Caravan Engineer/Servicer

replied on 01/03/2018 11:11

Posted on 01/03/2018 11:11

Hi there

I wonder if anyone can help? We bought an older style caravan last year and my husband bought a manual in order to service bits of it himself. It got him to thinking that he may consider becoming a caravan engineer/ servicer. He was wondering what training and accredited courses he would have to undertake to become this?

He currently has his own garage fixing cars and his qualifications include.

City & Guilds 1,2,3 in Automotive Studies

City & Gulds 390 technicians

Scotvec HNC Automotive Studies & management

HNC Computer technology

HND Mechatronics

Bachelor of Engineering

Thanks in advance

5 replies

Metheven replied on 01/03/2018 11:19

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Metheven

Caravanner

Posted on 01/03/2018 11:19

In reality he maybe has all that is needed, just need training and accreditation in 'Gas', maybe already has basic Electrical accreditation.

There are many out their advertising themselves with nothing more than a van and some tools.

replied on 01/03/2018 11:33

Posted on 01/03/2018 11:33

Thanks for the reply.

Is there any company that is recommended for these courses?

heddlo replied on 01/03/2018 11:47

heddlo

Caravanner

Posted on 01/03/2018 11:47

It might be worth checking with NCC. The guy who serviced our caravan was authorised to stamp our warranty/service book so we assume he had done a course with Lunar to get accredited.

neveramsure replied on 01/03/2018 12:09

neveramsure

Posted on 01/03/2018 12:09

Hi Mikkie, as stated above he will need to acquire qualifications from NCC. His engineering and automotive skills will count for a lot but gas safety is a big part of the service, as is the electrical knowledge.

See this link. HERE

Good luck to him.