CPCPSN3011 - Plan the layout of a residential sanitary plumbing system and fabricate and install sanitary stacks
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Prerequisites
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to plan the layout of a residential sanitary plumbing system for a three-storey residence.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, incl the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
* planning the layout for residential sanitary plumbing systems, from given plans and specifications for a three-storey residence, including the following fixtures on each floor:
* a bath
* a shower
* a water closet
* a basin
* a floor waste gully
* a kitchen sink
* a laundry tub
* fabricating and installing, from a given set of plans and job specifications, three different installations of sanitary plumbing systems across a minimum of two building levels including the following fixtures on each level:
* a bath
* a shower
* a water closet
* a basin
* a floor waste gully
* a kitchen sink
* a laundry tub
* fabricating and installing each planned sanitary system including:
* using two different materials
* connecting the discharge piping at each floor
* preparing stack connection to below ground drain
* testing the sanitary system.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
* terminology relating to sanitary plumbing systems
* installation requirements of sanitary plumbing fixtures
* properties of soil and waste discharges, including temperature and corrosive discharges
* approved materials and components, their characteristics and application relating to sanitary plumbing systems
* how to access relevant information, including codes and standards
* materials and equipment used for planning the installation of residential sanitary plumbing systems
* work health and safety (WHS)requirements for planning the installation of residential sanitary plumbing systems
* principles of sanitary plumbing systems:
* elevated pipework
* fully vented modified
* reduced velocity aerated stack systems
* single stack
* single stack modified
* tools, materials and equipment used to fabricate and install sanitary stacks.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):