Installation | Maintenance | Training

BeaconMedaes has well established training courses including all aspects of Medical Gas Pipeline Systems, from Authorised Person through to Medical Gas Safety for portering staff.

We can provide BTEC and City & Guilds accredited Medical Gas Pipeline System courses in association with WTI Training Group.

All courses are designed and delivered by MEDĘS and can take place either at your site or a venue close by. If you wish we can arrange shared events with other local hospitals.

Bespoke events can also be supplied to suit your specific needs.

To discover how MEDĘS can best supply your training needs please contact our sales team on 01246 474242 or scroll down for more information.

TRAINING COURSES

Authorised Person (MGPS)
Course ref: AP
Status: BTEC Advanced Award
Course Length: 4.5 days
Course Fee (+VAT): Please contact us for a price
Target Audience: Those personnel who are to assume the role of Authorised Person (MGPS) defined in HTM 2022 and whom their executive manager will appoint in writing from the recommendation of an Authorising Engineer's assessment. The course will place particular emphasis on the use of the Permit to Work System, preparation of an Operational Policy and the control of MGPS maintenance and will involve completion of a MGPS system compliance exercise as part of the course assessment process.
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Authorised Person (MGPS) Refresher Course
Course ref: APR
Status: BTEC Advanced Certificate
Course Length: 2.5 days
Course Fee (+VAT): Please contact us for a price
Target Audience: Personnel whom have assumed the roll of Authorised Person and have previously attended a full AP course. Health Technical Memorandum 2022 (HTM 2022) advocates refresher training and re-assessment of practicing Authorised Persons (MGPS) on a three yearly basis. This course provides not only a means of updating and refreshing the required knowledge but also, by virtue of the assessment criteria applied, a defined standard of achievement which your Authorising Engineer can take into account as part of the re-assessment procedure.
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Competent Person (MGPS) - Maintenance
Course ref: CPM
Status: City & Guilds Award
Course Length: 2.5 days
Course Fee (+VAT): Please contact us for a price
Target Audience: A course for staff to be employed in the role of Competent Person (MGPS) and having responsibility for performing basic day to day maintenance of piped medical gas systems. The course is ideally suited to directly employed healthcare estates personnel to be assessed as Competent (MGPS) by their Authorised Person (MGPS) but who have no responsibility for the installation and major testing of medical gas systems.
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Competent Person (MGPS) - Installation
Course ref: CPI
Status: City & Guilds Award
Course Length: 4.5 days
Course Fee (+VAT): Please contact us for a price
Target Audience: A course for staff to be employed in the role of Competent Person (MGPS) and having responsibility for performing installation and maintenance of piped medical gas systems. The course is ideally suited to Professional contract installers and directly employed healthcare estates personnel to be assessed as Competent (MGPS) and have responsibility for the installation and major testing of medical gas systems.
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Medical and Pathology Gas Safety for Portering/Medical Staff
Course ref: P
Status: Certificate of Attendance
Course Length: Half day / 1 day
Course Fee (+VAT): Please contact us for a price
Target Audience: A course for healthcare staff with responsibility for medical and pathology gas cylinder handling, transporting, storage and connection, particularly those described as 'Designated Persons' in the latest edition of HTM 2022. To provide up to date guidance on and practice in, the safe handling, transportation and connection of medical and pathology gas cylinders.
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Bespoke (MGPS) Courses
Course ref:
Status: Certificate of Attendance
Course Length: To Suit
Course Fee (+VAT): Please contact us for a price
Target Audience: Courses can be tailored to suit your specific requirements on all aspects of HTM 2022, Medical Gases, Medical Gas Products, Product Maintenance, Medical Gas Safety.
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