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Plumbing Courses
Professional Development:
Bacflow Prevention
Backflow Survey
Professional Development
Preparation for Testing and Inspection & Testing and Inspection for Backflow Prevention
Content
Module 1:
Acts, Legislation and Codes relating to Backflow Prevention – This module is theory based.
Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007
Local Government Act 2002
Resource Management Act 1991
Building Act 2004
Backflow Prevention for Drinking Water Suppliers
Code of Practice 2006
Health & Safety in Employment Act 1992
Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006.
Module 2:
Installation Requirements for Backflow Prevention - This module is mainly theoretical but has a practical content where participants are given the opportunity to use backflow devices.
Air Gap
Reduced Pressure Zone Devices
Double Check Valves
Pressure Vacuum Breaker
Spill Resistant Vacuum Breaker
Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker
Detector Checks
Non Testable Devices
Pipe Design, for example, Dedicated Lines
Module 3:
Testing and Inspection of Backflow Prevention –This module has a theoretical and practical content, requiring test kits and testing of backflow prevention devices. (Note: Completion of Module 1 and 2 are a prerequisite for this module).
Who should attend?
This course is recommended for Plumbers, Council engineers and contractors (installers, regulators and maintenance), Compliance officers, Water treatment operators, and Irrigation personnel (designers, installers and maintenance).
Delivery
This course is recommended for Plumbers, Council engineers and contractors (installers, regulators and maintenance), Compliance officers, Water treatment operators, and Irrigation personnel (designers, installers and maintenance).
The course cost is $750.00 + GST for 3 days.
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Backflow Survey course
New Zealand Water and Environment Training Academy (NZWETA) is now offering a Backflow Survey Course following the Backflow testers course.
Legislation, regulations, and by-laws have been developed to protect both the public within and outside a property from plumbing cross-connections between a potable and non-potable water supply. To identify the protection levels required on commercial and industrial facilities a backflow survey is often required.
This backflow survey course will address the needs of the surveyor, and it will identify many of the problems that the surveyor may find during their investigation.
The course is completed in two days and covers aspects of preparation for surveying, appropriate device selection, surveying of residential, commercial, industrial, rural and irrigation sites, as well as fire protection systems. It will also cover insurance, disclaimers and report writing. The production of a report is to be completed for evidence of competence.
This Course is designed to meet achievement levels for Unit Standards which are currently under development and will be awarded retrospectively on successful completion of the course.
Content
The course will cover:
Understanding of backflow potential hazard by site
Pre-inspection processes
Inspection procedures
Potential hazard and hazard level identification
Potential hazard containment zone individual identification
Potential solutions or improvements for protection levels
Report production
Insurances and disclaimers
Note: There is a prerequisite for trainees attending this course to have achieved US23848 "Describe suitability, installation, and testing of water supply backflow prevention devices, and fault identification" (first two days of the Backflow Tester's course - module 1 & 2), or equivalent training, and/or industry experience.
The presenter
NZWETA has contracted Murray Ellis to deliver this training. Murray is very well known in the backflow prevention and survey industry. He is a licensed plumber in both New Zealand and Australia, a certified backflow tester and has been involved in delivering Backflow training for the last ten years.
Murray's company, Norman M Ellis Ltd, which specialises in water supply and cross connections, has set up backflow programmes for many local authorities.
Who should attend?
This course is recommended for plumbers, council engineers and contractors (installers and maintenance), compliance officers, water and wastewater operators, and irrigation engineers.
Delivery
The Backflow Survey Course is both a Theoretical and Practical course. Trainees will be required to produce a report on a class led survey as part of the assessment criteria.
Price
The price for each two-day course is $600 +GST.
For more information on this course click here.
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