TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
MONTHLY COURSES ON DOMESTIC FIRE AND CO ALARM SYSTEMS PROMOTE BEST PRACTICES AND THE RAISING OF STANDARDS, KNOWLEDGE, AND COMPETENCE IN THE LIFE SAFETY INDUSTRY… Aico leading the way with City & Guilds Assured Qualification
A ico have expanded their Assured Qualification on domestic fire and Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarm systems, with over 100 installers successfully completing the assured qualification. As the European market leader in home life safety, Aico place education at the forefront, promoting best practices and delivering a range of free training for their supply chain across the UK. To educational offering with the launch of their City & Guilds further support their customers, Aico are proud to introduce their City & Guilds Assured qualification – a global quality benchmark that recognises excellence in training and learning. The qualification is a continuation of Aico’s FIA CPD-accredited Expert Installer training, which provides installers with the essential knowledge to correctly install Aico fire and CO alarm systems and environmental sensors. To provide participants with a detailed understanding, this one-day course, AA2426-01, focuses on the design,
installation, maintenance, interconnection, siting, and electrical connection of Aico domestic alarm systems. The qualification has a mixture of theory-based and practical sessions and concludes with a multiple-choice assessment that must be successfully completed to earn the City & Guilds qualification. Duncan Orr, Regional Specification Manager for NI & IOM and Supply Chain Education Lead, comments: “At Aico we are passionate about education. It is a cornerstone of our business, with tens of thousands of participants having received our award-winning, FIA-accredited, Expert Installer training. In an ever- changing and fast-moving landscape, the City & Guilds assured AA2426-01 course builds on this foundation and takes our educational offering to the next level. It is our privilege to bring this City and Guilds Assured qualification to the market and continue to promote the raising of standards, knowledge, and competence in the life safety industry.” Aico delivers one City & Guilds course each month, with more dates being
added in 2023. The qualification takes place at Aico’s Centre of Excellence in Oswestry and is delivered by their expert Technical Team. The qualification has been warmly received by the electrical industry, with one attendee commenting: “Very informative training. Now I have a great understanding of what is required to meet BS5839-6 and feel confident about my installation. Great theory followed by the important practical exercise.” To be eligible for the City & Guilds Assured qualification, participants must have completed Aico’s Expert Installer training and be a member of the Aico Installer Community – a connected online platform built to support Expert Installers.
To find out more, visit: www.aico.co.uk/ our-services/domestic-fire-co-alarm- systems/ Would you like to become an Aico Expert Installer? Visit: www.aico.co.uk/our- services/expert-installer-training/
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