UEERA0049 - Install and start up single head split air conditioning and water heating heat pump systems
Nominal hours
Location
Prerequisites
UEERA0059 - Prepare and connect refrigerant tubing and fittings; and
UEERA0064 - Recover, pressure test, evacuate, charge and leak test refrigerants - split systems
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to position, assemble, install, start up and decommission single head split air conditioning systems and water heating heat pump split systems, up to a maximum of 18 kilowatt (kW) refrigeration capacity.It includes following standards, codes of practice, regulatory requirements and routine procedures to install equipment, connect pipe work, pressure test, evacuate, perform functional checks and complete required documentation.
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:
* applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures
* applying safe working practices and relevant legislation, industry standards, codes of practice and regulations
* applying sustainable energy principles and practices
* assembling, installing and starting up split air conditioning and/or water heat pump system
* dealing with unplanned events/situations in accordance with workplace procedures in a manner that minimises risk to personnel and equipment
* decommissioning split air conditioning and/or water heat pump system
* determining job/work task requirements and applying workplace procedures, including making equipment/worksite safe
* documenting work activities
* giving notification to appropriate person/s for electrical connections to be completed
* implementing risk control measures
* inspecting and testing single head split air conditioning and/or water heat pump system and documenting performance to manufacturer specifications, including undertaking functional performance checks
* making equipment and worksites safe through leak testing and fitting of caps to refrigerant access ports to stop refrigerant escaping into the environment
* positioning and assembling system components to specifications
* installing and connecting refrigerant piping
* installing and connecting condensate drain piping
* preparing to assemble, install and start up a single head split air conditioning system and/or water heat pump system with a maximum cooling/heating capacity of less than 18 kilowatt (kW)
* pressure testing and evacuating system using manufacturer instructions.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
* condensate drain pipe work installation and connections
* refrigerant pipe work installation and connections
* relevant A1 and A2L class refrigerant, systems, piping, tools and equipment
* relevant codes of practice, industry standards, regulations and WHS/OHS legislated requirements, including:
* AS/NZS 5141 Residential heating and cooling systems - Minimum applications and requirements for energy efficiency, performance and comfort criteria
* AS/NZS 5149.3 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements - Installation site
* AS/NZS 5149.4 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements - Operation, maintenance, repair and recovery
* Australia and New Zealand Refrigerant Handling Code of Practice - Part 2 Systems other than self-contained low charge systems
* Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations
* relevant manufacturer specifications and instructions relevant risk mitigation processes, including safe working practices and risk control measures
* relevant workplace documentation
* relevant workplace policies and procedures
* role of licensed electrician/plumber
* split air conditioning and water heat pump (maximum plant capacity for each system is 18 kW), including:
* decommissioning split system requirements and procedures installing split systems, including manufacturer instructions, location, mounting and connecting pipe work
* single head split air conditioning system (up to 18 kW) types, applications, major components, controls, operation and operating conditions
* split system start-up, including manufacturer instructions, pressure testing, evacuation, checking refrigerant charge, adding refrigerant, leak detection and checking function and performance.
* split water heating heat pump system (up to 18 kW) types, applications, major components, controls, operation and operating conditions
* sustainable energy principles and practices.
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):