Description
Colorado Master Plumber Exam Prep Course
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Description
This training program has been designed to guide students who are preparing to take a plumbing exam based on the International Plumbing Code (IPC) and International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC). Many states and jurisdictions have adopted the IPC with their own specific amendments. This course will cover the foundational IPC code, but your state’s specific amendments are the final authority.
INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE
PLUMBING EXAM PREP SYLLABUS
1. About the Exam
- Reading and Understanding the PSI Bulletin
- Books That You Should Have During the Exam
- Effective Study Techniques
2. Introduction
3. IPC Chapter 1 Administration, Scope and Intent/Purpose
4. IPC Chapter 2 – Definitions and Symbols
- Study Techniques
- Definitions
5. Plumbing Math
- Constants/Conversions/Volume
- Offsets/Slope/Practice problems
6. IPC Chapter 3 – General Regulations
7. IPC Chapter 4 – Fixtures, Faucets, and Fixture Fittings
- Code overview
- Practice problems
8. IPC Chapter 5 – Water Heaters
- Overview
9. IPC Chapter 6 – Water Supply and Distribution
- Water Distribution
- Potable Water Supply
- Backflow Prevention
10. IPC Chapter 7 – Sanitary Drainage
- Drainage
- Cleanouts
- Fixture Units
11. IPC Chapter 8 – Indirect and Special Waste
- Requirements
12. IPC Chapter 9 – Vents
- Materials
- Vent Extensions, Connections and Grades
- Pipe Sizing, Developed Length
- Stack Offsets, Branches
- Fixture Vents
- Wet Vents
- Stack Vents
- Circuit Vents
- Admittance Valves
13. IPC Chapter 10 – Traps, Interceptors and Separators
- Requirements
14. IPC Chapter 11 – Storm Drainage
- Area, Volume and Drainage Practice Problems
- Sizing Methods
- Secondary Drains
15. IPC Chapter 13 – Nonpotable Water Systems
- Reclaimed vs. Potable
- Requirements
- Problems
16. IPC Chapter 14 – Subsurface Landscape Irrigation Systems
- System Design and Sizing
- Installation
17. Appendix E
- Sizing of Water Piping Systems
- Friction Charts and Lengths
18. Master Isometrics
- Basic Layout
- Practice Problems
19. Private Sewage Systems
- Soil Absorption Systems
- Tank Sizing
20. Residential Fire Sprinklers/Valves
- General Overview
21. Plan Reading
22. Practice Test
- Hundreds of practice questions
Course instructors will be available by email or telephone between 8am and 6pm Eastern Standard Time. They will assist you with questions regarding course content.
If you have any questions, please call us at 1-800-727-7104 or send an email to info@onlinecti.com. Email responses will usually be returned promptly, but guaranteed within one business day.
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