CPCPCM4015 - Access and interpret regulatory requirements for the plumbing and services industry
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Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
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.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
* the different sections, parts and their purpose contained in each volume of the National Construction Code (NCC)
* the difference between Performance Solutions and Deemed to Satisfy (DTS) installations
* the hierarchy of legislation and relationship between Acts, regulations, codes and standards
* jurisdictional requirements and application process for a performance solution
* jurisdictional requirements and process to lawfully carry out plumbing and services work
* WaterMark certification scheme and its relevance to installation and design of plumbing systems, or
* a metal cladding system on a building to meet compliance for three of the following provisions:
* structural
* sound transmission
* energy efficiency
* bushfire
* condensation management
* weatherproofing
* fire resistance.
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):