS) which involves reporting on the destination of school leavers (aged 16-19 yrs) for research purposes. Should you leave your course prior to completion, SDS will be able to offer you careers advice and support.   We also share personal data with other bodies where we have a shared legitimate interest e.g. The Highland Council (with regard to school pupils in transition to further education); to awarding bodies/agencies for registration &amp; certification purposes; and to employers and sponsoring bodies who pay student fees (we may share details regarding your academic progress). Your photographic image will be recorded and used for identification purposes, for attendance monitoring and for providing you with a student ID card.  Your image will be stored against your electronic student record and may also be linked to your email account and your electronic college timetable for these purposes.  Your personal image may be retained for up to 2 years after completion/withdrawal from studies. You may have the right to withdraw your consent for the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances, and if you are unhappy with the way your personal data is processed, you may contact the local Data Controller.  If you are not satisfied with our response, you may raise a complaint via the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) <a href="https://ico.org.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.  <a href="https://ico.org.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>   You have the right to ask the college for a copy of the personal data we hold about you free of charge. To withdraw your consent to data processing or request a copy of your personal data please contact: Data Controller, Inverness College UHI, 1 Inverness Campus, Inverness IV2 5NA Tel: 01463 273000    Email: <a href="mailto:data.controller@inverness.uhi.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">data.controller@inverness.uhi.ac.uk</a>

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