Gold Certification is designed to enable technicians to continue advanced study in specialized areas and achieve the highest NORA certification.
To achieve Gold status, Technicians are required to have a NORA Silver certification, a minimum of five years experience working on Oilheat systems and to complete of a minimum of four of the Advanced Training modules.
The modules are: Advanced Air Flow, Advanced Hydronics, Advanced Efficiency, Advanced Venting, Advanced Controls, Advanced Steam, Oil Tank Installation & Maintenance and BPI’s program Building Science Principles Reference Guide. Training manual for some modules can be viewed and downloaded at no cost here.
In addition, the required course, Bioheat® Technical Guidance (NOR-109-1), must be completed. It is available in the online courses at Learning.NORAweb.org.
Gold certification will remain in effect for 5 years and 24 NORA CEU’s and Bioheat® Technical Guidance (NOR-109-1) must be earned during that period for renewal.