Course Number: VBM103

Course Title: Building Maintenance III

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 

General Objective

Provides the students with practical opportunities to service and maintain plumbing and drainage systems using a variety of hand and power tools. This course will also provide the student with knowledge and hands-on experience in general servicing and maintenance of air-conditioning units.

Specific Objectives

Students will be able to:

  1. explain the meaning of terms commonly used in the building maintenance plumbing trade.
  2. describe the safety precautions to be observed when performing plumbing and drainage work.
  3. identify, select, use, maintain and store hand tools and equipment used in building maintenance plumbing.
  4. list and describe the application of various materials and supplies used in plumbing maintenance.
  5. select, fit and correctly install the water supply and drainage system to various fixtures.
  6. interpret plumbing installation plans from various architectural drawings and draw an isometric sketch of a water supply and drainage system.
  7. perform selected maintenance and repair on plumbing systems.
  8. describe the basic fundamentals of an air-conditioning unit.
  9. correctly identify, use, maintain and store tools used in the maintenance of air-conditioning units.
10. identify different types of air-conditioning systems and their major parts.
11. identify all parts on an electrical plan for an air-conditioning unit and explain their function.
12. demonstrate the correct method of determining leaks in gas lines.
13. demonstrate correct servicing procedure for both box and split type air-conditioning units.
14. demonstrate the correct procedure for re-charging an existing air-conditioning unit.