Required Skills and Knowledge

This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit.
Required skills

1. communication skills to:

2. confirm job specifications and client requirements and to communicate with others to
ensure safe and effective work practices
3. use clear and direct questioning to:
4. identify and confirm requirements
5. listen and understand
6. share information
7. use and interpret non-verbal communication
8. use language and concepts appropriate to cultural differences
9. initiative and enterprise skills to:
10. develop creative and responsive approaches
11. identify and accurately report to appropriate personnel any faults in tools, equipment
or materials
12. literacy skills to:
13. read and interpret:
14. manufacturer requirements and manuals
15. plans, specifications, drawings and design briefs
16. standards
17. statutory and regulatory requirements
18. produce written information, including:
19. documentation, such as plans, specifications and schedules
20. an operation and maintenance manual
21. planning and organising skills to:
22. research, collect, organise and understand information relating to the design of
complex sanitary and plumbing drainage systems
23. take initiative and make decisions
24. problem-solving skills to analyse requirements, consider options and design an
appropriate system
25. teamwork skills to work with others to action tasks and relate to people from a range
of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with varying physical and mental abilities
26. technology skills to:
27. access and understand site-specific instructions in a variety of media
28. use mobile communication technology

Required knowledge

common terminology and definitions used in design of complex sanitary plumbing

and drainage systems for all classes of building

National Construction Code
other relevant Australian standards, codes or standard operating procedures
principles of technology in the design of hydraulic systems
procedures for maintaining air balance within the systems
requirements of state regulatory authorities, Australian standards and manufacturer
specifications, including hazards identified in relation to devices and systems used
workplace safety requirements, including relevant statutory regulations, codes and
standards