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Registered plumbers:
earn CPD points
Answer the questions in each edition of
Plumbing Africa for 11 editions and you could earn
two extra CPD points each year, courtesy of the
Institute of Plumbing South Africa (IOPSA).
We are working with IOPSA to encourage you to read your magazine and receive
continuing professional development (CPD) points at the end of the year.
Visit www.plumbingafrica.co.za to
register and complete your answers to
the questions.
1) According to IOPSA’s Compliants Portal, in the
following percentage of complaints the consumer
rather than the plumber is at fault:
a. 25%.
b. 50%.
c. 75%.
2) Until the one-year anniversary of South Africa’s
victory in the Rugby World Cup, Plumbing Africa
intends to mention it somewhere in the magazine.
In which section is it mentioned in the March
issue?
a. Technical.
b. Final Thought.
c. This is Plumbing.
3) According to Chris Coetzee’s article, OHSA
Section 14 – ‘Duty of the Employee’ requires
employers to:
a. Take reasonable care for the health and safety
of “yourself and other persons”.
b. Take reasonable care to ensure good
corporate governance.
c. Pay PAYE and VAT before the 5th of every
month.
4) The BOXA off-grid toilet block features in the
Project section contains a ‘Damsak’ which is large
enough for the following number of handwashes:
a. 10 000.
b. 15 000.
c. 20 000.
5) Tshwane gets about 70% of its purified drinking
water from:
a. Rand Water.
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b. Umgeni Water.
c. The Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
6) The ultimate purpose of the non-
compliance notice is twofold:
a. Firstly, so as to protect the consumer
of any future liability, and secondly, to
protect the plumber from being sued if
his/her workmanship is faulty.
b. Firstly, so as to protect the consumer
of any and or potential dangers and
performance issue that are or may
arise from the existing installation, and
secondly, so as to protect the plumber
in terms of any future liability of the
homeowner of any pre-existing items of
non-compliance.
c. Firstly, to ensure the consumer pays his
plumbing bill, and secondly, so as to get
the consumer’s bank details.
7) In the RPL process:
a. The RPL adviser is responsible for final
assessment, while the assessor ‘walks
the candidate through the process’.
b. The RPL adviser is responsible for
‘walking the candidate through the
process’, while the assessor makes the
end evaluation.
c. The RPL adviser is responsible for
‘walking the candidate through
the process’, while the assessor
suitably acknowledges him/her upon
graduation.
8) The first of the six core elements of a
strategy presented at the 2025 training
strategy session, was:
a. Guide for assessing new projects
b. A stakeholder map of who is involved in
the industry
c. Vision. PA
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