Plumbing Africa March 2020 | Page 17

ASSOCIATIONS 15 ASSOCIATIONS 15 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. March 2020 Volume 26 I Number 01 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 www.plumbingafrica.co.za www.plumbingafrica.co.za