Earning Criteria

• This individual has achieved unit 211 Health and Safety and Industry Practices. They are able to: Understand health and safety legislation in the plumbing and heating industry, understand hazardous situations within the plumbing and heating industry, use personal protection and respond to accidents, understand procedures for electrical safety, work with heat producing equipment, use access equipment on a construction site, understand how to work safely in excavations and confined spaces.
• This individual has achieved unit 212 Plumbing Processes. They are able to: Use tools in the plumbing and heating industry, carry out site preparation techniques for plumbing and heating work, use clips and brackets to support domestic plumbing and heating pipework components, install domestic plumbing and heating pipework.
• This individual has achieved unit 213 Electrical and Scientific Principles. They are able to: Understand materials used in the plumbing industry, understand properties of water, liquids and gases, understand density, force, pressure, flowrate and basic mechanics, understand heat and power in the plumbing and heating industry, understand the principles of electricity within the plumbing and heating industry.
• This individual has achieved unit 214 Cold Water. They are able to: Understand cold water supply to dwellings, understand domestic cold water systems, install cold water systems and components.
• This individual has achieved unit 215 Hot Water. They are able to: Understand hot water systems and their layouts, install hot water systems and components.
• This individual has achieved unit 216 Central Heating. They are able to: Understand Central Heating Systems and their layout, install central heating systems and components, understand the decommissioning requirements of central heating systems and their components.
• This individual has achieved unit 217 Sanitation and Drainage. They are able to: Understand layouts of gravity rainwater systems, install gravity rainwater systems, understand service, maintenance requirements and commissioning of gravity rainwater systems, understand sanitary appliances used in dwellings, install sanitary appliances and connecting pipework systems, understand service and maintenance requirements for sanitary appliances and connecting pipework systems.