best ACS literature??

[southend-gas]

Good morning lads (and ladies)

I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on books for studying for my Acs coming up. as mentioned before i did my apprenticeship with BG and worked for them for a number of years before leaving the trade for 2 years to help out in a family company. i now need to re-sit my acs and register with gas-safe, but am lookingof the best books/cds anything really that will refresh me on how to pass my acs. i have my old BG books im going through, but they are nearly 10 years old and im sure most of it still stands, there will most defiantely have been some changes over that period.

Any help will be much appreciated!!

Cheers

G

 

[Barry98]

defo the latest BS one , wont your college be providing them or are you just going for it ?

 

[southend-gas]

im just going for it bod, went in to see the local ACS testing centre, and the guy who runs it starting throwing questions at me, and said im ready to just go for it, that coupled with a british gas apprenticeship should be enough for me to get through it.
Big ask of myself i know, but im squatting up virtually every night, hence the nrequest for help ha!!

wheres the best place to buy the latest BS one?

 

[Barry98]

HSE Books


gas saftey regs , it is i just call it BS cos its full of all the bs numbers

 

[Barry98]

[DLMURL="http://books.hse.gov.uk/hse/public/saleproduct.jsf?catalogueCode=9780717664191"]Safety in the installation and use of gas systems and appliances - HSE Books[/DLMURL]

thats the full link

 

[GrahamM]

There are a selection of training manuals out there and everyone has their preference. BPEC's gas training manual would be my preference, but another would be by Viper.

 

[ballandco]

When i took mine not to long ago we brought the viper book,thought this was good for most you need to know but the college gives out all bs papers on exam day

 

[metaldust9]

viper book or corgi book

 

[plumbdoctor]

i was in the same position as you southend gas ex bg done my re-yake last week but opted for a 2 day refresher as hadnt worked on gas for a few years and passed it easy but would have struggled without the refresher, viper gas book is best they still ask the most stupid theroy questions, i dont know why they do it ! all the best

 

[fuzzy]

acs is really just a safety course, so regs is a big part
for learning gas try trealoar

 

[southend-gas]

Thanks everyone for all your help.
Cheers plumbdoctor, i recall them asking silly questions but have also booked in the 2-day refresher course to go over areas i feel less confident on.
Are you working for yourself now?

 

[ljrgas]

viper book (its the bible))

 

[kirkgas]

surely if you are paying for training/assessment you will get the training book linked to their accreditation, if someone books with us i take a £50 deposit and give them the training book to look at before they come in, if they dont come back i have £50 for the book so my costs are covered, i am fed up booking places for people who say they will definately come and then dont turn up, so from now on it is £50 to book then balance at 9am on the first morning, if they dont want to pay a deposit they have no intention of turning up

 

[bobgarden]

Viper Book (v good)
Corgi Book
Gas Safety Pack By Construction Skills is really good too.

 

[southend-gas]

thank you everyone for all your help. could someone send a link for the viper book please i have found a few different ones??

i still have my BG book on the ACS, but this is 8 years old, im sure the majority of it is still the same, but would just like a 2nd book to squat up on!!

 

[gregg1908]

viper book is the best book combined with safety regs book that you can obtain free as a download from HSE site

 

[gregg1908]

I have just sat my ACS nad both the above books helped me through