V Skill HF-D9.3-005 sector-specific 9 skills
Building services engineering
Installs and maintains water, heating, air and energy systems in buildings, commissions them and measures their performance afterwards.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Work sample test · rho 0.33 (SD 0.09)
- hrmforce instrument
- Work sample test, Knowledge test (client-specific)
- Competency (50-framework)
- Commitment to Quality
- Trainability
- high
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- rising
The candidate performs a representative work sample under standardised conditions.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Installs pipes and fittings under supervision according to the work instruction and reports deviations in the site situation. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Independently commissions a heating or ventilation system, measures its performance and sets the controls. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Develops building services concepts for complex buildings, sets company standards and advises clients on sustainable system choices. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Installing a central heating system Central heating installation | Installs boiler, pipework and radiators, fills and bleeds the system and sets the controls. | stable |
| V | Fitting and pressing pipework Pipe fitting | Cuts, bends and joins copper, steel or plastic pipe using press, soldered or compression fittings. | stable |
| V | Hydronic balancing Hydronic balancing | Sets flow rates per circuit or radiator so heat is distributed evenly across the building. | rising |
| V | Commissioning a ventilation system Ventilation commissioning | Measures and sets air flow rates per valve and checks whether the system meets the ventilation requirement. | rising |
| V | Installing a gas system to code Gas installation | Installs gas pipework and connection, tests for tightness and works to the applicable gas installation rules. | declining |
| V | Maintaining refrigeration and air conditioning HVAC maintenance | Checks refrigerant pressure, filters and operation of a cooling or air conditioning unit and resolves deviations. | rising |
| V | Commissioning an installation Commissioning | Runs through a start up protocol with checks, measurements and settings at handover and records the results. | stable |
| K | Applying legionella prevention Legionella control | Assesses a drinking water installation for stagnation and temperature and carries out the control measures. | stable |
| T | Configuring a building management system Building management system | Sets time programmes, setpoints and alarms in a building management system and reads out faults. | rising |