UEEEL0008 - Evaluate and modify low voltage heating equipment and controls

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Unit code: UEEEL0008 | Study level: TAFE
Credit points
N/A
Location
Sunshine
Prerequisites
UEECD0007 - Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
UEECD0019 - Fabricate, assemble and dismantle utilities industry components
UEECD0020 - Fix and secure electrotechnology equipment
UEECD0051 - Use drawings, diagrams, schedules, standards, codes and specifications
UEEEL0019 - Solve problems in direct current (d.c.) machines
UEEEL0020 - Solve problems in low voltage a.c. circuits
UEEEL0021 - Solve problems in magnetic and electromagnetic devices
UEEEL0023 - Terminate cables, cords and accessories for low voltage circuits
UEECD0044 - Solve problems in multiple path circuits
UEECD0046 - Solve problems in single path circuits
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Overview
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Overview

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to evaluate and modify low voltage (LV) heating equipment and controls.
It includes working safely, identifying faults in heating equipment, repairing heating equipment, ensuring all work complies with relevant Australian Standards and legislation, and completing work and documenting activities.
The skills and knowledge described in this unit require a licence or permit to practice in the workplace where work is carried out on electrical installations which are designed to operate at voltages greater than 50 volt (V) alternating current (a.c.) or 120 V direct current (d.c.).
Competency development activities in this unit are subject to regulations directly related to licensing. Where a licence or permit to practice is not held, a relevant contract of training, such as an Australian Apprenticeship, may be required.Additional and/or other conditions may apply in some jurisdictions subject to regulations related to electrical work. Practice in the workplace and during training is also subject to work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations.

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, including 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 work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) workplace procedures, including identifying hazards, assessing risks and implementing control measures
*checking circuits are isolated in accordance with workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
*determining the operating parameters of existing heating circuits and equipment
*testing the function of a thermostat
*calculating the heat energy in a simple heating process
*testing the operation of an over temperature cut-out of the safety thermostat
*altering existing heating circuits and equipment to comply with specified operating parameters
*selecting heating circuits and equipment to comply with a specified function and operating parameters
*determining the cause of low efficiency in existing heating circuit and equipment
*determining conditions causing an existing heating circuits and equipment to be unsafe
*connecting heating equipment and appliances
*identifying faulty components in heating appliances and controls from test results
*testing heating appliances and controls for serviceability
*ensuring all work complies with relevant Australian Standards and legislation
*completing work and documenting activities
*dealing with unplanned events/situations.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
*electrical heating control devices, including:
*methods of manual heat control, automatic heat control
*types and application for common thermostats
*operation of common thermostats, thermal cut-outs and pressure relief valves, flow switches and checking sacrificial anodes
*sensitivity and differential of thermostats
*techniques for testing a thermostat, including differential and correct operation
*applications and operation of simmerstats, electronic heat control
*fixed electrical heating appliances, including:
*terminology: heat energy, temperature, specific heat capacity, thermal conductivity and thermal stability
*methods to test the heat energy in a simple heating process
*methods of heat transfer
*connections to a two phase stove
*operation of reverse cycle air conditioning
*electrical water heater operation, including:
*types of water heaters (instantaneous and storage) and their methods of control
*intrinsic safety (pressure relief and thermal cut-out)
*techniques for testing of over temperature cut-out of a thermostat
*switchboard requirements to supply a controlled load water heater
*internal circuit of a twin element water heater and supply connections
*solar heating system and its integration into an electrical installation
*heat pump, faults in heating equipment and controls, including:
*circuit diagrams of common heating equipment and controls
*single phase and three phase element resistance values
*techniques for testing single and three phase elements for correct insulation resistance and continuity
*equipment replacement techniques
*techniques for identifying and locating faulty components in heating equipment/controls, common types of faults
*techniques for repairing/replacing faulty heating equipment components
*relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes
*relevant manufacturer specifications, WHS/OHS legislated requirements, workplace documentation, workplace policies, procedures, relevant industry standards.

Required reading

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.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician
UEE30820 | Certificate iii | Duration:

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