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.