The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing

Description

Equip your learners with the tools for success in a career as a plumber with this comprehensive and updated edition of our bestselling textbook, published in association with City & Guilds. The newly updated and fully revised second edition will help learners: - Study with confidence, covering all core content for the 6035, 9189 and 8202 specifications, as well as the 355 and 356 plumbing and heating T Level occupational specialisms. - Target their learning with detailed qualification mapping grids. - Get to grips with technical content presented in accessible language. - Enhance their understanding of plumbing practice with clear and accurate illustrations and diagrams demonstrating the technical skills they need to master. - Practise maths and English in context, with embedded 'Improve your maths' and 'Improve your English' activities. - Test their knowledge with end-of-chapter practice questions and practical tasks. - Prepare for the workplace with up-to-date information on relevant key regulations and industry standards. - Keep their knowledge current, with clear coverage of major modern cold water, hot water, central heating, sanitation, rainwater systems and environmental technologies. Cover Book title Copyright Contents About your qualification How to use this book Acknowledgements Picture credits 1 Cold water systems, planning and design The legislation relating to the installation and maintenance of cold water systems Cold water system layouts Backflow protection in plumbing systems Design techniques for cold water systems Diagnosing and rectifying faults in cold water systems and components Commissioning cold water systems and components Servicing and maintenance of cold water systems 2 Hot water systems, planning and design Different fuels in domestic hot water systems The types of hot water system and their layout requirements Specialist components in hot water systems Design techniques for hot water systems The installation requirements of hot water systems and components Testing and commissioning requirements of hot water systems and components Diagnosing and rectifying faults in hot water systems and components Servicing and maintenance of hot water systems 3 Central heating systems, planning and design Types of central heating system and their layout requirements Design techniques for central heating systems Positioning central heating system components Installation, connection and testing requirements of electrically operated central heating components Commissioning central heating systems and components Diagnosing and rectifying faults in central heating systems and components 4 Advanced sanitation and rainwater systems The legislation relating to the installation and maintenance of sanitation and rainwater systems System layouts of sanitation systems Design techniques for sanitation and rainwater systems Commissioning sanitation systems and components Servicing and maintenance of sanitation and rainwater systems Diagnosing and rectifying faults in sanitary systems and components 5 Electrical principles The principles of electricity The legislation relating to electrical work and the control of plumbing and domestic heating systems The types of electrical system and layouts Performing pre-installation activity prior to undertaking electrical work on plumbing and domestic heating Safe isolation procedures Safe installation and testing of electrical equipment Diagnosing faults and safe repair of electrical work 6 Advanced environmental technology systems The legislation relating to micro-renewable energy and water conservation technologies Heat-producing micro-renewable energy Water conservation technologies Electricity-producing micro-renewable energy technologies 7 Domestic fuel systems Factors affecting fuel selection Combustion processes of fuel supply systems Principles of chimneys and flue systems 8 Additional topics Plan work schedules for a system installation Plan for careers in building services engineering The requirements to become a qualified operative in building services engineering Practice synoptic assessments Glossary A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V W Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z