At Jason Rowley Training, our SCO RO Renewal course supports gas industry professionals in maintaining compliance and operational safety across the UK’s gas network. This module is part of the wider Safe Control of Operations (SCO) scheme, focusing on Routine Operations (Module 4). Designed for experienced personnel, the course refreshes your understanding of gas safety procedures, routine operations, and revised SCO processes.
If you already hold current SCO registrations and need to renew your qualification, this programme ensures your knowledge stays up to date with the latest gas network procedures and risk management practices.
SCO RO Training (Renewal)
Below you can view the currently scheduled available dates for this training:
SCO RO Renewal (Module 4) is a mandatory update for those performing routine gas works across gas distribution networks. The module reinforces your ability to manage low-risk, repetitive tasks using structured permit systems, ensuring you understand and apply updated guidance on gas safety systems, documentation, and safe working procedures.
This renewal ensures you continue to meet SCO scheme standards and retain your EUSR registration. You will revisit risk control, documentation processes, and how to apply your own gas safety procedures based on both national frameworks and internal company protocols.
This renewal course is intended for:
To enrol, you must have completed:
These prerequisites ensure a shared level of experience and understanding across all learners, allowing the course to focus on the updated requirements of routine operations RO and the control of work.
Course Duration: Approx. 1.5 hours, including refresher session and assessment.
Course Fee: £100 + VAT (includes registration, training, and certification).
Delivery Format:
Assessment:
This module supports safe performance of routine tasks by:
By the end of the course, you will be confident in:
Our SCO RO renewal module follows a clear, structured format tailored to industry professionals.
Assessment includes:
Authorising Engineers and Competent Persons follow a slightly different assessment route, ensuring alignment with their role-specific responsibilities and specifically identified registrations.
Your ability to follow gas network procedures directly impacts workplace safety and compliance. This renewal course ensures you understand:
You’ll also refresh your ability to complete routine operation forms, issue permits where applicable, and operate within the defined limits of the SCO scheme.
Jason Rowley Training offers flexible SCO training courses to meet the demands of businesses across the utilities sector:
Our instructors bring real-world experience in gas distribution companies, ensuring training reflects the practical challenges of operational environments.
We are a trusted national provider of SCO training courses designed for professionals working within gas distribution networks.
When you train with Jason Rowley Training, you benefit from:
Our training ensures you maintain compliance, protect safety standards, and operate with confidence.
Protect your role, maintain your SCO RO registration, and demonstrate continued competence under the Safe Control of Operations scheme.
Book your place today or speak to our team about arranging tailored RO renewal training for your site. Not renewing, but looking to get started? Explore our initial SCO RO training programme to begin your journey.
For more information, email: enquiries@jasonrowleytraining.com or call 0800 001 6740.
The SCO scheme ensures that individuals working on the gas network are trained to do so safely by understanding gas network procedures and correct Permitry. The SCO scheme is the knowledge-based part of a Competent Person’s or Authorising Engineer’s route to network registration and is followed by the competence-based part of the overall requirement.
Old SCO Scheme | New SCO Scheme |
SCO 1 & 2 | SCO Core, PtW & FoA |
SCO 4 | SCO NRO |
SCO 5 | SCO RO |
For individuals new to SCO or whose registration has expired the course must be completed in a classroom. For those that need to renew a current registration there is the option to do an online course.
SCO courses are delivered on request so please contact us to arrange a suitable date. We have a venue in Manchester but can provide the course at a venue of your choosing anywhere in the UK.
The cost of training includes EUSR registration, a virtual card, and a plastic smart card.
All candidates must possess a current SHEA Gas registration.
A combination of written and practical assessments within the classroom are carried out.
SCO registration lasts for five years from the date the course started.
The SCO 23 is a mandatory requirement for Cadent Contractors and is a recent requirement, which is why you may not have heard about it. Without it you will not be able to get your STC (Safety Technician Competent).
The course consists of:
Anyone that has an existing SCO registration will need to complete this and if they are doing a new SCO course it will be included at the end.
Please feel free to get in touch if you can’t find the answer to your question.
