Plumbing II and Tier II
Apprentice Program License Prep
If you
received your Apprentice Card after 9/1/2008 enroll in the Tier II program
Click for Plumbing II Location, Schedule, and Fees
Click for Tier II Location, Schedule, and Fees
Objective: This course is designed
to prepare the student to fulfill the requirements to take the Massachusetts
State Plumbing Examination for Plumbing II and Tier II apprentices.
Description:
Our course covers over 40 areas of trade related plumbing systems and our
program is constantly being updated to meet today’s needs. In order to
apply for the course you MUST hold a Massachusetts Apprentice
certificate. Massachusetts State requirements vary for Plumbing II and Tier
II apprentices based on the date you received your Apprentice Card.
Outline:
- Review of Chapter 142 Massachusetts General Laws
- Review Basic/Intermediate Plumbing, Gas Fitting and Fuel Gas Codes
- Permitting, Licensing Rules and Regulations
- Advanced Testing of Plumbing and Gas Systems
- Advanced Design/Installation of Basic to Complex Piping
Configurations
- Fixtures, Trims, Special Waste Systems
- Roughing In of Piping and Gas Systems
- Advanced Methods of Installation and Venting Gas Appliances
- Protection of the Potable Water Supply through Cross Connection
Control
- Approved Materials for use in Residential, Commercial and
Industrial Installations
- Advanced Science/Theory of Plumbing and Gas Fitting
- Water/Air and its Properties
- Sanitary and Environmental Health Hazards
- Pressure, Vacuum, Weights, Sewage and Waste Disposal
- Types and Properties of Gas, Traps, Seals, Vents
- Ferrous/Non-Ferrous Metals, Melting Points of Various Metals
- Basic Arithmetic, Geometry, Square Roots
- Pipe Equations, Areas, Volumes, Pressures, Friction and Capacities
- Temperature Conversions, Thermal Expansion and BTU Calculations
- Weights, Loads, Distances, Percentages and Grades
- Sizing of DWV, Water Supply, Gas Systems
- Takeoffs, Estimating, Calculations of Direct and Indirect Job Cost
- Blueprint Reading and Design, Grades and use of Instruments
- Interfacing of Code Standard with Drawings
