In accordance with Section C 4.1.2 of the Criteria Document version 1.4 and section 10.2 of the rules of registration, all RGIs are required to undergo a formal accredited “Domestic Gas Safety Assessments” (DGA) in an Accredited Assessment Centre every 5 years.
The criteria for the “Domestic Gas Safety Assessments” (DGA) can be viewed on the following links:
The assessment will be based on this criteria.
The assessment criteria was developed by the scheme committee and approved by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB). This committee, under the chairmanship of the CER, consists of representatives of the following industry stakeholders; CER, RGII, ILPGA, GNI, Calor, Flogas, Solas, ERS, METAC, Martin Hogan Training and the Installer Representative Panel. Assessment Centers providing the “Domestic Gas Safety Assessments” (DGA) must be certified by an accredited certification body, which in turn must be accredited by a national accreditation body for this assessment in accordance with the standard ISO/IEC 17024.
The Following Assessment Centres have been approved to deliver the “Domestic Gas Safety Assessment” (DGA)
- Martin Hogan Energy Training Tel: 01 8110607 Unit 4A, Century Business Park, St.
Margaret's Road, Finglas, D 11.
- METAC Tel: 057 8756540Unit 3-4 Mountrath Enterprise Park, Mountrath, Co. Laois
Assessment centres are separate entities to RGII and offer this assessment to RGIs only, on a commercial basis. Please note that any RGI sitting the assessment is not required to attend any training course, however if they wish to avail of pre-assessment training the associated training centers are in a position to provide this on a commercial basis.
In order to assist RGIs to meet the commercial cost of the initial requirement for re-assessment RGII will credit the RGIs accounts by €230 on receipt of the “Domestic Gas Safety Assessments” (DGA) certificate of competence. This credit may only be used by RGIs for registration fees or the purchase of Declaration of Conformance Certificates (certs). This credit is not refundable.
For any clarification on the requirement for re-assessment of competence, please contact RGII at 01-4997998.