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Building Thermography Level II

This course is designed for practicing Level I thermographers who are interested in more advanced infrared thermography of buildings. This training course focuses on strengthening and improving thermography skills for building applications. Level II Building Thermography Training students must have successfully completed a Level I Thermography Training Course and have a minimum of six months field thermography experience. 

The course is run in collaboration with the IRed Training Centre. Attendees completing Level II Building Thermography course requirements and a thermography field assignment will receive an IRed Building Thermography Certification. This course is also approved by the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and successful completion is required before candidates may sit the externally administered PCN level II IRT examination at the end of this 5-day course (please note the examination fee of £169.20 inc VAT and BINDT registration is not included in BSRIA course fees) and additional practical experience is necessary before the formal Level II award.

There is no course currently scheduled, please contact the training manager to register your interest for the next course, or to discuss our in company training.

Practising Level I thermographers

This course will show you how to identify conduction and convection losses such as missing or inadequate insulation, thermal bridging, air movement through the building fabric, moisture problems and how to distinguish these from heating, ventilation and air-conditioning. It will cover qualitative thermography and ways to quantify defects.

Additional topics include:

• Building construction technology
• Survey objectives and methods
• Environmental conditions
• Supplementary inspection methods
• Fault analysis
• Acceptance criteria
• Safe systems of work
• Roles and responsibilities

Level II thermographers will be qualified to: 

• select the appropriate infrared thermography techniques and understand their limitations;
• specify the appropriate hardware and software for both portable and permanently installed systems;
• measure and analyse thermographic data;
• perform advanced image post processing (area analysis, montage, statistical analysis etc) and diagnosis;
• apply thermography theory and techniques, including measurement and interpretation of survey results;
• recommend appropriate corrective actions;
• prepare reports on condition, recommend corrective action and report on effectiveness of repairs;
• provide technical direction and supervise personnel at or below Level 1;
• establish acceptance and severity criteria;
• recommend the use of alternative inspection technologies.

 Delegates are provided with a training manual.

 To get the most from this course:

• Delegates should be computer literate
• Delegates should have a base knowledge of mathematics, physics and construction practice - you can test your knowledge by downloading our quick test. Please do not send your completed test back to BSRIA.
• Delegates should download, read and understand the following documents prior to the course: Thermal Imaging of Building Fabric (C, Pearson, BG39/2011), ATTMA Testing Standard 1 (TS1). This can be downloaded from ATTMA and Building Regulations Approved Document L: Conservation of fuel and power

 Colin Pearson is a Level III thermographer and head of BSRIA's Building Performance Team. Ray Faulkner is an experienced thermographer and runs the IRed Training Centre