No intake in 2008
Campus: Sunshine Campus. Career Opportunities
Licenced plumbers.
Scope of Delivery
Part-time
Course Objective
Provides off the job training for apprentices in the plumbing and gasfitting industry.
Entry Requirements
All apprentices need to be apprenticed to an employer.
Course Duration
1040 nominal hours on a part-time basis.
Course Structure
Unit Code Hours
Core Units of Study
VAD202 INDUSTRY INDUCTION 38 VAE502 OXY ACETYLENE WELDING AND CUTTING 30 VAA825 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 27 VAF762 SMALL DIAMETER TUBES AND PIPES 12
VAA828 FIXING DEVICES 6
VAF725 SIMPLE WASTE PIPE 8
VAB907 DISPOSAL SYSTEM JOINTS 10 VAC578 FIXTURES/APPLIANCES AND APPROPRIATE VALVES 12
VAC081 ELECTRIC WELDING 16
VAF673 SHEETMETAL PRACTICES 81
Stage 2
VAJ373 PROPERTY DRAIN 24
VAJ363 MEASURING AND LEVELLING 8 VAJ419 UNVENTED BRANCH DRAINS 12 VAJ156 ABOVE GROUND DRAIN 16
VAJ418 TRENCH SHORING 20
VAJ392 BASIN AND BIDET 19
VAJ391 BATH 12
VAJ560 WATER SERVICE 12
VAJ334 CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE 8 VAJ353 DISHWASHING MACHINE 5 VAJ379 FLOOR WASTE GULLY 10
VAJ523 SHOWER 12
VAJ452 SINK AND TROUGH 21
VAJ522 URINAL 20
VAJ357 FLUSHOMETER 6
VAJ462 VENTED 50MM DISCHARGE PIPE 12
VAJ502 WATER CLOSET 13
VAJ339 COMBUSTION OF GASES AND FLAMES 4 VAJ410 FLUEING OF GAS APPLIANCES 8
VAJ358 GAS CONTROLS 8
VAJ370 NATURAL GAS FITTING LINE 12
VAJ559 SPACE HEATER 12
VAJ461 WALL FURNACE 12
VAJ314 COOKER 8
VAJ431 TWIN CYLINDER LPG SYSTEM AND FITTING LINE 8 VAJ387 COMMISIONING A GAS APPLIANCE 8
VAJ503 INSTANTANEOUS HWS 8
VAJ414 MAINS PRESSURE HWS 12 VAJ382 FLASHING PIPE PENETRATIONS THROUGH ROOF 16 VAJ429 INSTALLING EAVES AND GUTTERS 24 VAJ413 INSTALLING DOWN PIPES 12 VAJ356 FIXING ROOF COVER (PIERCED FIXED METHOD) 8 VAJ335 FIXING ROOF COVER (CONCEALED FIXED METHOD) 10 VAJ465 FLASHING ROOFS TO WALLS 14 VAJ500 INSTALLING ROOF COVER ON ROOF INTERSECTIONS 20 VAJ366 FLASHING LARGE PENETRATION THROUGH ROOF 26 VAJ380 INSTALLING CONCEALED ROOF GUTTERS 16 VAJ335 FIXING ROOF COVER (CONCEALED FIXED METHOD) 10
Unit Code Hours
VAJ411 IDENTIFICATION OF COMPONENTS OF MECHANICAL SERVICES EQUIPMENT 6 VAJ368 INDENTIFICATION AND PRINCIPLE OF OPERATIONS OF WATER HEATING SYSTEMS 6 VAJ372 PLAN READING AND ID OF IN-LINE EQUIPMENT ON WATER HEATING AND VENTILATION 6 VAJ451 INSTALLING HEATING WATER SYSTEMS IN COPPER TUBE 26 VAJ460 INSTALLING HEATING WATER SYSTEMS IN MILD STEEL PIPE 30 VAJ369 INSTALLING GAS FIRED WARM AIR FURNACE AND DUCTED SYSTEM 12 VAJ360 INSTALLING GAS FIRED SMALL BORE HEATING SYSTEM 12 VAJ558 PRINCIPLES OF SOLAR HEATING FOR DOMESTIC HOT WATER SYSTEMS 8 VAJ582 PRINCIPLES OF INSTALLATION OF A LOW PRESSURE HWS AND TANK IN A CEILING 12 VAJ371 OXY ACETYLENE PLATE AND PIPE WELDING AND ARC WELDING OF MILD STEEL PLATE. 22
Stage 3 (a minimum of 190 nominal hours)
VAJ131 ADVANCED GAS 3
VAJ383 ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICITY IN GAS APPLIANCES 12 VAJ385 COMPONENT SERVICING 38 VAJ327 APPLIANCE SERVICING 40 VAJ340 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL GAS SUPPLY 46 VAJ362 LPG INSTALLATIONS 14 VAA149 ADVANCED MECHANICAL SERVICES 3 VAJ524 OPERATION OF CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS 24 VAJ463 OPERATION OF A SINGLE DUCT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS 24 VAJ386 COMMISIONING WATER AND AIR SYSTEMS 8 VAJ378 RETICULATED SYSTEMS 18 VAJ364 MECHANICAL SERVICES WELDING 24 VAJ430 PLAN READING AND SITE ORGANISATION 24 VAJ464 MECHANICAL SERVICES EQUIPMENT 28
