Utah Plumbing Continuing Education

This course for the Utah plumber is the complete package for your license renewal! It contains all 12 hours of continuing education, and satisfies state requirements for both core and professional topics, covering:

• Changes to the 2015 IPC
• Utah Amendments to the 2015 IPC
• Common Problems for Plumbers

Each topic works together to provide the information necessary for you to stay up-to-date on the national and state regulations, and trains you for problem-solving on the jobsite, so you can work with confidence in Utah.

This 12-hour state-approved course covers every significant change made to the 2018 IPC and the amendments made to the 2018 IPC when Utah adopted it as the new plumbing code for the state, effective July 1, 2019. It is comprised of the following four classes:

1. Utah - 4-Hour Class on Changes to the 2018 IPC Chapters 1-6;
2. 4-Hour Changes to the 2018 IPC [Ch. 7-15] & Utah Amendments to the 2018 IPC;
3. 3-Hour OSHA Safety Training for Plumbers; and
4. 1-Hour Survey of Rainwater Harvesting for Utah Plumbers

This 12 hour course is specifically designed for plumbers in the state of Utah. The course covers the significant changes to the 2015 IPC and reviews the Utah amendments to the model code. We then address two different topics for the elective portion of the course. The first topic is safety in the field of plumbing. Most regulations deal with new construction and fail to mention the dangers that a plumber just considers "his office". The course then ends with a discussion of the newest trends, techniques, and regulations regarding one of the oldest forms of plumbing, Rainwater Harvesting.

Objectives:

• Be up-to-date on the plumbing code as it's applied in Utah. This is a Core topic.
• Have a clearer understanding of the additional regulations that govern plumbing in the state.
• Have been introduced to many sources for additional ongoing education; and
• Be familiar with the best ways to find the relevant codes, regulations, and resources provided by the DOPL, DEQ, and other agencies.

This course counts as 4 hours of Code/Core credit and deals with the first 9 chapters of the 2015 IPC model code. Some of the topics that will be discussed are:

• General Regulations
• Water Supply & Distribution
• Structural Safety

Instead of a broad survey, this class dives deep into a single topic central to the plumbing trades, including discussions of underlying principles and of best practices. It offers a comprehensive course of study on two related areas, both of which are experiencing rapid changes POWTS (Private Onsite Water Treatment Systems) and systems that reuse graywater.

This course will meet 4 hours of Code/Core credit to help you renew your Utah Plumbing License. In this course we cover changes to the last half of the model code and the UT amendments to the entire model code. Some of the topics that will be covered are:

• Traps, Interceptors, and Separators
• Green Plumbing Practices
• Amendments to the 2015 IPC for UT Plumbers

This course is designed to give a Plumbing License holder 4 hours of Professional Credit Hours. The course covers safety in the field of plumbing and rainwater harvesting techniques. The course will address topics such as:

• Hazardous Substances & Environmental Risks
• Physical Hazards
• Advantages of Rainwater Harvesting
• Components of a Rainwater Catchment System

This class provides a brisk and often entertaining survey of the most often cited violations and thorny plumbing areas such as cleanouts, pipe grading, corrosion, handicapped access, and customer abuse of the plumbing system. Along with a discussion of how these problems arise, the class offers tried-and-true strategies for addressing these common problem areas.

Instead of a broad survey, this class dives deep into a single topic central to the plumbing trades, including discussions of underlying principles and of best practices. It offers a comprehensive course of study on two related areas, both of which are can cause ample problems if not properly installed and maintained sanitary drainage piping and grease interceptors.

Instead of a broad survey, this class dives deep into a single topic central to the plumbing trades, including discussions of underlying principles and of best practices. It offers a comprehensive course of study on all aspects of residential water heaters.

This 4-hour state-approved class covers the 50 most significant changes made to Chapters 1 through 6 of the 2018 IPC during the 2015 to 2018 code review cycle. The class uses a cut-and-paste format that makes each change easy to follow along with a discussion to illuminates what the change means.

This 4-hour state-approved class presents the significant changes made to Chapters 7 through 15 of the 2018 IPC, and the amendments made to the 2018 IPC when Utah adopted it as the new plumbing code for the state, effective July 1, 2019.

This course is just for Utah Plumbers and discusses amendments that the state board has made to the 2015 IPC model code. In this course we will cover amendments such as:

• Gray Water Handling
• Max Flow & Water Consumption
• Rainwater Harvesting Regulations

This 2-hour state-approved class covers every one of the more than 70 amendments made to the 2018 IPC when Utah adopted it as the new plumbing code for the state, effective July 1, 2019.