This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to fabricate and install roof drainage systems and associated rainwater components.
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:
* a valley gutter
* a fascia, including one internal and one external angle, that is attached to an approved support system and a minimum of three metres in length
* an eaves gutter, including:
* gutter support system
* nozzle
* stop end
* internal and external angle
* fall
* overflow measure
* expansion allowance
* a downpipe, including:
* offset
* spreader
* fixings
* a box gutter, including:
* overflow measures
* sump or rainwater head
* expansion allowance
* gutter support system
* ridged support
* fasteners and sealants.
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.
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):