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LMS for gasfitters: training software for gasfitting businesses
Gas work carries your business's name long after the van has left. With Howio you show every person on your team how each job is done, and you keep a record of who's completed the training.
The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board in New Zealand runs its online CPD on Howio. 7,339 practitioners completed it in 2025.
Gas work has to be right the first time
One of your gasfitters connects a water heater while you're commissioning a job across town, and a new hire sets up a flue the way their last employer did it. A joint that leaks or a flue that doesn't draw might not show on the day, and the result can be a gas leak, a fire or carbon monoxide. Your certifying gasfitter is responsible for testing and certifying the work the team did, and it all goes out under your business's name. In New Zealand, the Health and Safety at Work Act also requires your business to make sure the people who work for you are properly trained and supervised. Showing someone once on site is hard to repeat for the next starter, and it's harder still to prove later.
How Howio helps
Show the whole team how each gas job is done, and keep the record
Build it from what you already have
Describe what you want, or drop in an appliance manufacturer's installation manual, a video of a commissioning or your own photos, and the AI course builder turns it into a draft course you can edit to match how your business works. If you don't have images, you can create them in the course builder.
Done on a phone, between jobs
Send a link by email and each person opens the course in their phone browser. There's no app to install and no account to set up.
A record of who has done it
Search for anyone by name and see which courses they've completed, the date and their score. When a client or an inspector asks how your team was trained on an appliance, you've got the record to show them.
Refreshers that come round on time
Set automated reminders for the refreshers that matter, such as leak testing or carbon monoxide awareness, and issue a certificate on completion that renews automatically when it's due. Certificates can carry your branding and be added to a LinkedIn profile.
What gasfitting businesses put on Howio
Each person sees the courses that match their role, so an apprentice and a certifying gasfitter get different training.
Induction
An induction for every new starter and apprentice, covering how your business works and who to call.
Installing and commissioning
Your method for installing and commissioning the appliances you fit most often.
Leak and pressure testing
Leak and pressure testing, step by step.
Flueing and ventilation
Flueing and ventilation checks.
Gas pipework
Gas pipework installations and alterations.
Scenarios
Branching scenarios, such as what to do when a customer reports a smell of gas.
Case study
The Board that licenses gasfitters runs its CPD on Howio
In New Zealand, every licensed gasfitter has to complete CPD set by the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board to renew their licence. The Board's online programme runs on Howio, and 7,339 practitioners completed it in 2025. Alongside the mandatory modules, they choose electives that match their trade. The Board's programme covers the licence requirement, and you use the same software to build your own business's training.
Looking for something else?
If you run CPD or training for a register or a membership, see how Howio works for regulators and for associations.
If you're a gasfitter in New Zealand looking for your licence CPD, the Board delivers it through its own website.
Questions about an LMS for gasfitters
- What is an LMS for gasfitters?
- An LMS (learning management system) for gasfitters is software a gasfitting business uses to build training, send it to its team and keep a record of who has completed it. Howio is built for people who work on site, so courses run in a phone browser.
- Does training I build on Howio count towards PGDB CPD?
- No. In New Zealand the Board sets and delivers licence CPD itself, and its online programme runs on Howio. Courses you build for your own team sit alongside that and don't count towards the licence requirement.
- Can I build a course from an appliance manufacturer's manual?
- Yes. You can build courses from manuals, documents, video and photos, and add your own steps.
- Can I see who has completed a course, and when?
- Yes. Search for the person by name to see their status, results and completion date.
- Does Howio connect to Simpro?
- Yes. Howio integrates with Simpro, as well as payment, sign-in and CRM systems.
Try it with an appliance you fit every week
Start a free trial and build your first course from a manual you already have, or book a demo and we'll show you how a gasfitting business would set it up.