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LCHT Curriculum Development Meeting – Bolton College
Curriculum Development – Low Carbon Heating Technician. Very excited to welcome all attendees tomorrow and discuss the plans that have been in the making for a while. Development of delivery materials, when and where to use them and how to record the evidence mapped across the KSB’s and the duties of the LCHT apprenticeship standard.…
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McAlpine and Water Label – visit to Bolton College
Bolton College Dale Hollins Yvonne Orgill Vikki Hollins What an absolute delight to have McAlpine Plumbing Products and Unified Water Label in to discuss products and sector knowledge and information with our year 3 apprentices today. Magnificent content and discussions a plenty with apprentices and the speakers. #WaterLabel #McAlpine #BoltonCollege #Plumbing #Skills#Knowledge #Behaviours Everyone left…
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Bolton college continues the LCHT
A wonderful follow up article highlights the support from industry and MCS in the development and delivery of this apprenticeship standard. https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/24258605.bolton-college-launches-low-carbon-apprenticeship/
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Hyper-docs as depth of knowledge checks
I have used hyper docs for a while and find them very useful as a depth of knowledge check, a stretch and challenge exercise or as a flipped learning item in readiness for upcoming sessions or assessment. The great thing I have found with them is their flexibility in how simplistic or deep you can…
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Assignment for knowledge
All throughout my teaching when delivering on the apprenticeship standard for plumbing and heating I regularly give the apprentices an assignment every week. This is to aid them in gathering more knowledge on relation to their studies. It assists in their OTJH’s (off the job hours) and adds to their TQT (total qualification time). I…
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Components within an ASHP and design considerations
Air source heat pumps (ASHPs) are a type of heat pump that uses the outside air as a heat source. They can be used to heat and cool homes and businesses. To design an air source heat pump system, you will need to consider the following factors: A compressor is a crucial component in a…
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Honeywell wiring
This document contains wiring instructions for Honeywell heating controls. It provides wiring diagrams for a variety of systems, including Sundial S, S Plan Plus, Y, C, C Plan Plus, W, and U plans. It also includes information on boiler wiring, programmer wiring, valve wiring, and frost protection. According to Honeywell, using their heating controls can…
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Environmental technologies blog
Environmental Notes: Solar Thermal and Heat Pumps As the world continues to face the threat of climate change, it is more important than ever to find ways to reduce our environmental impact. One way to do this is by using environmentally friendly technologies. Solar thermal and heat pumps are two such technologies that can help…
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Behaviours
Behaviours that grow with you and your experiences Within this blog there is a template covering seven behaviours, the idea of this template is to encourage apprentices to look at these behaviours and keep them updated as they progress throughout their apprenticeship. For example if you are on an apprenticeship that lasts for 48 months…
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Skills
KSB’s are so important (knowledge, skills & behaviours) in this blog I have featured some knowledge and skills previously, this blog post focuses on Skills featuring the following: Fault finding on a wiring centre How to complete a passover bend in copper How to complete an offset bend in copper This blog post is a…
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