APPT 127: RESIDENTIAL PLUMBING CODE
Foothill College Course Outline of Record
| Heading | Value |
|---|---|
| Effective Term: | Summer 2024 |
| Units: | 2.5 |
| Hours: | 18 lecture, 36 laboratory per quarter (54 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | Per California Code of Regulations, this course is limited to students admitted to the Residential Plumbing Apprenticeship Program. |
| Advisory: | Current employment in the pipe trades industry. |
| Degree & Credit Status: | Degree-Applicable Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Letter Grade (Request for Pass/No Pass) |
| Repeatability: | Not Repeatable |
Student Learning Outcomes
- A student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of code requirements for clean-outs.
- A student will be able to define the term "fixture unit".
- A student will be able to define the term "shall" as it pertains to the UPC.
Description
A comprehensive overview of the Plumbing Code. Students examine each chapter of the code book and practice proper application through worksheets, system design, and sizing exercises.
Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
- Define terms used in the Uniform Plumbing Code
- Demonstrate ability to locate and apply applicable code sections
- Demonstrate ability to properly size residential drain/waste/vent, potable water, and fuel gas systems
Course Content
- Define terms used in Uniform Plumbing Code
- National, state, and local standards and codes
- Administration and definition of terms
- Various types of plumbing system tests
- Testing and inspection of plumbing systems
- Demonstrate ability to locate and apply applicable code sections
- UPC, Chapter 1, Administration
- UPC, Chapter 2, Definitions
- UPC, Chapter 3, General Regulations
- UPC, Chapter 4, Plumbing Fixtures and Fixture Fittings, ADA requirements
- UPC, Chapter 5, Water Heaters
- UPC, Chapter 6, Water Supply and Distribution
- UPC, Chapter 7, Sanitary Drainage
- UPC, Chapter 8, Indirect Wastes
- UPC, Chapter 9, Vents
- UPC, Chapter 10, Traps and Interceptors
- UPC, Chapter 11, Storm Drainage
- UPC, Chapter 12, Fuel Piping
- UPC, Chapter 13, Health Care Facilities
- UPC, Chapter 14, Referenced Standards
- UPC, Chapter 15, Firestop Protection
- Demonstrate ability to properly size drain/waste and vent, potable water, and fuel gas piping systems
- Calculate sanitary drainage pipe sizing
- Calculate sanitary vent pipe sizing
- Methods and procedures for potable water pipe sizing
- Methods and procedures for sizing fuel gas piping
Lab Content
- Calculate fixture unit loads for a residential water system
- System design exercises
- Sizing exercises
Special Facilities and/or Equipment
None.
Method(s) of Evaluation
Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:
Results of written exercises, short quizzes, and end of session and end of module assessment
Class participation
Maintenance of a student's workbook with questions drawn from text
Method(s) of Instruction
Methods of Instruction may include but are not limited to the following:
Lecture
Lab assignment
Group discussion
Demonstration
Representative Text(s) and Other Materials
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials. Uniform Plumbing Code. 2018.
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials. Uniform Plumbing Code Study Guide. 2018.
These are the standard textbooks/workbooks used for this course. Although they are older than 5 years, they are the most current books used when teaching this course.
Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments
- Readings from assigned textbook, Uniform Plumbing Code, chapter 3
- General Regulations, Section 301.0, Materials - Standards and Alternates
- Writing assignments given in the laboratory
- Make a schematic drawing of a basic natural gas piping system
- Describe properties and indicate pipe size of each point in the system
Discipline(s)
Plumbing