CPCPPS5001 — Design industrial gas systems
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126 assessable components: 3 elements (21 performance criteria), 18 performance evidence and 87 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Evaluate design parameters.
- 1.1Establish scope of work for industrial gas systems.
- 1.2Establish system performance requirements.
- 1.3Determine design requirements from plans, specifications and client brief.
- 1.4Review and analyse statutory and regulatory requirements and Australian and New Zealand Standards for the design of industrial gas systems.
- 1.5Conduct research including a desktop study to identify a range of system options.
- 1.6Interpret manufacturer requirements and trade and technical manuals for industrial gas systems.
- 1.7Determine factors that contribute to quality, safety and time efficiency.
- 1.8Conduct a cost-benefit analysis to compare a range materials and system designs.
2 Plan and design system components.
- 2.1Plan layout of pipework systems including type and location of fittings and valves.
- 2.2Plan and specify valve trains for a range of industrial gas installations.
- 2.3Plan and detail interlocks and accessories and analyse, select and locate components.
- 2.4Select methods of protection from combustion air systems, harsh environments, heat and vibration.
- 2.5Specify and design air systems, burner systems and controls, appliances and closed loop systems.
- 2.6Detail remote filling systems and pipework and design.
- 2.7Perform system calculations for a range of industrial gas installations.
- 2.8Specify approved materials, jointing methods, pipe fixings and installation requirements.
- 2.9Design and size industrial gas systems for a range of applications.
3 Prepare documentation.
- 3.1Prepare system plans.
- 3.2Prepare system specifications.
- 3.3Prepare system testing and commissioning schedule.
- 3.4Produce operation and maintenance manual including information on how to correctly and safely maintain the system.
Performance evidence
- planning, detailing, designing and sizing three of the following industrial gas systems:
- drying and treatment of solvents
- specialist atmospheres
- heat exchanger transfers
- air heating
- and include the following components in each system design:
- burners
- controls
- regulators
- gas piping systems operating at greater than 200 KPa
- gas tightness testing for piping volumes greater than 30 litres
- appliances that include solvent or dust atmospheres
- dual fuel appliances
- flue and exhaust requirements for forced draught burners
- ensuring the systems:
- meet all regulatory, manufacturer and Australian and New Zealand Standard requirements
- are completed to client specifications
- are presented in a professional manner using computer aided design and word-processing programs.
Knowledge evidence
- Australian Standards, codes, statutory and regulatory requirements:
- AS/NZS 5601.1 Gas installations - General installations
- AS/NZS1596 The storage and handling of LP gas
- AS 3814 Industrial gas-fired appliances
- AS 1375 Industrial fuel fired appliances
- AS 61508 Functional safety
- AS 31000 – Risk management
- National Gas Law (NGL)
- National Construction Code (NCC)
- Acts, regulations and local and state government policies, including group and strata titling
- manufacturer specifications, including hazards identified in relation to devices and systems used
- other codes or standard operating procedures
- common terminology, symbols and definitions used in the design of industrial gas systems
- principles of technology in the design of industrial gas systems
- workplace safety requirements, including relevant statutory regulations, codes and standards
- cost-benefit analysis
- inclusions for establishing scope of work:
- interpreting plans and specifications
- sizing and documenting layout of industrial gas systems:
- characteristics
- compatibility
- dimensions
- location
- patterns
- quantities
- sizes
- surfaces
- types of product and service
- design requirements:
- architectural specifications
- builder specifications
- owner requirements
- specialist use applications
- manufacturer requirements:
- material specifications
- pump tables
- sizing tables
- technical and trade manuals
- types information collected during desktop study for design purposes:
- council plans
- developer plans
- applications
- architectural and building plans
- other reports as available
- performance requirements including pipe grades, cover, flow conditions and discharge requirements, established using Australian and New Zealand Standards and local authority plans
- layout of pipework systems:
- principles of economy, serviceability and durability
- not unduly affecting building integrity and aesthetic appeal
- fittings and valves:
- meters
- regulators
- relief valves
- valve trains:
- analysing the operation of valve components
- sizing and selecting components using manufacturer data
- system calculations to determine:
- explosion relief
- purge times
- flow and consumption
- information in design charts and tables
- pipe sizing
- operating pressures greater than 200 KPa
- expansion and anchorage provisions for pipework
- overpressure protection systems
- materials:
- copper (Cu)
- fittings and appliances including measures to prevent the spread of fire
- high density polyethylene (HDPE)
- jointing methods:
- brazing
- gluing
- mechanical joints
- solvent cement welding
- threading
- pipe fixings:
- anchors
- bracket spacing
- corrosion protection
- hanging brackets
- material requirements
- saddles
- wall and ceiling brackets
- installation requirements:
- clipping
- installation details
- jointing requirements
- level of workmanship.
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