This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to prepare and connect refrigeration and air conditioning piping/tubing and fittings.
It includes cutting, bending and connecting copper tubes to copper tubes and to brass and steel fittings by flaring and swaging using compression fittings and silver brazing.The skills and knowledge in this unit will be applied by refrigeration and air conditioning technicians during the installation, service and repair of refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, incl the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
* applying relevant industry standards, codes of practice, regulations and work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures
* applying sustainable energy principles and practices
* completing documentation and reporting requirements
* identifying and monitoring hazards and using applicable safety data sheets (SDS)/material safety data sheets (MSDS)
* preparing, fabricating and attaching refrigerant tubing and fittings, including:
* attaching fittings correctly
* conducting component quality checks
* cutting, bending and joining refrigerant piping and tubing using appropriate tools and equipment, including compression fittings and high-pressure refrigerants
* silver brazing copper tubes and fittings using dry nitrogen
* setting up equipment safely.
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):