APPT 163: CODE/WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading | Value |
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Effective Term: | Summer 2022 |
Units: | 4.5 |
Hours: | 36 lecture, 66 laboratory per quarter (102 total per quarter) |
Prerequisite: | Per California Code of Regulations, this course is limited to students admitted to the Plumbing & Pipefitting Apprenticeship Program. |
Degree & Credit Status: | Degree-Applicable Credit Course |
Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
Transferable: | None |
Grade Type: | Letter Grade Only |
Repeatability: | Not Repeatable |
Student Learning Outcomes
- A student will be able to apply all trade related plumbing codes to all plumbing applications, using the (UPC California Plumbing Code) as reference materials.
- A student will be able to apply UPC to all gas pipe sizing.
- A student will be able to apply UPC to all waste and vent pipe sizing.
- A student will be able to apply UPC to all water pipe sizing.
Description
First year of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Apprenticeship program. This course provides students with a working knowledge of Plumbing Code I and water supply systems.
Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
- Recognize and discuss portions of the Plumbing Code
- Recognize and classify water supply systems
Course Content
- Plumbing Code I
- Definitions
- Drainage systems
- Vents and venting
- Indirect wastes
- Traps and interceptors
- Water supply systems
- Water treatment
- Water mains and service
- Building water systems
- Cross connection
- Hot water supply
- Valves
- Pumps
Lab Content
Students will work individually and in teams on visually identifying the various Plumbing Codes for a water supply system in the lab:
- General code regulations
- Review of plumbing fixtures
- Water heaters
- Water supply and distribution
- Sanitary drainage
- Indirect and special wastes
- Vents
- Traps
- Fuel piping
- Standards
- Sizing water supply systems
- Sizing waster and vent systems
- Rainwater systems
- Medical gas systems
- Graywater systems
- Private sewage disposal systems
- Reclaimed water systems
- IAPMO installation standards
- Useful tables used in industry
Special Facilities and/or Equipment
1. Laboratory with plumbing tools
2. Personal protective equipment
3. Calculator
4. When taught via Foothill Global Access, on-going access to computer with email software and hardware; email address
2. Personal protective equipment
3. Calculator
4. When taught via Foothill Global Access, on-going access to computer with email software and hardware; email address
Method(s) of Evaluation
Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:
Written examination
Hands-on demonstration
Chapter quizzes
Group and classroom participation
Punctuality
Method(s) of Instruction
Methods of Instruction may include but are not limited to the following:
Lecture
Discussion
Laboratory
Demonstration
Representative Text(s) and Other Materials
2019 California Plumbing Code (Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 5)
Tyler Pipe & Coupling booklet, 2015
AB&I or Tyler No-Hub Cast Iron pocket catalog, 2016
Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments
- Readings from the 2013 California Plumbing Code Manual for Title 24, Part 5, as required
- Weekly writing assignments are documented in the lab manual of the Plumbing Code booklet
Discipline(s)
Plumbing