High Schools Program

52887WA Certificate II in Plumbing

Skills and Knowledge You Will Gain

By completing this qualification, students will develop a broad foundation of practical plumbing trade skills, alongside essential safety and workplace knowledge. Key learning outcomes include:

Workplace Safety & Awareness
- Asbestos awareness and safe practices on construction sites
- Working safely at heights and in confined spaces
- Preparing to work safely in the construction industry (White Card)
- Applying WHS policies, procedures and requirements
Plumbing Trade Fundamentals
- Handling and storing plumbing materials
- Using plumbing hand and power tools effectively
- Cutting and joining sheet metal
- Welding mild steel using oxy-acetylene equipment
- Fabricating and installing non-ferrous pressure piping
- Carrying out levelling tasks to trade standards
- Working safely on roofs
Communication and Industry Knowledge
- Effective communication in the workplace
- Understanding the plumbing services sector and its requirements
- Producing simple drawings to support plumbing tasks
Additional Industry Skills
- Providing First Aid in workplace and construction environments
- Safe erection and dismantling of restricted height scaffolding

Practical learning will also include a vocational placement component, giving students hands-on experience in a real plumbing workplace

Essential Information

Campus delivery in fully equipped workshops
Online user-friendly platform for theory modules
Trainer led classrooms with hands-on practical tasks
Daily breakfast and sausage sizzle smoko provided
Free daily bus transfer to and from Varsity Station

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Course Overview

This 52887WA Certificate II in Plumbing qualification will ensure students develop a broad foundation of practical plumbing trade skills, alongside essential safety and workplace knowledge.

Key learning outcomes include:

Workplace Safety & Awareness
Plumbing Trade Fundamentals
Communication and Industry Knowledge
Additional Industry Skills, such as First Aid and Scaffolding

Practical learning will also include a vocational placement component, giving students hands-on experience in a real plumbing workplace.

Duration: Typically one day per week for 4 school terms and vocational placement
Delivery: Structured training at our fully equipped workshops and campus

Pathways

Career Outcomes

This pre-apprenticeship qualification is designed as a pathway into the plumbing trade. While it does not provide a licence to work as a plumber, it equips students with the entry-level skills and knowledge required to begin an apprenticeship in:

Plumbing (general)
Gasfitting (as part of a plumbing apprenticeship pathway)
Roofing (plumbing stream)

Graduates may also find work as a trade assistant, construction labourer or plumbing assistant in related industries while pursuing further training.

Study Pathways

Completion of this course provides:

A direct pathway into a Certificate III in Plumbing apprenticeship, which is required to become a licensed plumber in Australia.
Credit transfer or recognition of prior learning (RPL) into selected units within the apprenticeship program.
A strong foundation for further training in related construction and building qualifications.

COURSE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

The following entry requirements apply to ensure applicants are able to fully engage in the course and have the required learning capacity to meeting the course requirements.

Learners must:

be currently enrolled in a QLD high school in year 10,11 or 12
meet the LLN requirements for the course
have a level of physical fitness to be able to handle construction tools, equipment and materials, work outside for long periods of time and climb ladders and scaffolding
be able to commit to the course duration and time commitment (including self paced study and homework)

Application for enrolment is subject to a review process that includes assessment against the VETiS Eligibility Criteria, course-specific LLN requirements and a review of student academic reports, behavioural history and absentee levels. Students, their parents, and/or their School or Educational Institution may be contacted for clarification, or to request further information during the review process. Enrolments will not proceed without the support of the School or Educational Institution.

Units of Competency

18 units of competency:

16 Core units
2 elective units

ASBAWA201 Practice asbestos awareness in the construction industry

CPCCCM2008 Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffold

CPCCCM2012 Work Safely at heights

CPCCWHS2001 Apply WHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry

CPCPCM2039 Carry out interactive workplace communication

CPCPCM2041 Work effectively in the plumbing services sector

CPCPCM2043 Carry out WHS requirements

CPCPCM2045 Handle and store plumbing materials

CPCPCM2046 Use plumbing hand and power tools

CPCPCM2047 Carry out levelling

CPCPCM2048 Cut and join sheet metal

CPCPCM2052 Weld mild steel using oxy-acetylene equipment

CPCPCM2055 Work safely on roofs

CPCPCM3023 Fabricate and install non-ferrous pressure piping

CPCPCM3024 Prepare simple drawing

CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry

HLTAID011 Provide first aid

RIIWHS202E Enter and work in confined spaces

VPC080 Vocational placement

When Can I Start?

Our programs commence each school term, please call our team on 07 5669 9000 to find out more information and to request an enrolment package.

Delivery Days and Options

Typically one day per week for 4 school terms.

Fees

Please phone our VET in Schools team on 07 5669 9000 to find out more about fees and funding.

Essential Information

Campus delivery in fully equipped workshops
Online user-friendly platform for theory modules
Trainer led classrooms with hands-on practical tasks
Daily breakfast and sausage sizzle smoko provided
Free daily bus transfer to and from Varsity Station

Get Started

Take the next step now.