Course Title: Locate and clear blockages
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: CIVE5718C
Course Title: Locate and clear blockages
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C3312 - Certificate III in Plumbing
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: vocengineering@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Program Manager - Warren James
Tel: +61 3 9925 4468
Email: warren.james@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 8
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
CPCPCM2043A Carry out WHS requirements.
Course Description
This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to locate and clear blockages to sanitary plumbing and drainage with the use of mechanically operated drain clearing machines and attachments, closed circuit television (CCTV) and manually operated drain cleaning tools and equipment where required.
In some jurisdictions, this unit of competency may form part of accreditation, licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CPCPDR2021A Locate and clear blockages |
Element: |
1 Prepare for work. |
Element: |
2 Locate and clear blockage. |
Element: |
3 Clean up. |
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
This unit is delivered over 2 sessions
Session Number | Topic | Learning Activities/Resources | Elements/ Performance Criteria | Assessments |
1 | Theory of locating and clearing blockages in drains. |
Pearson’s Chapt. 12 Powerpoint Pearsons Sanitary and Drainage Chapt 12 pg423 -450. Students complete worksheets 1 & 3. Introduce |
1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 | |
1 Cont…. | Swmns, underpinnings, formative tasks | Students complete SWMS, underpinning questions in student recording book. | 1.2, | Assessment 1 – Submit workbook underpinning questions and completed SWMS |
2 | Practical Tasks | Student locates and clears blockages using tools and equipment in workshop. Student recording book required for self assessment. | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, |
Assessment 2 – Practical tasks - Locate and clear blockages A29, A30, A31 |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Basic Plumbing Services Skills Water Supply 2nd edition |
9781442552364 |
References
Other Resources
AS3500
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 must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent.
Assessment | |
Task 1 |
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Task 2 |
Practical tasks |
These tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):
Assessment Mapping Matrix
Element/ Performance Criteria Covered |
Task 1 |
Task 2 |
1.1 |
X |
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1.2 |
X |
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1.3 |
X |
|
1.4 |
|
X |
1.5 |
|
X |
1.6 |
|
X |
2.1 |
|
X |
2.2 |
|
X |
2.3 |
|
X |
2.4 |
|
X |
2.5 |
|
X |
2.6 |
|
X |
2.7 |
|
X |
3.1 |
|
X |
3.2 |
|
X |
3.3 |
|
X |
To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.
Assessment Tasks
Students are required to complete 2 different types of assessment tasks
Assessment 1 – Submit workbook underpinning questions and completed SWMS. (Weighting 30%)
Assessment 2 – Practical tasks - Locate and clear blockages A29, A30, A31. (weighting 70%)
To successfully complete this unit, a student needs to be deemed competent (CA grade) in both assessment tasks.
Grading Criteria:
NYC - Not yet competent
CA - Competence Achieved
DNS - Did not submit assessment
Assessment Matrix
Assessment Task Element/ PC Percentage Weighting
Assessment 1 – Written tasks - Workbook Element 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.2, 30%
Assessment 2 - Practical installation of water pipework to plumbing areas Element 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 70%
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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