CPCPCM4015 - Access and interpret regulatory requirements for the plumbing and services industry
Overview
This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to identify and apply the plumbing regulatory requirements to design and planned work activities for the plumbing and services industry, including the National Construction Code (NCC).
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:
* Locating, downloading and identifying the different volumes of the National Construction Code (NCC)
* Identifying ten (10) different Australian Standards referenced in the National Construction Code volume 3 "Plumbing Code of Australia" (PCA) and the area of plumbing they cover, including jurisdictional variations and additions
* Identifying the official location where to obtain five (5) current versions of Australian Standards referenced in the PCA
* Determining classes and type of buildings referenced in the National Construction Code (NCC)
* Identifying the cross-volume considerations in the PCA, locating their location within NCC volumes 1 or 2.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will advise students of class notes, reading materials produced by VU Polytechnic and further support via VU Polytechnic e-learning system and/or in person.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):