Course Title: Design and size consumer gas installations

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2015

Course Code: BUIL6323C

Course Title: Design and size consumer gas installations

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4338 - Certificate IV in Plumbing and Services

Course Contact : Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254468

Course Contact Email:engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Geoff Steel
geoff.steel@rmit.edu.au
99254331

Nominal Hours: 60

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

Nil.

Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to design, size and document a consumers gas installation, including consumer piping operating up to a pressure of 200Kpa, fluing, ventilation and appliance installation associated with natural gas (NG), simulated natural gas (SNG),liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and tempered liquefied petroleum gas (TLPG) for a building of minimum four floors and multiple buildings supplied through one gas source (billing meter or storage tank).
It covers preparing for work, determining gas installation design requirements, detailed planning of the layout, and completing work finalisation processes, including records and documentation. 

 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CPCPGS4011C Design and size consumer gas installations

Element:

2. Identify system requirements.

Performance Criteria:

2.1Information and specifications for required work are obtained and confirmed, if necessary by site inspection.
2.2Regulations and Australian standards relevant to the work are consulted and applied to all aspects of the work.
2.3Quantity, location and type of take-off materials and fixtures are determined from plans and specifications.
2.4Gas installations are sized according to relevant Australian standards, and statutory and regulatory authority and workplace requirements.

Element:

1. Prepare for planning.

Performance Criteria:

1.1Nature and scope of planning task are identified and confirmed.
1.2Work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements associated with planning, sizing and documenting layout of gas installations are adhered to throughout the work.
1.3Work is organised and sequenced in conjunction with others involved in or affected by the work.
1.4Tools and equipment required for planning, sizing and documenting layout of gas installations, including personal protective equipment, are selected and checked for serviceability, and faults are rectified or referred for action.
1.5Work area in which planning process is to be conducted is prepared.

Element:

3. Plan system layout.

Performance Criteria:

3.1Layout of gas installations is planned according to building plans, relevant Australian standards and workplace procedures.
3.2Materials required are specified and optimised according to relevant Australian standards from proposed design.
3.3Plans are recorded according to regulatory authorities' and workplace requirements.
3.4Sustainability principles and concepts are observed when preparing for and undertaking work process.

Element:

4. Restore work area.

Performance Criteria:

4.1Work area is restored according to workplace procedures.
4.2Tools and equipment used in the process are refurbished and left according to workplace procedures.
4.3Information is accessed and documentation, including work backup, is completed according to workplace requirements.


Learning Outcomes


Refer to elements.


Details of Learning Activities

Learning activities include in class workbook activities and researching industry practices and standards. This may include online learning activities. Students are expected to undertake design, size and documentation to relevant industry standards to include sustainability and WHS principles. 


Teaching Schedule

 

Week beginning/Session Topic Learning Activities/Resources Elements/ Performance criteria Assessments
Session 1 Training schedule/breakdown.
Pre training review.

Supply faults.
Calculating meter capacity.
 

Students do written assessment covering sizing, ventilation, WHS, gas types.
Trainer delivers lesson on supply faults and meter capacity.
 
1.1.
1.2, 1.5, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2.
2.4.
2.4.
 
Assessment 1 - Quiz, AS5601-2013.
Session 2 OPSO regulators.
Pipe sizing.
 
Students do written assessments covering sizing, gas types.
Students work through handouts, AS5601-2013,
handouts, AS5601-2013, DVD, PPT.
 
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2.

2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2.
 

 
Session 3 Test times calculations. Students do written assessments on domestic & industrial pipelines.
Students work through handouts, AS5601-2013.
 
2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2.  
Session 4 Materials & joining.
Identification & location of pipework.
ESV assignment.
 
Students work through Handouts, AS5601-2013.
Handouts, AS5601-2013.

ESV website, AS5601-2013.
 

1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.3.

1.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.3.
 

Assessments 2 – Written assignment on appliance clearances.
Session 5 AS5601-2013 quiz. Students work through handouts covering sizing, ventilation, multiple choice questions., AS5601-2013. 1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1, 4,3.  
Session 6 Ventilation.

Appliance locations.
 

Students work through handouts covering ventilation, various appliance locations. AS5601-2013, DVD, PPT.
Handout, AS5601-2013, PPT.
 
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.  
Session 7 L.P Gas installations.
Cylinder installation & locations.
 
Written assessment covering cylinder locations and various LPG installations. 1.2,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,3.1,3.2,
3.4.
 
 
Session 8 AS5601-2013 quiz. Written assessment covering sizing, ventilation, multiple choice questions. Handouts, AS5601-2013.

 

1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1, 4,3.  
Session 9 Flue design and installation. Written assessment covering sizing various types of flueing systems. Handouts, AS5601-2013, DVD, PPT. 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.3.  
Session 10 1st revision exercise Light commercial pipe sizing, ventilation, test time. Handouts, AS5601-2013.
Practice design piping systems task 1.
 
1.1,1.2,2.2,2.3,2.4,3.1,3.2.  
Session 11 2nd revision exercise (mock exam). Handout, AS5601-2013.
Practice design piping systems task 2.
 
1.1,1.2,2.2,2.3,2.4,3.1,3.2.  
Session 12 3rd revision exercise (mock exam). Handout, AS5601-2013.

 

1.1,1.2,2.2,2.3,2.4,3.1,3.2. Assessment 3 design piping systems.


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References

AS5601 - 2013


Other Resources

ESV website.

An approved Calculator


Overview of Assessment

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course.


Assessment Tasks

Students are required to complete three different types of assessment tasks
1. Assessment 1 - Quiz 
2. Assessments 2 – Written assignment on appliance clearances

3. Assessment - 3 design piping systems.

To successfully complete this unit, a student needs to be deemed competent (CA grade) in all three assessment tasks.
Grading Criteria:
NYC - Not yet competent
CA - Competence Achieved
DNS - Did not submit assessment


Assessment Matrix

    

Assessment Task                                                       Element                          Percentage                Weighting
Assessment 1 - Quiz  1.1 - 4.3 20
Assessment 2 - Written assignment on appliance  clearances                                                            1.1 - 4.3 30
Assessment 3 -  design piping systems  1.1 - 4.3 50


 

Other Information

Academic Misconduct

Students are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism in oral or written presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one’s own. Plagiarism is not acceptable.
The use of another person’s work or ideas must be acknowledged. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic misconduct which carry a range of penalties including cancellation of results and exclusion from your course.
Students are responsible for ensuring that their work is kept in a secure place. It is also a disciplinary offence for students to allow their work to be plagiarized by another student.
Students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding the use of copyright material. It is strongly recommended that students refer to the Guidelines for Students at the RMIT University Homepage.
 

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