Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
- Work to meet health and safety legislative, and workplace safety culture requirements and responsibilities in a commercial mechanical building services environment.
- Produce accurate engineering sketches including site measures and drawings for the fabrication and installation of mechanical building service components.
- Interpret engineering sketches, drawings, and/or specifications as required for the mechanical building services task being undertaken.
- Apply knowledge of trade calculations and units of measurement to produce a range of components, and to install mechanical building service systems to specification.
- Use tools, equipment, and appropriate processes to safely fabricate, assemble, install, and pre-commission mechanical building service systems.
- Apply knowledge of the composition and characteristics of engineering materials to determine suitability and selection for a mechanical building service application.
- Determine the principles and methods for manufacturing of mechanical building services components, workshop pre-assembly and site installation, passive fire protection, seismic restraint, vibration isolation, and control systems, and their application in mechanical building services.
- Determine how process analysis and sequencing of tasks to optimise materials and time, including awareness of surroundings and ergonomics, are applied to job planning and costing processes.
- Plan and sequence the fabrication, assembly, mechanical joining (including welding, brazing and lock forming), use of engineering materials, and installation of a range of mechanical building services components both on-site and in a workshop.
- Install vibration isolators, seismic restraints, and passive fire seals for a range of mechanical building services plant and equipment.
- Carry out quality assurance for a range mechanical building services plant and equipment (including pipework, ductwork, fire dampers, and condensate drains), to meet organisation requirements and industry standards.
- Pre-commission mechanical components, and collaborate with specialists to commission a full range of complex mechanical building services plant and systems to meet organisation requirements and industry standards.
- Communicate effectively with mechanical building services team, the wider workplace and with consideration of other cultures and languages in the workplace, to complete tasks safely, and according to instructions.
- Self-manage on-going learning, and maintain the professional development and standards required for the mechanical building services field.
