City & Guilds
Level 3
QN: 600/1122/1
Curriculum Active
City & Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Domestic Plumbing and Heating
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by City & Guilds. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1234 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
City & Guilds
Syllabus Units
37 Units
Guided Hours
1234 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Apply core oil firing safety within domestic building services engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify correct and incorrect oil storage tank installations
- Be able to identify oil supply pipe
- work systems and fittings
- Be able to install oil supply pipe
- work and fittings
- Be able to test oil pipe
- work for soundness
- Be able to carry out fault diagnosis and rectification procedures on oil supply systems
- Be able to select and install ventilation for oil fired appliances
- Be able to check the suitability of chimneys and flue systems
- Be able to test oil fired appliance flue systems for effective operation
- Be able to correctly respond to unsafe oil situations
2
Apply core solid fuel safety within domestic building services engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to correctly identify solid fuels and their uses
- Be able to correctly state the type of solid fuel appliance and determine minimum operating efficiencies
- Be able to select and install ventilation for solid fuel appliances
- Be able to check the suitability of chimneys, hearths and flue systems
- Be able to test solid fuel appliance flue systems for effective operation
- Be able to diagnose faults in open flue systems and identify rectifying actions
- Be able to correctly respond to unsafe solid fuel situations
3
Inspect, service and maintain ‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Undertake the routine service and maintenance of an ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system
- Undertake fault diagnosis work on ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system installations
- Undertake fault rectification work on ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system installations
4
Inspect, service and maintain heat pump installations _non-refrigerant circuits_
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Undertake the non-refrigerant circuit routine service and maintenance of an air source heat pump system installation
- Undertake the non-refrigerant circuit routine service and maintenance of an ground source heat pump system installation
- Undertake non-refrigerant circuit fault diagnosis work on an air or ground source heat pump system installation
- Undertake non-refrigerant circuit fault rectification work on an air or ground source heat pump system installation
5
Inspect, service and maintain rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Undertake the routine service and maintenance of rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- Undertake fault diagnosis work on rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- use systems installations
- Undertake fault rectification work on rainwater harvesting and greywater re
6
Install, commission and handover ‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan and prepare for the installation of ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system
- Install solar thermal hot water system components, Test and commission an ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system, Handover an ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system
7
Install, commission and handover heat pumps _non-refrigerant circuits_
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan and prepare for the installation of heat pumps (non-refrigerant circuits)
- Install air and ground source heat pump units (non-refrigerant circuits), Test and commission a ground source heat pump installation (non-refrigerant circuits), Test and commission an air source heat pump installation (non-refrigerant circuits), Handover an air or ground source heat pump installation
8
Install, commission and handover rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan and prepare for the installation of rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- Install rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- use system components, Test and commission rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- use systems, Handover rainwater harvesting and greywater re
9
Install, commission, service and maintain domestic plumbing and heating systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to select plumbing and heating systems and components for application the workplace
- Be able to prepare work sites for the installation of plumbing and heating systems and components in the workplace
- Be able to install plumbing and heating systems and components in the workplace
- Be able to commission plumbing and heating systems in the workplace
- Be able to diagnose faults in plumbing and heating components in the workplace
- Be able to rectify faults in plumbing and heating components in the workplace
10
Install, test and commission domestic biomass fuel burning appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to select biomass appliances to meet customers needs
- Be able to install biomass appliances
- Be able to commission biomass appliances
- Be able to de
- commission biomass appliances
11
Install, test and commission domestic oil firing pressure jet appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to select pressure jet oil fired appliances to meet customers needs
- Be able to install pressure jet oil fired appliances
- Be able to commission pressure jet oil fired appliances
- Be able to de
- commission pressure jet oil fired appliances
12
Install, test and commission domestic oil firing vaporising appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to select vaporising oil fired appliances to meet customers needs
- Be able to install vaporising oil fired appliances
- Be able to commission vaporising oil fired appliances
- Be able to de
