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Registered plumbers:
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Africa for 11 editions and you could earn two extra
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Plumbing South Africa (IOPSA).
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the questions.
1. Rwanda Plumbers Organisation (RPO) was
launched at the end of…
a. 1818.
b. 1918.
c. 2018.
2. The chairmanship of DWH-MANCOSA (the
Domestic Water Heating Manufacturing
Cluster of South Africa (formerly
SWH-MANCOSA [Solar Water Heating
manufacturing cluster of South Africa]),
recently passed from Thembinkosi
Nzimande of Duratherm to who?
a. John Davis.
b. Bill Davis.
c. Fredericco Dávis.
3. In the Franchising article, On Tap managing
director, Johan van Wyk says:
a. “Some of the plumbing products sold in
South Africa, at a minimum, must conform
to the SANS standards.”
b. “Many of the plumbing products sold in
South Africa, at a minimum, must conform
to the SANS standards.”
c. “All of the plumbing products sold in South
Africa, at a minimum, must conform to the
SANS standards.”
4. In Dear Mr Plumber, SABS 0400-P was later
renamed:
a. SANS10400-O.
b. SANS10400-P.
c. SANS10400-Q.
5. Who has been elected the new President of
IOPSA in place of Lea Smith?
a. Adriaan Strauss.
b. Lord Louis Mountbatten.
c. Adriaan Myburgh.
6. In the Jewel City heat pump project, a ring
main system is achieved by the installation
of a circulating pump on the end of the
flow line close to the hot water cylinder.
a. A calculating pump on the end of the flow
line close to the hot water cylinder.
b. A circulating pump on the end of the flow
line close to the hot water cylinder.
c. A calculating pump on the end of the flow
line close to the cold water cylinder.
7. In terms of both the DMA 2002 Level
4 directives as well as the latest DMA
2002 – C-19 OHS 2020 16.5 the following
officer needs to be appointed:
a. A traffic officer.
b. A Covid-19 Compliance Officer.
c. A competent officer.
8. Which is correct?
a. Enforcing VA 9006 is in line with the NRCS’s
mandate of protecting human health, safety,
the environment and ensuring fair trade as
well as rooting out non-compliant products
in the market. SANS 10254:2016: The
installation, maintenance, replacement
and repair of fixed electrical storage water
heating systems.
b. Enforcing VB 9006 is in line with the
NRCS’s mandate of protecting human
health, safety, the environment and
ensuring fair trade as well as rooting out
non-compliant products in the market.
c. Enforcing VC 9006 is in line with the
NRCS’s mandate of protecting human
health, safety, the environment and
ensuring fair trade as well as rooting out
non-compliant products in the market. PA
September 2020 Volume 26 I Number 07
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