Pipework & Brazing (CITB J05)

Pipework & Brazing (CITB J05)

The CITB J05 Pipework & Brazing Course is a practically based course but includes the required training in health & safety areas to enable candidates to competently carry out the correct brazing techniques.

The British Refrigeration Association has set the criteria for the pipework & brazing practical assessment hence this approved industry standards is strictly adhered to ensure the workmanship and that best practices are shown and achieved.

1. General Safety and Compliance

· General Duties of Employers

· General Duties of Employees

· Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 (COSHH)

· Protection Against Burns from Flames and Sparks

· Protection from Fumes

· Transport

· Storage

· Safety

· Gas Cylinders in Fires

· Pressure Regulation Compliance

2. Refrigeration Pipework Installation

· Introduction

· Copper Tubing

· Soft Drawn

· Hard Drawn

· Cutting Copper Tubing

· Bending Copper Tubing

· Flared Connections

· Swaged Joint

· Fittings

· Installation Planning

· Pre-Site Checks

· Pre-Installation Checks

3. Oxy-acetylene Equipment

· Cylinder Safety Precautions

· Acetylene

· Explosion Risks

· Oxygen

· Gas Pressure Regulators

· High Pressure Blowpipe

· Backfires and Flashbacks

· General Preparations

· Setting the Gas Pressures

· Lighting the Blowpipe

· To Shut Down the Plant

· Blowpipe Flame

· The Neutral Flame

· The Carburizing Flame

· The Oxidising Flame

· Power to the Flame

· Brazing Alloys

4. Brazing and Testing Techniques

· Cutting and Fitting

· Cleaning

· Proper Fluxing

· Assembling and Supporting

· Purging System with Dry Nitrogen

· Heating and Flowing the Alloy

· Cleaning After Brazing

· Points to Remember

· Caution

· Pressure Testing

· Destructive Testing