- commission vaporising oil fired appliances
13
Install, test and commission domestic solid mineral fuel burning appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to select solid mineral fuel appliances to meet customers needs
- Be able to install solid mineral fuel appliances
- Be able to commission solid mineral fuel appliances
- Be able to de
- commission solid mineral fuel appliances
14
Know the requirements to inspect, service and maintain ‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the requirements for the routine service and maintenance of ‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
- Know how to diagnose faults in ‘active’ solar thermal hot water system installations
- Know how to rectify faults in‘active’ solar thermal hot water systems
15
Know the requirements to inspect, service and maintain heat pump system installations _non-refrigerant circuits_
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the requirements for the non-refrigerant circuit routine service and maintenance of heat pump system installations
- Know how to diagnose faults in heat pump system installations
- Know how to rectify non-refrigerant circuit faults in heat pump system installations
16
Know the requirements to inspect, service and maintain rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the requirements for the routine service and maintenance of rainwater harvesting and re
- Know how to diagnose faults in rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- Know how to rectify faults inrainwater harvesting and greywater re
17
Know the requirements to install, commission and handover heat pump systems _non-refrigerant circuits_
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the health and safety risks and safe systems of work associated with heat pump system installation work (non-refrigerant circuits)
- Know the requirements of relevant regulations/standards relating to practical installation, testing and commissioning activities for heat pump installation work
- Know the purpose and operational characteristics of heat pump unit and heat pump system components
- Know the different types of heat pump units and system arrangements for hydraulic emitter circuits
- Know the fundamental principles of heat pump selection and system design that are common to both air and ground source heat pumps
- Know the fundamental design principles for ground source ‘closed loop’ heat pump collector circuit design, component sizing and installation
- Know the layouts of ‘open loop’ water filled heat pump collector circuits
- Know the fundamental design considerations and principles that are specific to air source heat pumps
- Know the preparatory work required for heat pump installation work
- Know the requirements to install and test heat pump systems (non-refrigerant circuits)
- Understand the requirements to commission heat pump system installations (non-refrigerant circuits)
- Understand the requirements to handover heat pump system installations
18
Know the requirements to install, commission and handover rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the health and safety risks and safe systems of work associated with rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- use system installation work
- Know the requirements of relevant regulations/standards relating to practical installation, testing and commissioning activities for solar thermal hot water system installation work
- Know the types and layouts of rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- use system used for single premises installations
- Know the purpose of components used within rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- Know the information requirements to enable rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- use system component selection and sizing
- Know the fundamental techniques used to select, size and position components for rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- Know options and requirements for the treatment of water in biological, physical, biomechanical and hybrid rainwater harvesting/greywater recycling systems
- Know the preparatory work required for rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling system installation work
- Know the requirements for installing rainwater harvesting and greywater re
- use storage tanks
- Know the requirements for installing for rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling system pipe
- Know the requirements to test and commission rainwater harvesting and greywater re-use system installations
- Know the requirements to handover rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling systems.
19
Know the requirements to install, commission and handover solar thermal hot water systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the health and safety risks and safe systems of work associated with solar thermal hot water system installation work
- Know the requirements of relevant regulations/standards relating to practical installation, testing and commissioning activities for solar thermal hot water system installation work
- Know the types and layouts of solar thermal hot water system
- Know the purpose of components used within solar thermal hot water system installations
- Know the types and key operating principles of solar collectors
- Know the information requirements to enable system component selection and sizing
- Know the fundamental techniques used to select, size and position components for solar thermal hot water systems
- Know how the performance of solar hot water systems is measured
- Know the preparatory work required for solar thermal hot water system installation work
- Know the requirements for connecting solar thermal hot water system collector circuits to combination boiler domestic hot water circuits
- Know the requirements for installing solar collector arrays
- Know the requirements for installing for solar thermal hot water system pipe
- Know the requirements to test and commission solar thermal hot water system installations
- Know the requirements to handover solar thermal hot water systems.
