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This unit delivers and assesses participants skills and knowledge required to safely test, commission and maintain backflow prevention devices.
Participants are mostly existing plumbers seeking to gain a backflow prevention endorsement to their plumbing license. The program is suitable to newly qualified plumbers and completing apprentices however they will not meet QBCC licensing requirements.
Duration: 18.5 hours (over 2.5 days) face to face theoretical and practical training.
Delivery Mode: Face to face.
Course location: Programs are delivered from the Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre, Glenwood Campus, NSW. Click here for directions
CPCPCM2043 – Carry out WHS requirements and CPCPWT3027 – Install backflow prevention devices are prerequisites for CPCPWT4022 – Commission and maintain backflow prevention devices.
Learners who already hold the current prerequisite units must provide a verified Statement of Attainment prior to commencement.
Where a learner holds older or superseded qualifications that do not clearly meet the current prerequisite requirements, they may be required to complete a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) assessment.
Where a learner does not hold the required prerequisite units, they may be required to complete the prerequisite units, where available, before being eligible to be awarded the post-trade unit.
Entry Requirements:
This course has pre-requisite units which must be satisfied to be awarded this unit. Refer above to Pre-Requisites for further details.
Applicants must: be a qualified plumber, or a 4th-year apprentice plumber who has completed all apprenticeship training and is within six months of their contract completion date; and hold the prerequisite units, or be eligible to achieve them through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
Evidence of prerequisite units must be provided and verified prior to commencement. Where an applicant does not hold the current prerequisite units but has relevant prior training, qualifications and/or industry experience, eligibility for RPL may be assessed. Applicants must successfully achieve the required prerequisite units before commencing CPCPWT4022.
Prior to enrolment, applicants are required to complete PICAC’s Pre-Enrolment Suitability Check through VETenrol. This considers previous skills and experience and the language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills relevant to the requirements of the selected course.
Where the suitability check identifies that support may be required, PICAC will review the applicant’s individual circumstances and consider available support or reasonable adjustment before determining suitability for the course.
Credit Transfer and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) are available. See the PICAC Student Handbook for how to apply.
Assessment:
Assessment is designed to confirm that you can apply the knowledge and skills developed during your training. Your assessor will gather evidence through the assessment activities for the course to determine whether you have demonstrated the competency required by the unit.
Assessment methods may include: written and/or verbal questioning; practical demonstration and direct observation; completion of workplace or simulated tasks; completion of relevant documentation, reports or other assessment activities.
Practical assessments are conducted in an appropriate workplace or simulated workplace environment, depending on the requirements of the course.
Assessment methods: Knowledge and practical assessments, including demonstration of required practical skills.
On successful completion:
CPCPWT4022 Commission and maintain backflow prevention devices is a nationally recognised unit of competence and learners who successfully complete the program are issued with a Statement of Attainment.
Delivery mode:
Face-to-face – classroom and practical training.
Fees:
This course is offered on a fee-for-service basis. Government funding is not available for this course.
The fee for the Backflow Prevention Training Course is $1,060.
Where prerequisites units are not already held, the following additional fees apply: