Course Title: Use plumbing hand and power tools
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: MIET7562C
Course Title: Use plumbing hand and power tools
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 4632
Email: warren.james@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 40
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 use commonly used hand and power tools in plumbing work applications.
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: |
CPCPCM2046A Use plumbing hand and power tools |
Element: |
1 Identify hand and power tools. |
Element: |
2 Select appropriate hand tools. |
Element: |
3 Use appropriate hand tools. |
Element: |
4 Select appropriate power tools. |
Element: |
5 Use appropriate power tools. |
Element: |
6 Clean up work area |
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
Session Number | Session Number | Learning Activities/Resources | Elements/ Performance criteria | Assessments |
Session 1 | Basic Pearsons chapter 6 Saftey care Australia DVD Tools – hand/metal/air and electrical Ladder safety Falls in the work place |
Assessment in class Self – directed learning & completion of the Tools of the trade worksheets |
1 .1 /6.3 | 1- Underpinning Question 2- Hand tool demonstration 3- equipment demonstration |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Pearsons Basic Plumbing Service Skills 2nd edition |
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Other Resources |
References
Other Resources
Saftey Care Australia DVD
Work shop tools and equipment
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.
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Task 1
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Task 2
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Theory task |
Task 3
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Practical task |
These tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):
Assessment Mapping Matrix
Element/ Performance Criteria Covered |
Task 1 |
Task 2 |
Task 3 |
1.1 |
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1.2 |
X |
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1.3 |
X |
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1.4 |
X |
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2.1 |
X |
X |
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2.2 |
X |
X |
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2.3 |
X |
X |
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2.4 |
X |
X |
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3.1 |
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X |
3.2 |
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X |
3.3 |
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X |
4.1 |
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X |
4.2 |
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X |
4.3 |
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X |
4.4 |
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X |
5.1 |
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X |
5.2 |
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X |
5.3 |
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X |
5.4 |
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X |
6.1 |
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X |
6.2 |
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X |
6.3 |
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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 three different types of assessment tasks
1. Workbook activities as evidence of classroom participation ( 20% weighing)
2. Demonstrate using hand tools ( 40% weighing)
3. Demonstrate using powered equipment ( 40% weighing).
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/ PC Percentage Weighting
Workbook Activities Element 1.1 / 4.3 20%
Project 1 Element 2.1/ 4.3 40%
Project 2 Element 2.1/ 4.3 (except 1.1 to 1.5) 40%
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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