Module M13 · Track 4 Appliances & controls
Domestic appliances
How common domestic appliances work and the safety requirements specific to each.
Lessons for this module are being written. The outcomes and topics below show what it will cover.
Syllabus mapping
- CCN116. Inspecting, testing, commissioning and maintaining appliances (re-assessment only)
- MLPA2.1 Domestic appliances: generic requirements
- MLPA2.2 Central heating boilers, systems and controls
- MLPA2.3 Ducted air heaters
- MLPA2.4 Fires and wall heaters
- MLPA2.5 Cookers
- Level 3Unit 309 Install domestic gas cookers, tumble dryers and leisure appliances
- Level 3Unit 310 Maintain domestic gas cookers, tumble dryers and leisure appliances
- Level 3Unit 311 Install domestic gas water heaters and wet central heating appliances
- Level 3Unit 312 Maintain gas water heating and wet central heating appliances
- Level 3Unit 313 Install domestic gas space heating appliances
- Level 3Unit 314 Maintain domestic gas space heating appliances
- Level 3Unit 315 Installation, commissioning and safety of domestic hot water systems (UK Building Regulations)
- Level 3Unit 316 Central heating systems
- Extends toCENWAT
- Extends toCKR1
- Extends toHTR1
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, learners can:
- M13.1Describe the main boiler and heating system types and how a condensing combination boiler works.
- M13.2Explain the safety requirements specific to water heaters, cookers, gas fires and space heaters.
- M13.3Identify which appliance ACS modules apply to each appliance type.
Topics
- 13.1
Boiler types and heating systems
Regular, system and combination boilers and the systems they serve.
In preparation1 artefact - 13.2
Inside a condensing combi boiler
How a combi switches between heating and hot water, and how it condenses.
In preparation1 artefact - 13.3
Water heaters
Instantaneous and storage water heaters and their safety requirements.
In preparation - 13.4
Cookers, hobs and ovens
Cooker installation, flame supervision and stability.
In preparation1 artefact - 13.5
Gas fires and space heaters
Gas fires, decorative fuel effect fires and their flueing requirements.
In preparation1 artefact