CPCPWT3026 - Install and fit off sanitary fixtures, water services and adjust water service controls
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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 fit off and commission heated, tempered and cold-water services to sanitary fixtures. It includes installing and fitting sanitary fixtures and adjusting water service controls and devices.
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:
* setting out, installing and fitting off sanitary fixtures and tapware from an approved point of connection to a:
* water closet (WC)
* shower
* sink
* bath
* basin
* dishwashing machine
* wall hung urinal
* non-drinking water hose tap
* installing and adjusting a programmed flushing device for a cold-water service
* adjusting and commissioning two different WC cisterns
* reseating a brass tap and installing an approved jumper valve
* removing and replacing a mixer tap cartridge with a replacement cartridge.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
* properties of water, including pressure and flow rates
* approved materials, components, their characteristics and their application for installing sanitary fixtures, cold water systems and water service controls and devices
* water service controls and mixing devices
* working drawing conventions, symbols and abbreviations
* how to access relevant information, including codes and standards
* tools, materials and equipment used to fit off and commission heated, tempered and cold-water services to sanitary fixtures
* work health and safety (WHS) requirements for fitting off and commissioning heated, tempered and cold-water services to sanitary fixtures.
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):