Basic Skills, 3rd Edition

Robert Kavanagh currently holds the position of Training Co-ordinator at the Plumbing Industry Association of South Australia. Robert has been a VET plumbing teacher since 1987 and is a qualified Master Plumber with a lifetime of plumbing experience, having entered the industry at the age of 17. Robert’s qualifications include the Advanced Certificate in Plumbing, a Bachelor of Teaching in Adult Education, Certificate IV in Workplace Education and Certificate IV in Training & Assessment. He was responsible for introducing a Certificate I in Plumbing to high schools throughout Adelaide in partnership with the Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE). Rob is also the author of Basic Skills in the Plumbing Services Series. Apart from his extensive plumbing experience, Robert has also been teaching sailing for many years at North Haven in South Australia. After many years of sailing and study he gained his Master V Certificate in Maritime, which allowed him to gain a position as Second Officer on the Sailing Ship the One and All, sailing in Australian waters.Bruce Paulsen contributed chapters 7, 8 and 9 of Basic Skills. He has been in the plumbing industry since 1973 — starting out as an apprentice in the family plumbing business, H R Paulsen and Sons P/L, where he gained extensive experience in construction work and maintenance in the domestic, commercial and industrial fields. He then moved into other areas of the building industry, including domestic design and building renovation. Over the course of his career Bruce has worked in most areas of the plumbing industry, including greywater and recycling systems, rainwater and water efficiency areas. He is currently a full-time Plumbing and Sustainability teacher at North Sydney TAFE, and was involved in writing the course material for the Certificate IV in Business Sustainability Assessment course offered there. Bruce’s qualifications include Cert IV in Plumbing Technology, a Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Adult Education, Cert IV in Workplace Training and Assessment and Certificate IV in Business Sustainability Assessment.