Description
Objectives
Learning objective 1 – Identify the safety precautions and potential hazards associated with fuel systems.
- Identify the safety precautions and potential hazards of natural gas.
- Identify the safety precautions and potential hazards of LP gas.
- Identify the safety precautions and potential hazards of fuel oil.
Learning objective 2 – Identify the major components of fuel systems:
- Identify the properties and uses of natural gas.
- Identify the properties and uses of LP gas (liquefi ed petroleum gas).
- Identify the properties and uses of fuel oil.
Learning objective 3 – Apply local codes to various fuel gas systems.
- Identify proper fuel gas connection techniques.
- Size, purge, and test fuel gas systems.
Performance Tasks
Performance task 1 (Learning objective 3) – Properly connect appliances to the fuel gas system.
Performance task 2 (Learning objective 3) – Perform an air test or visual inspection of a connected fuel gas system.
Performance task 3 (Learning objective 3) – Size and purge a fuel gas system.
Performance task 4 (Learning objective 3) – Verify pressure of a fuel gas system, using a manometer.