20
Service and maintain domestic biomass fuel burning appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to service and maintain biomass appliances
- Be able to diagnose faults in biomass appliances
- Be able to rectify faults in biomass appliances
21
Service and maintain domestic oil firing pressure jet appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to diagnose faults and carry out rectification work on pressure jet oil fired appliances
- Be able to commission pressure jet oil fired appliances
- Be able to de
- commission pressure jet oil fired appliances
22
Service and maintain domestic oil firing vaporising appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to diagnose faults and carry out rectification work on vaporising oil fired appliances
- Be able to commission vaporising oil fired appliances
- Be able to de
- commission vaporising oil fired appliances
23
Service and maintain domestic solid mineral fuel burning appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to service and maintain solid mineral fuel appliances
- Be able to diagnose faults in solid mineral fuel appliances
- Be able to rectify faults in solid mineral fuel appliances
24
Understand and apply domestic central heating system installation, commissioning, service and maintenance techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the types of central heating system and their layout requirements
- Know the design techniques for central heating systems
- Be able to apply design techniques for central heating systems
- Know the installation requirements of central heating systems and components
- Be able to install central heating systems and components
- Know the fault diagnosis and rectification procedures for central heating systems and components
- Be able to diagnose and rectify faults in central heating systems and components
- Know the commissioning requirements of central heating systems and components
- Be able to commission central heating systems and components
25
Understand and apply domestic cold water system installation, commissioning, service and maintenance techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the legislation relating to the installation and maintenance of cold water supplied for domestic purposes
- Know the types of cold water system layout used in multi-storey dwellings
- Know the types of cold water system layout used with single occupancy dwellings fed by private water supplies
- Know the requirements for backflow protection in plumbing systems
- Know the uses of specialist components in cold water systems
- Know the design techniques for cold water systems
- Be able to apply design techniques for cold water systems
- Know the fault diagnosis and rectification procedures for cold water systems and components
- Be able to diagnose and rectify faults in cold water systems and components
- Know the commissioning requirements of cold water systems and components
- Be able to commission cold water systems and components
26
Understand and apply domestic hot water system installation, commissioning, service and maintenance techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the types of hot water system and their layout requirements
- Know the uses of specialist components in hot water systems
- Know the design techniques for hot water systems
- Be able to apply design techniques for hot water systems
- Know the installation requirements of hot water systems and components
- Be able to install hot water systems and components
- Know the fault diagnosis and rectification procedures for hot water systems and components
- Be able to diagnose and rectify faults in hot water systems and components
- Know the commissioning requirements of hot water systems and components
- Be able to commission hot water systems and components
27
Understand and apply domestic sanitation system installation, commissioning, service and maintenance techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the types of sanitation system and their layout requirements
- Know the design techniques for sanitation and rainwater systems
- Be able to apply design techniques for sanitation and rainwater systems
- Understand the installation requirements of sanitation system components
- Know the fault diagnosis and rectification procedures for sanitary pipe
- work systems and components
- Be able to diagnose and rectify faults in sanitary pipe
- Know the commissioning requirements of sanitary pipe
- Be able to commission sanitary pipe
28
Understand and carry out electrical work on domestic plumbing and heating systems and components
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the electrical standards that apply to the mechanical services industry
- Know the principles of electricity supply to dwellings
- Know the layout features of electrical circuits in dwellings
- Understand the electrical industry safe isolation procedure
- Be able to carry out the electrical industry safe isolation procedure
- Know the site preparation techniques for the electrical connection of mechanical services components in dwellings
- Be able to apply site preparation techniques for the electrical connection of mechanical services components in dwellings
- Understand the installation and connection requirements of electrically operated mechanical services components
- Be able to install and connect electrically operated mechanical services components
- Know the inspection and testing requirements of electrically operated mechanical services components
- Be able to inspect and test electrically operated mechanical services components
- Know the procedures for safely diagnosing and rectifying faults in electrically operated mechanical services components
- Be able to safely diagnose and rectify faults in electrically operated mechanical services components
29
Understand core oil firing safety principles within domestic building services engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the oil supply legislation that applies to work in dwellings
- Know the types of oil storage tank, associated fittings and installation requirements in dwellings
- Know the positioning requirements of oil storage tanks in dwellings
- Know the installation requirements of oil supply pipelines in dwellings
- Know the sizing requirements of oil storage and supply systems in dwellings
