Introduction to Plumbing

Course

Distance

£ 499 VAT exempt

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Distance Learning

  • Duration

    2 Years

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Course programme

Plumbing
Supported Home Study
Course Summary

Are you ready for a practical, hands-on career with great potential rewards?

Plumbers enjoy a varied working life where no two appointments are ever the same, but these days you'll need more than tools and a blowtorch to join them - there are requirements for environmental awareness to learn, and health and safety regulations that must be adhered to before you get to grips with your first stuck stopcock.

Reliable plumbers are forever in demand and skilled people who work hard can make very good money. To make a success of a new career in plumbing, you'll need the information, skills and techniques in DCA's Introduction To Plumbing course. Complete the course and you will be ready to progress towards the Technical Certificate in Plumbing or NVQ Level 2 and 3*.

This comprehensive course covers all the above, along with the practicalities of today's hot and cold water systems, so you can avoid getting into deep water!

Plumbing Course Outline
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

Plumbing Learning Method

Learn Plumbing at home in your spare time, using proven learning methods perfected by DCA - leaders in the field of home learning.

Home learning is a convenient way of earning a DCA plumbing diploma at a pace and time that suits your lifestyle.

Thousands of people enrol in home learning courses every day.

With DCA, you can study when you feel like it. This might be relaxing in the comfort of your own home, relaxing on the sofa. It may be on a train or in the park on a hot summer day.

Your materials are delivered directly to your home in bite-sized chunks, which means that you can take them wherever you want to.

As you have all the materials to study your plumbing course, there is no need to attend any classes so you are free to fit your studies around a current job and earn as you learn or balance your learning with family life, hobbies and other commitments.

As a DCA plumbing student, you will have access to your own courses tutor on a FREEPHONE helpline or if you choose by e-mail. Your tutor will be with you throughout your course.

Plumbing Diploma

DCA Home Learning awards a personalised diploma to all students who have successfully completed their course. Students who achieve an average score of 90% or higher will earn a "Diploma with Highest Honours."

Students undertaking an accredited course will receive the appropriate certificate from the awarding body.

Additional information

Payment options: Full Payment Now: a single payment of £499.00 by cheque, postal order or credit card Monthly Payments: Take advantage of our Easy Payment Plan. Make a deposit of £39.00 and 12 monthly installments of £38.33. There are NO INTEREST CHARGES.

Introduction to Plumbing

£ 499 VAT exempt