This course provides eight hours of code update continuing education credits and highlights major updates identified in the Significant Changes to the IPC, IMC, and IFGC, 2021 Edition publication. Some additional changes not included in the book are also covered.
To help ensure students remember what they’ve learned, lessons include review questions and additional resources.
Learning objectives include:
- Identify major changes introduced in the 2021 edition of the IPC.
- Describe regulations surrounding the design, approval, and installation of water heaters.
- Understand definitions of terms from chapter two of the IPC, recognizing their specific meanings within the context of the code.
- Recognize general regulations in plumbing as described in chapter three.
- Explain requirements for indirect connections to the sanitary drainage system and the handling of special wastes.
- List the minimum requirements for plumbing fixtures, faucets, and fixture fittings.
- Outline key regulations for sanitary drainage systems.
- Identify venting requirements as outlined in chapter nine.
- Understand the purpose and installation requirements for storm drainage systems to prevent building damage.
- Recognize design requirements and installation limitations for traps, interceptors, and separators.
- Summarize key regulations governing water supply and distribution systems.
- Summarize the regulations for the design and installation of subsurface landscape irrigation systems using nonpotable water.
- Explain regulations for nonflammable medical gas systems, oxygen-fuel gas systems, and other special piping and storage systems.
- Describe the design and installation requirements for nonpotable water systems.
- Recognize the importance of the referenced standards in chapter 15 and understand how they integrate with the IPC.
- Plumbers who finish this course will understand their latest plumbing code changes and know how to apply them in practical settings.
Course ID(s): 2026-006
Approved By: Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors Association (PHCC) - HVAC
- 2021 IPC Update
- Initial Camera Checkpoint
- Changes to the 2021 IPC [1 Activities]
- 01. Changes to the 2021 International Plumbing Code Class
- Introduction to the International Plumbing Code [1 Activities]
- 01. Introduction to the International Plumbing Code
- Camera Checkpoint 1
- Chapters of the 2021 IPC and Chapter 1 [1 Activities]
- 01. Scope of the IPC
- Chapter 2: Definitions [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 2 Definitions
- Camera Checkpoint 2
- Chapter 3: General Regulations [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 3: General Regulations
- Chapter 4 Fixtures Faucets and Fixture Fittings - Part I [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 4 Fixtures, Faucets and Fixture Fittings, Part 1
- Camera Checkpoint 3
- Chapter 4 Fixtures Faucets and Fixture Fittings - Part II [1 Activities]
- 01. Part 2 of Chapter 4 Fixtures, Faucets and Fixture Fittings
- Chapter 5: Water Heaters [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 5 Water Heaters
- Camera Checkpoint 4
- Chapter 6: Water Supply and Distribution [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 6 Water Supply and Distribution
- Chapter 7: Sanitary Drainage [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 7 - Sanitary Drainage
- Camera Checkpoint 5
- Chapter 8: Indirect/Special Waste [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 8 Indirect - Special Waste
- Chapter 9: Vents [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 9 Vents
- Camera Checkpoint 6
- Chapter 10: Traps, Interceptors, and Separators [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 10 Traps, Interceptors and Separators
- Chapter 11: Storm Drainage [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 11 Storm Drainage
- Camera Checkpoint 7
- Chapter 12: Special Piping and Storage Systems [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 12 Special Piping and Storage Systems
- Chapter 13: Nonpotable Water Systems [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 13 Nonpotable Water Systems
- Camera Checkpoint 8
- Chapter 14: Subsurface Landscape Irrigation Systems [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 14 Subsurface Graywater Soil Absorption Systems
- Chapter 15: Referenced Standards [1 Activities]
- 01. Chapter 15 Referenced Standards
- Camera Checkpoint 9
- Appendices A-C [1 Activities]
- 01. Appendices A-C
- Appendices D-F [1 Activities]
- 01. Appendices D-F
- Final Camera Checkpoint
- Course Completion
- Mandatory Questionnaire
- Certificate of Completion
