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See below some details about the world-class training facilities offered at PICAC and just some of the images which demonstrate our credntials as leaders in innovation, design and training to meet the future.

Water Room

The water room caters for training across a broad range of specific areas of specialized plumbing including Thermostatic Mixing Valves(TMV), Backflow Prevention Devices, Rainwater Treatment, Greywater Treatment, and Pump Training.

  • The Thermostatic Mixing Valve delivers water at a temperature suitable for bathing (typically 100-105 deg F). It maintains a controlled outlet temperature, even under changing supply conditions. Applications for TMVs include Hospitals, Hotels, Nursing homes and Child Care Centre's.
  • Backflow Prevention – is the repair, alteration, maintenance, testing or commissioning of a backflow prevention device, which is capable of being tested and is listed in column 1 of Table 4.1 of AS/NZS 3500.1-2003 Plumbing and drainage Part 1 – Water services.
  • Pumps: training in this area delivers basic principles in selecting, designing and installing urban water pumps and providing advice in relation to urban pumps.
  • Rainwater & Greywater Treatment: The training incorporates the development of skills in effectively increasing water sustainability, alternative water sources and care in improving the management and treatment of urban water applications.

Plant room

The plant room houses the world class sustainability features of the Centre that make it a self sufficient built environment. Equipment includes a cogeneration plant, solar heating equipment and heating and cooling for the building.

Demonstration House

Will enable PICAC to provide a visual experience on the various components that will be required to form a 6 star plumbing house.

It showcases rainfall collection, filtration and circulation, valves and clear piping along with clear labeling we can simulate rainfall and fixture operation also incorporating grey water reuse, highlighting new combination boiler for hydronic heating and domestic water with solar contribution and also the latest high efficiency tapware, fixtures and roof insulation.

Medical Gases/Split systems 

With chilled beam technology.  Medical gases training is available at PICAC.

Fire systems room

The Centre for Excellence for Fire Service is currently being constructed to house the latest technology and provide training on fire services. Once complete, the training courses will also be available for the Melbourne Fire Brigade. A research and development project includes a new technology which removes sludge (present in the black steel pipe) used in fire testing, and prevents it from entering the storm-water system.

Gas training room

The gas room is a key feature of the Centre costing over half a million to construct excluding the great support from our industry partners such as Dux, Rheem and Bosch.

We are currently delivering Type A gas servicing and Type B Gas servicing training, Type B Gas servicing is a highly skilled and lucrative area with a diminishing occupational group particularly Baby Boomer retirements.

Both licensed and registered plumbing practitioners must be licensed in the specific area of plumbing work (Water Supply, Gasfitting, Sanitary, Roofing (Stormwater), Drainage, Mechanical Services, Fire Protection or Irrigation (Non-agricultural)) in order to carry out that type

Under Victorian regulatory requirements Licenses are available in six specialized classes of plumbing, including:

  • Type A Appliances Servicing – is the internal cleaning, maintenance and adjusting of a type A appliance and includes the adjustment, repair or replacement of components.
  • Type A Appliances Conversion – is the adjusting or altering of a type A appliance to operate on a different gas from:
    • the gas that the appliance was originally manufactured to use
    • the gas that the appliance had been previously converted to use.
  • Type B Gasfitting – is the construction, installation, servicing and maintenance of a type B appliance between the gas isolating valve adjacent to the appliance and any flue connection.

It also includes the construction, installation, servicing and maintenance of a steam boiler or thermal fluid heater of input less than 10 000 GJ/h that forms part of an integrated industrial process between the gas isolating valve adjacent to the appliance and any flue connection including the repair and replacement of gas components in that appliance.

Welding Room

Computer Room

Training in this hi-tech computer is delivered across basic computer programs such as Microsoft Office for all plumbers and apprentices leading to advanced training in Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) and Hydraulic design.