CPCPIG2021 - Design domestic urban irrigation systems

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:
* designing and preparing a drawing of the system, incorporating automatic timers and controls, varying sprinkler heads and zones, and indicating the materials required (by number and type), to comply with a site plan and specifications for the irrigation of a 200 square metre garden of lawn, shrubs, trees and flowers.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
* processes for accessing information and for calculating material requirements
* properties of water, including pressure and flow rates
* relevant statutory and authority requirements related to drawing and installing irrigation systems
* SI system of measurement
* specifications of the range of irrigation products available
* standards applicable to the installation
* technologies for irrigation measurement and drawings
* various types of irrigation systems, including types of materials and components used
* workplace and equipment safety requirements.