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Why should I choose Plumbing SERC?
This unit is designed to develop skills in plumbing and associated activities.
This unit includes:
• consideration of health and safety issues in relation to workshop activities;
• consideration of career opportunities in building services; • the appropriate use of plumbing hand tools; • the use of industrial standard materials and sustainable resourcing of these materials;
• the cutting and bending of copper pipework;
• jointing methods for copper and mild steel pipe;
• the use of a hand-held threading machine for mild steel pipe;
• cutting, bending and jointing methods for polybutylene pipe;
• consideration of environmental issues in relation to workshop activities;
a review and evaluation of performance.
How will I be assessed in this subject?
This is a 2 Year Course delivered alongside Carpentry and Joinery
This course is being offered as part of the Occupational Studies Single Award, which is equivalent to 1 GCSE.
Three assessments are required, one each for copper, mild steel and polybutylene.
Assessment includes; Observation of work activities, examination of work completed and written records are the preferred means of assessment. Practical occupational tasks selected should reflect the breadth of opportunity for learners to be stretched and challenged when demonstrating their skills in line with this specification.
What will I study?
Health and Safety including Safety Relating to the use of Hand Tools
Health and Safety including Safety Relating to the use of Hand Tools
Learners should be able to:
understand the implications of the Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA)1974 in relation to this occupational area;
wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), for example safety boots, gloves or goggles;
understand appropriate methods of handling materials and the safety aspects of a floor-standing bending machine;
describe three career opportunities in building services;
use a senior hacksaw safely and correctly;
understand safe procedures for manual lifting, including individual and team lifting;
follow correct accident procedures should an incident occur in the workshop;
identify and name the parts of the following basic hand tools: a measuring tape; drawing board;m rule for marking out drawing exercise; copper pipe cutters; senior hacksaw; plumber’s set square; slides used with a copper bending machine; floor-standing bending machine;
Pipe cutters for mild steel pipe; and a hand threader;
evaluate their own performance in practical tasks.
Cutting and Bending Copper, Polybutylene and Mild Steel Pipe
Cutting and Bending Copper, Polybutylene and Mild Steel Pipe
Learners should be able to:
cut copper pipe to given dimensions with a minimum of waste; interpret drawings;
bend an offset and a double square bend in copper pipework;
bend a pipe allowing for ‘spring back’ using a hydraulic bending machine and cut threads; cut a mild steel pipe to given dimensions
with a senior hacksaw with a minimum of waste; recycle or dispose of waste in an environmentally friendly manner;
evaluate their own performance in practical tasks.
Jointing Methods for Copper, Polybutylene and Mild Steel Pipe
Jointing Methods for Copper, Polybutylene and Mild Steel Pipe
Learners should be able to:
join pipe using the following methods: compression fittings; push fittings; capillary fittings; soldering; and brazing;
pressure test the assembled pipework for 10 minutes using hand pressure-testing equipment to 3 bar;
use a gas leak detector to identify any leaks; join mild steel pipe to fittings using flax and paste;
evaluate their own performance in practical tasks; and
carry out an end-of-unit evaluation.
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