VAA169 ADVANCED ROOFING 3
VAJ501 SIZE AND DESIGN INDSTRIAL ROOF DRAINING COMPONENTS 30 VAJ359 INDUSTRIAL ROOF INSTALLATIONS 30 VAJ412 INDUSTRIAL ROOF COMPONENTS 30 VAJ367 EXTERNAL METAL CEILING AND WALL CLADDING 30 VAJ365 PVC WELDING FOR ROOF PLUMBERS 30 VAA177 ADVANCED WASTE DISPOSAL AND DRAINAGE 3 VAJ352 DESIGNING SEWERAGE DRAINS 35 VAJ343 DESIGNING SANITARY PLUMBING SYSTEMS 45 VAJ342 DESIGNING FLUSHING SYSTEMS 15 VAJ381 LOCATIGN AND CLEARING BLOCKAGES IN DRAINS 15 VAJ310 CUTTING A BRANCH INTO AN EXISTING DRAIN 10 VAJ354 DOMESTIC SEPTIC TANKS 15 VAJ384 DESIGNING STORM WATER DRAINS 15 VAA178 ADVANCED WATER SUPPLY 40
CERTIFICATE II IN FURNISHING (PRE-APPRENTICESHIPS IN CABINET MAKING/WOOD
MACHINING/FURNITURE POLISHING)
Course Code: 21278VIC Campus: Newport. Career Opportunities
Cabinet Maker or Furniture Polisher.
Scope of Delivery
Full time.
Course Objective
This course leads into the apprenticeship qualification as well as basic skills and knowledge for employment in the furniture industry.
Entry Requirements
Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Recognition of prior learning may be available based on skills and knowledge acquired by the applicant through previous study, as in articulation, informal or formal learning or from work and/or life experience.
Selection Procedures/ Selection Criteria
To be advised.
Course Duration
This course is 16 weeks full-time and 3 weeks practical placement.
Course Structure
Unit Code Hours
Core Units of Study
ABC501 INTRODUCTION TO FURNISHING INDUSTRY 8 LMFCR0001A FOLLOW SAFE WORKING POLICIES AND PRACTICES 40 LMFCR0002A COMMUNICATE IN THE WORKPLACE 20 LMFCR0003A CARRY OUT MEASUREMENTS AND CALCULATIONS 20 LMFCR0004A WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHERS 15 LMFFM1001A CONSTRUCT BASIC TIMBER FURNISHING PRODUCT 100 LMFFM2001A USE FURNITURE MAKING SECTOR HAND AND POWER TOOLS 40 LMFFM2002A ASSEMBLE FURNISHING COMPONENTS 20 LMFFF2004A PREPARE SURFACES FOR FINISHING 24 LMFFM2005A JOIN SOLID TIMBER 8 LMFFM2006A HAND MAKE TIMBER JOINTS 40 LMFFM2010A SET UP, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN BASIC STATIC MACHINES 56 LMFFM3002A CONSTRUCT FURNITURE USING LEG AND RAIL METHOD 64 LMFFM3012A PREPARE CUTTING LIST FROM PLANS AND JOB SPECIFICATION 16
Unit Code Hours
LMFGN2002A MOVE AND STORE MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS 16 TDTD397C HANDLE DANGEROUS GOODS/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES 40 ABC999 INDUSTRY PLACEMENT 114
Elective Units of Study
The remaining units may be chosen from the electives bank listed below or any other FM and FF 2000 Series unit contained in this course. The total is 630 hours, plus the core industry placement (ABC999) of 114 hours.:
LMFFM2003A SELECT AND APPLY HARDWARE 16 LMFFM2004A APPLY SHEET LAMINATES BY HAND 8 LMFFM2007A FOLLOW PLANS TO ASSEMBLE PRODUCTION FURNITURE 16 LMFFM2011A APPLY MANUFACTURED BOARD CONVERSION TECHNIQUES 16 LMFFM2012A SET UP, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN PRESSURE AND CLAMPING MACHINES 20 LMFFM3021A SET UP, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN DRILLING MACHINES 24 LMFGN3001A READ AND INTERPRET WORK DOCUMENTS 24 BSBCMN107A OPERATE A PERSONAL COMPUTER 10 LMFGG2002A APPLY FIRST AID 8