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The reticulation to the kitchen sink is achieved via a 15mm pipe. This can change depending on what pipe materiel is used. For example copper would be 15mm OD (outside diameter).

NZS5261: 2003 is the New Zealand code or New Zealand Standard of gas installations. This Standard contains the mandatory requirements and means of compliance for the design, installation and commissioning of gas installations that are associated with the use or intended use of gases. In other words its a book with guidelines that gasfitters work by. The purpose of this standard is to set out means by which gas installations: 1) protect people from fire, explosions, oxygen depletion, noxious gases and other injury. 2) protect Property from damage.

Its also important for kitchen designers to work by this standard because many kitchens incorporate a gas hob and/or gas oven  (or other appliances). So clearances must be met, provision must be made to protect combustible surfaces etc. 

Yeah i think the internal workings need to be omitted from exams, you really only need as a plumber to know the sanitary requirements for condensate.....especially wen no mention of an evaporator or capilliary tube in Doyles.....how about the average of last plumbing reg being 42%........13.5% people passed.
How about 21 marks on pumps compared to 4 on Sanitary plumbing. None on AsNzs3500....joke

does anyone out there have the answers for craft a ,b and c papers before those gits in the pgdb decided to remove them. If  people need the gas & plum reg exam answers i can forward them

Have you got any tips for studying for the registration exams? i.e what to study.

Regarding pass rate in June plumbers registration exam 2008:

If pass rate was only 13.5% with an average of 42% then shouldn't the ITO,WelTec and the PGDB be looking very hard at there training/teaching and examination methods and trying to figure out what's gone wrong with the system?
A pass rate that low comes back to poor teaching methods!And far to broard an examination feild
It's fine to throw a heap of information at someone and say "there ya go son read that and you'll be laughing",But.. what about the plumbers out there that struggle with the uptake of this sort of knowledge and don't learn well like this?I know some awsome plumbers that just can't hold all that infomation and refer to codes whilst working.
The polytechs seem to be doing a good job but even though apprentice fees have gone from $1600 to $5500 in the last 5 years there still getting there teaching time cut back by the ITO.

After completing our stage three block course at WelTec,On the last day before the gas exam we where informed that at Weltec they are only granted enough time to teach 60% of what we need to know to pass the gas exam!!!!!!!
Good to hear,Cheers ITO.

Why not change the exam process to include a regulations exam covering g12 g13 e1 e2 as3500 etc etc open book same as the electricians and then another exam closed book on plumbing trade science etc etc.
This is not the same industry as it was 20 years ago the amount of knowledge required now is not even comparable to back then.

So come on PGDB and ITO wake your ideas up and start listening!

hey to anyone sitting the exams i have found a link to the plumbers, gasfitters,drainlayers act 2006 which some questions will be asked in the exams
 click on this link
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2006/0074/latest/viewpdf.aspx

in regards to the exams, they are external exams set by the board and as with any external exams, ie nursing you are always going to get disparity within the questions.  As for Ito and other training orgs.....wen i first signed up for my apprenticeship i was told ya finish your assignments ya go on a block course.  y then does there exist a number of people on those courses that have not completed there assignments.  When i finished my stage 3s i was told recently that i have to wait for my block after new year.......... but the exams specially the plumbing....madness the amount of study you have to do codes including...G12, G13, G1, E1, G14, G10, AS/NZS3500, The PGDB Act, did i miss any? then you have H+S, and all manor of other things to study.....its pretty ominus.....did any one sit the recent plumbing exam? how did you find it?