Pricing
ACS portfolio support, paid in stages.
£450 total including VAT. Start with a free suitability check. If we can help, the first paid stage is a £50 detailed portfolio review.
£450
How you pay
You pay as the work gets done.
Not £450 upfront. Nothing at all is charged for the initial suitability check. If we are a good fit, the first paid stage is the £50 detailed review, which establishes what your portfolio needs and defines the plan before you book any on-site work.
All prices include VAT.
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£50
inc VAT · £50 of £450 paid
Detailed portfolio review
The first paid stage. We read your portfolio, checklist and requirements properly, identify the evidence and tasks still outstanding, work out which job types need planning, and set out the proposed on-site plan and the milestones that trigger the later payments.
Once the detailed review has been carried out, this fee is not refundable, subject to your statutory rights.
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£150
inc VAT · £200 of £450 paid
At the agreed halfway milestone
The halfway milestone is agreed during your detailed review and written down, based on your actual requirements — so you know exactly what has to be completed before this stage becomes due.
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£150
inc VAT · £350 of £450 paid
When the remaining on-site milestone is complete
The rest of the agreed on-site work and evidence identified in your review has been completed.
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£100
inc VAT · £450 of £450 paid
Compiling and sign-off
We compile and finalise the portfolio support, match the evidence to the applicable requirements, and complete the applicable engineer evidence and sign-off.
Then you submit it
Nothing more to payYour portfolio goes to your training centre for assessment. If they come back and say something is missing or wrong with the evidence we helped provide, we work with you to put it right. That is included — there is nothing further to pay.
£450 in total, including VAT. Passing an ACS assessment sits with the relevant assessment process, not with us, and we cannot guarantee it.
What’s included, and what isn’t
All prices include VAT.
Included
- The free suitability check
- The £50 detailed portfolio review as the first paid stage
- Practical on-site portfolio support
- Exposure to the relevant live domestic work identified in your review
- Evidence and photographs captured while the work is being carried out
- Help matching evidence to the applicable requirements
- Portfolio organisation
- Applicable engineer evidence and sign-off after the required supervised work
- Correction support within the guarantee above
- VAT
Not included
- Your travel to and from live jobs
- Accommodation
- Fees charged by your training provider or training centre
- ACS assessment fees
- Gas Safe registration fees
Free suitability check — no payment when you enquire.
Portfolio support guarantee
If your training centre identifies a legitimate problem with evidence, organisation or applicable engineer sign-off that Gas Track Academy provided as part of your agreed portfolio support, we will work with you to correct that part at no additional charge.
This is the part people worry about most, and fairly so. You are not left on your own if something comes back, and there is nothing further to pay for putting right work we were responsible for.
What it does not mean
- It is not a guarantee that you will pass an ACS assessment
- It is not a guarantee that a training centre will accept your entire portfolio regardless of circumstances
- It does not cover your performance in an assessment
- It does not cover work or evidence completed elsewhere
- It does not cover entirely new requirements introduced after the scope we reviewed and agreed
- It does not allow sign-off for work that was not actually carried out and supervised as required
FAQ
Questions about the money and the time.
Can you help if I have not started my portfolio at all?
Yes. A completely blank portfolio is fine and it is where plenty of people start. What we need to see is the requirements you are working to, so we know what evidence and job types to plan around. Being 0% complete is not a problem; not being on a recognised training route is a different matter, and we will tell you if that is the case.
What happens during the free suitability check?
You send your details, your training centre or provider, the programme you are working toward and any paperwork you have. We look at whether our service suits your route and requirements, and tell you if it does not. There is no payment at this stage and no obligation.
What does the £50 detailed review include?
We read your portfolio, checklist and requirements properly, identify the evidence and tasks still outstanding, work out which job types your placement needs to cover, agree the milestones that trigger the later payments, and set out the proposed on-site plan.
Is the £50 refundable?
The £50 pays for the detailed review. Once that review has been carried out, the fee is not refundable, subject to your statutory rights.
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