Accreditations

Gas Safe Register is the only official gas registration body of gas businesses and engineers in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Guernsey.

By law all gas businesses must be on the Gas Safe Register.

A gas engineer can only be aligned to a registered business and be issued with a license to undertake gas work on behalf of a registered business if they hold a valid and current qualification. This evidence of competence is obtained by every engineer through a recognised route of training and assessment (much as the DVLA issues driving licences to those who have demonstrated their competence by passing a driving test).

The checks completed before a registration can be approved ensure those applying for and holding registration are appropriately qualified.

The Register is not a membership body or trade association.

The Register (and all services associated with it) is operated on behalf of the relevant Health and Safety Authority for each region – ie the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI).

Gas Safe Register replaced CORGI as the only gas registration body in Great Britain and Isle of Man on 1 April 2009 and in Northern Ireland and Guernsey on 1 April 2010.

REFCOM (the Register of Companies Competent to Handle Refrigerants) is one of the government-appointed bodies that certify companies under the F-Gas Regulations.

By law, any business that installs, services, maintains, repairs or decommissions stationary refrigeration and air conditioning equipment containing fluorinated gases (F-gases) must hold an F-Gas company certificate, and its engineers must hold the appropriate personal F-Gas qualification.

To be certified, a company must show that it employs suitably qualified engineers, has the right tools and procedures for handling refrigerants safely, and keeps proper records. REFCOM audits certified companies to make sure these standards are maintained.

KBC Heating Services is REFCOM F-Gas certified (certificate number REF1021907), which means we can legally install, service, repair and leak check air conditioning systems. Find out more about our air conditioning services.

OFTEC (the Oil Firing Technical Association) is the trade association and registration body for the oil-fired heating industry in the UK and Ireland.

OFTEC trains and assesses technicians working on oil-fired boilers, tanks and associated equipment, and runs a competent person scheme. Registered technicians can self-certify that their oil heating installations comply with Building Regulations, so customers do not need to arrange a separate inspection by Building Control.

Using an OFTEC registered business gives you confidence that the engineers working on your oil boiler or storage tank are properly trained, assessed and kept up to date with current standards. Find out more about our boiler servicing.

SMAS Worksafe is a health and safety pre-qualification scheme for contractors and a member of SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement).

To gain SMAS Worksafe accreditation, a contractor's health and safety policies, risk assessments, training and procedures are independently assessed against the SSIP core criteria, and the accreditation is renewed each year.

Because SSIP member schemes recognise one another, our accreditation shows clients, main contractors and facilities managers that our health and safety management has already been independently checked, saving everyone time when appointing us to work on their sites.