Plumbing: Bk. 1: Mechanical Services - Softcover
This work aims to provide the student apprentice with a sound understanding of plumbing principles and processes using both modern and traditional materials. It is directed at those studying for the first and second year of the City and Guilds Craft Certificate course in Plumbing, as well as those on plumbing courses in technical colleges and Government Training Centres. The emphasis is on practical aspects, covering tools and materials, and providing descriptions of working processes and the manual skills which a student must learn in order to qualify successfully as a trainee plumber.
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Teaching and Plumbing (on the 2nd edition)
First published in 1982, Plumbing- Mechanical Services is well-established as an essential guide for all students who require a sound understanding of plumbing principles and processes.
Updated and revised to meet the new NVQ plumbing requirements, the third edition includes new material on gas work, oil supply boilers, electrical work and above ground sanitary pipework and appliances. The two-volume set uses both traditional and practical applications of the subject to enable the reader to obtain the skills required to become a successful plumber.
Features
- fully revised to cover NVQ level 3 plumbing technology requirements
- updated with the latest British Standards and regulations
- reinforces understanding through self-test questions
- includes assignments in the style of the NVQ assessments papers produced by the British Plumbing Employers Council
- maps the text of both books to the NVQ plumbing units
This book is a key course text for NVQ mechanical engineering services- plumbing level 2 (C&G 6009). It is also useful supplementary reading for NVQ level 3 gas services installation and maintenance (C&G 6006), mechanical engineering services- heating and ventilation (C&G 6008), plumbing craft (C&G 6030) and heating and ventilation fitting craft (C&G 6040).
G. J. Blower has many years' experience as a plumber and as a teacher of plumbing. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in Plumbing at the College of North East London as well as a City & Guilds examiner and an assessor for the London and South East Regional Advisory Council. He is currently visiting Lecturer at Barking College and the Colchester Institute.
Teaching and Plumbing (on the 2nd edition)
First published in 1982, Plumbing- Mechanical Services is well-established as an essential guide for all students who require a sound understanding of plumbing principles and processes.
Updated and revised to meet the new NVQ plumbing requirements, the third edition includes new material on gas work, oil supply boilers, electrical work and above ground sanitary pipework and appliances. The two-volume set uses both traditional and practical applications of the subject to enable the reader to obtain the skills required to become a successful plumber.
Features
- fully revised to cover NVQ level 3 plumbing technology requirements
- updated with the latest British Standards and regulations
- reinforces understanding through self-test questions
- includes assignments in the style of the NVQ assessments papers produced by the British Plumbing Employers Council
- maps the text of both books to the NVQ plumbing units
This book is a key course text for NVQ mechanical engineering services- plumbing level 2 (C&G 6009). It is also useful supplementary reading for NVQ level 3 gas services installation and maintenance (C&G 6006), mechanical engineering services- heating and ventilation (C&G 6008), plumbing craft (C&G 6030) and heating and ventilation fitting craft (C&G 6040).
G. J. Blower has many years' experience as a plumber and as a teacher of plumbing. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in Plumbing at the College of North East London as well as a City & Guilds examiner and an assessor for the London and South East Regional Advisory Council. He is currently visiting Lecturer at Barking College and the Colchester Institute.
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- PublisherPrentice Hall Press
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0582017602
- ISBN 13 9780582017603
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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