Master Plumbing Prep
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Objective: This course is designed to provide students with the necessary time and informational fundamentals for entrance to the State Master Plumbers Examination.
Description: Promulgated by Massachusetts General Law Chapter 142. The criteria have been established through the State Board of Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters. Following these guidelines, students must hold a Journeyman Plumbers License for one full year before acceptance to this program.
Outline:
· Review co Chapter 142 Massachusetts General Laws
· Review changes to 248 CMR, MA State Plumbing and Fuel Gas Code
· Review general Plumbing and Gasfitting techniques
· Review Licensing Procedures and other associated requirements
· Permitting
· Testing of Plumbing and Gasfitting Systems
· Design and Installation of Complex Piping Configurations
· Installation of Fixtures and Trims
· Roughing-In of Piping and Gas Systems
· Installation of Gas Appliances
· Proper methods of Venting Gas Appliances
· Proper Combustion and Make-up Air Design for Gas Appliances
· Designs and Installation of Special Waste Systems
· Protection of the Potable Water Supply through Cross Connection Control
· Approved materials for use in Residential, Commercial and Industrial Installations
· Advanced Science and Theory of Plumbing and Gas Fitting
· Water and it’s Properties
· Air and it’s Properties
· Pressure, Vacuum, Weights
· Sanitary and Environmental Health Hazards
· Sewage and Waste Disposal
· Types and Properties of Gas
· Traps, Seal and Vents
· Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals
· Melting Points of Various Metals
· Basic Arithmetic, Geometry and Square Roots
· Pipe Equations, Pressures, Friction and Capacities
· Pipe Areas and Volumes
· Rules relevant to Circles
· Temperature Conversions and Thermal Expansion
· BTU Calculations
· Weights, Loads, Distances, Percentages, Grades
· Sizing of DWV Systems, Water Supply Systems and Gas Systems
· Proper use of Sizing Tables
· Calculations of Direct and Indirect Job Costs
· Basic Business Accounting Practices
· Blueprint Reading and Design
· Take-Offs, Estimating, Grades and use of Instruments
· Interfacing of Code Standard with Drawings
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