INTRODUCTION TO PLUMBING 4 Modules
Summary:
The DCA Home Learning distance learning course provides the underpinning theoretical knowledge in plumbing necessary to progress or embark on a career in this industry. It is designed for people eager to enter apprenticeships, professionals who need a working knowledge of plumbing installations, central heating systems and gas appliances and others involved in the construction industry as well as serious DIY practitioners.
The course covers installation, service and maintenance theory in compliance with current regulations. You will learn about hot and cold water supply systems, discharge and distribution systems, gas appliances and up-to-date information on installation regulations and health and safety.
Course includes:
• Industry and qualifications overview
• Health Safety
• Effective working relationships
• Key plumbing principles
• Common plumbing problems
• Cold-water supply
• Hot-water supply
• Common requirements of hot- and cold-water systems
• Central-heating systems (pipework)
• Central-heating systems (boilers)
• Electrical systems
• Above ground discharge systems
• Sheet lead work
• Environmental awareness
• Customer care
• Unvented hot-water systems
• Gas safety
• Gas appliances
• Plan work activities
Module 1:
• The type of work carried out by a plumber
• The nature of the industry, including the various types of plumbing businesses
• The key industry organisations, what they do and how to obtain more information about them
• Health and Safety responsibilities
• Personal hygiene
• Positive personal attitude to training
• Methods of accident prevention
• How companies are structured
• The general structure of the construction industry
• How the plumbing industry fits in with the construction industry
• The properties of the materials used for plumbing systems
• The correct type of materials for particular applications and methods of protecting them from damage
• Methods of bending copper and low carbon steel tubes
• Correct tool or equipment for a given pipe material
• Common faults and defects in tube bend and their causes
• Regulations and their purposes
• How water is collected, stored and distributed
• Cold water service from mains to dwelling
• Properties of hot water
• Hot-water systems and connections to service pipework
• Hot-water storage and instanteous.
Module 2:
• Various taps and valves used in plumbing systems
• Basic operating principles of taps and valves
• Gravity-fed and pumped heating systems
• Regulations for domestic heating systems
• Installing systems to comply with regulations
• Upgrading existing installations
• Types of radiator and heater
• Basics of solid-fuel and gas boilers
• Controlling heating systems
• Decommissioning a heating system
• Safety requirements for working on electrical systems
• Main equipotential bonding, supplementary bonding, earth-continuity bonding
• British Standards and regulations relevant to sanitary appliances
• Sanitary appliances used in AGDS
• Purposes of traps and the various types of traps
• Pipework installation requirements
• Problems caused by poor design or installation
• Above and below ground drainage systems
• Types and properties of sheet lead
• Chimney weathering sets
• Installation and fixing techniques for a lead slate
• Energy conservation
• Environmental legislation
Module 3:
• Good practice when dealing with customers
• Taking responsibility for jobs in domestic properties
• Dealing with customer complaints
• Water Regulations that relate to the work of the plumber
• Potential hazards to the water supply
• Identifying approved materials
• Concealed water fittings
• Avoiding damage when installing pipework and fittings
• Commissioning procedures
• Flushing, testing, disinfecting and disposal procedures
• Preventing contamination in animal drinking troughs
• Construction details of ponds and pools
• Vented and unvented systems
• Unvented system control components
• Unvented hot-water systems
• Commissioning requirements for unvented hot-water systems
• Common faults on unvented systems
• Legislative requirements relating to sanitary pipework and appliance procedures
• Sanitary accommodation requirements, including disabled access
Module 4:
• Typical layouts for a range of systems
• Working principles of flue systems
• Key flueing options for a range of gas-fired boilers
• Electrical testing requirements of domestic heating-control systems
• Flushing, cleansing and corrosion protection within central-heating systems
• Commissioning and handover procedures
• Statutory requirements for gas safety
• The function of CORGI
• Pressure testing domestic systems
• Purging and re-establishing gas supplies
• Checking pressure and gas rates
• The combustion process
• Signs of incomplete combustion
• The requirements for ventilation
• Calculating vent sizes
• Open-flued systems
• Room-sealed flue systems
• Flue inspection and testing
• The suitability and requirements fir storage of LPG
• Domestic gas central-heating boilers
• Domestic gas fires and wall heaters
• System layouts
• Current legislation related to construction
• Design principles and pipe-sizing for cold and hot-water systems
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| A big thank you for my study course which was very interesting and rewarding. — M.S.D. |
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| The coursework is well planned out, the example given at the beginning helps when you reach the actual question. It makes it easier to understand as I had been briefed by the example. — G.C. |
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