- Know how to test oil pipe
- work for soundness
- Know the fault diagnosis and rectification procedures for oil supply systems in dwellings
- Know the decommissioning requirements of oil storage tanks
- Know the combustion process and the types of burners used in oil fired appliances in dwellings
- Know the ventilation requirements of oil fired appliances installed in dwellings
- Know the standards of chimneys and flue systems to be used with oil fired appliances in dwellings
- Know how to test oil fired appliance flue systems in dwellings for effective operation
- Know how to identify and respond to unsafe situations relating to oil systems and appliances in dwellings
30
Understand core solid fuel safety principles within domestic building services engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the solid fuel legislation that applies to work in dwellings
- Know the types of solid fuels and the factors affecting fuel selection
- Know the basic operating principles of solid fuel appliances
- Know the factors which affect the selection of solid fuel appliances
- Know the combustion process and the principles of safe combustion of solid fuels
- Know the ventilation requirements of solid fuel appliances installed in dwellings
- Know the standards of chimneys and flue systems to be used with solid fuel appliances in dwellings
- Know the methods of diagnosing problems with flue/ chimney performance
- Know the requirements for hearths and fireplace surrounds to solid fuel appliances
- Know how to test solid fuel appliances and associated flue systems in dwellings for effective operation
- Know how to identify and respond to unsafe situations relating to solid fuel flue systems and appliances in dwellings
31
Understand how to organise resources within BSE
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the responsibilities of relevant people in the building services industry
- Know how to oversee building services work
- Know how to produce risk assessments and method statements for the building services industry
- Know how to plan work programmes for work tasks in the building services industry
32
Understand the Fundamental Principles and Requirements of Environmental Technology Systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the fundamental working principles of micro-renewable energy and water conservation technologies
- Know the fundamental requirements of building location/building features for the potential to install micro-renewable energy and water conservation systems to exist.
- Know the fundamental regulatory requirements relating to micro-renewable energy and water conservation technologies
- Know the typical advantages and disadvantages associated with micro-renewable energy and water conservation technologies
33
Understand the installation and commissioning principles of biomass fuel burning appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the types of biomass appliance and their operating principles
- Know the energy efficiency legislation applicable to biomass appliances
- Know the factors to be considered when selecting biomass appliances to meet customers needs
- Know the installation requirements of biomass appliances
- Know the range of equipment used to commission biomass appliances
- Know the commissioning requirements of biomass appliances
- Know the decommissioning requirements of biomass appliances
34
Understand the principles of domestic oil firing pressure jet appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the types of pressure jet oil fired appliance and their operating principles
- Know the condensate disposal requirements of condensing oil fired appliances
- Know the energy efficiency legislation applicable to pressure jet oil fired appliances
- Know the factors to be considered when selecting pressure jet oil fired appliances to meet customers needs
- Know the installation requirements of pressure jet oil fired appliances
- Know the fault diagnosis and rectification procedures for pressure jet oil fired appliances
- Know the range of equipment used to commission pressure jet oil fired appliances
- Know the commissioning requirements of pressure jet oil fired appliances
- Know the decommissioning requirements of pressure jet oil fired appliances
35
Understand the principles of domestic oil firing vaporising appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the types of vaporising oil fired appliance and their operating principles
- Know the energy efficiency legislation applicable to vaporising oil fired appliances
- Know the factors to be considered when selecting vaporising oil fired appliances to meet customers needs
- Know the installation requirements of vaporising oil fired appliances
- Know the fault diagnosis and rectification procedures for vaporising oil fired appliances
- Know the range of equipment used to commission vaporising oil fired appliances
- Know the commissioning requirements of vaporising oil fired appliances
- Know the decommissioning requirements of vaporising oil fired appliances
36
Understand the principles of domestic solid mineral fuel burning appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the types of solid mineral fuel appliance and their operating principles
- Know the energy efficiency legislation applicable to solid mineral fuel appliances
- Know the factors to be considered when selecting solid mineral fuel appliances to meet customers needs
- Know the installation requirements of solid mineral fuel appliances
- Know the fault diagnosis and rectification procedures for solid mineral fuel appliances
- Know the range of equipment used to commission solid mineral fuel appliances
- Know the commissioning requirements of solid mineral fuel appliances
- Know the decommissioning requirements of solid mineral fuel appliances
37
Understand the service and maintenance principles of biomass fuel burning appliances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the requirements for the routine service of biomass appliances
- Know the how to diagnose faults in biomass appliances
- Know how to rectify faults in biomass appliances
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 600/1122/1
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- City & Guilds
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Apr 2011