Prepare resources for pipe jointing activities

Overview:

This involves being able to prepare work areas, materials and equipment to undertake pipe jointing. It involved ensuring that others using the work area are safe and aware of possible disruption, and that the work area is properly protected.

The person carrying out this work must ensure that the equipment they are using is appropriate to the job, in correct operating order and set up correctly to carry out the required work.

Preparation of materials includes jointing consumables and pipework. This unit is applicable to those preparing and aligning joints using cutting, expanding, flaring, hydraulic, compression and abrasive techniques, and propane, butane, oxy-acetylene and/or high temperature gas flame.

Keywords: prepare, resources, pipe, pipes, jointing