🔧 Module IV: Professional Practice & Technical Application

“This is where practical mastery meets professional responsibility — and plumbing becomes a career.”

TVET CDACC Unit Code Unit Title Duration (Hours) Credit Factor
CON/CU/PLM/BC/03/5/MA Work Ethics and Practices 40 4.0
CON/CU/PLM/BC/04/5/MA Entrepreneurship 40 4.0
CON/CU/PLM/CC/02/5/MA Technical Drawing 80 8.0
CON/CU/PLM/CC/03/5/MA Construction Material Science 80 8.0
CON/CU/PLM/CC/04/5/MA Workshop Technology Skills 100 10.0
CON/CU/PLM/CR/03/5/MA Fire Control Systems 80 8.0

🎯 Why This Module Matters

  • Develops your ethical foundation and understanding of professional responsibility in plumbing works.
  • Introduces entrepreneurial skills to help you launch your plumbing business or career path.
  • Enhances your technical depth in materials, drawing, and workshop operations.
  • Teaches life-saving installation principles for fire control and emergency systems.

🔍 Why It’s Relevant to Plumbers

  • This module connects your technical skill with the professionalism and safety standards expected in today’s building environments.
  • It makes you versatile — whether you’re sketching a layout, sourcing materials, or ensuring public safety in water systems.

Construction Material Science

UNIT DESCRIPTION

This unit describes the competence in applying Construction materials science. It involves identifying essential construction materials and their properties, selecting quality construction materials, testing
construction materials and demonstrating knowledge in the handling and use of construction materials.

Entrepreneurship

Unit Description: 

This unit covers the competencies required to demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurship. It involves demonstrating an understanding of financial literacy, applying entrepreneurial concepts, identifying entrepreneurship opportunities, applying business legal aspects, and
developing business innovative strategies and business plans.

Fire Control Systems

Unit Description 

This unit specifies the competencies required to install fire control systems. It involves preparing fire control system schematic drawing, quantifying and costing materials and supplies, installing
sprinkler systems, installing hose reel systems, installing wet and dry risers, maintaining, and servicing fire suppression systems.

Technical Drawing

Unit Description

This unit covers the competencies required to prepare and interpret technical drawings. It involves competencies to select, use and maintain drawing equipment and materials. It also involves selecting, using and
maintaining drawing equipment and materials, producing plain geometry drawings, solid geometry drawings and producing pictorial and orthographic drawings

Work Ethics and Practices

Unit Description

This unit covers competencies required to demonstrate employability skills. It entails conducting self-management skills, promoting ethical work practices and values, promoting teamwork, maintaining
professional and personal development, applying problem-solving skills and promoting customer care.

Workshop Technology Skills

Unit Description

This unit describes the competencies required to demonstrate workshop technology skills. It involves demonstrating workshop safety awareness,
demonstrating masonry skills, demonstrating carpentry skills, performing electrical operations and managing workshop waste.