A program of instruction and
practical training in plumbing that is approved as equivalent to four years of
an Illinois licensed apprenticeship shall cover the following subject areas and
provide the number of hours of instruction and practical training specified in
this Section. An approved course of instruction shall total 2,800 hours of
credit.
Subject
|
Hours of Instruction
|
|
|
Public health and its
relationship to plumbing
|
140
|
|
|
State of Illinois Plumbing
License Law
|
24
|
|
|
Administration and enforcement
|
40
|
|
|
Licensing of apprentice
plumbers and plumbers
|
16
|
|
|
Illinois Plumbing Code
requirements
|
20
|
|
|
Plumbing inspection
|
30
|
|
|
Basic principles of plumbing
|
40
|
|
|
Job safety
|
52
|
|
|
Sciences of pneumatics and hydraulics
as they apply to plumbing
|
60
|
|
|
Use and care of tools and
equipment
|
16
|
|
|
Plumbing materials, fixtures
and equipment
|
100
|
|
|
Joints and connections
|
81
|
|
|
Water supply and distribution
system
|
120
|
|
|
Indirect waste piping and
special wastes
|
90
|
|
|
Hangers and separators
|
20
|
|
|
Interceptors and separators
|
40
|
|
|
Traps and cleanouts
|
42
|
|
|
Drainage system
|
110
|
|
|
Vents and venting systems
|
134
|
|
|
Soldering, welding, caulking
and wiping
|
128
|
|
|
Cast iron plumbing system, including
Durham system
|
155
|
|
|
Copper material plumbing
system
|
150
|
|
|
Glass material plumbing system
|
40
|
|
|
Plastics and thermoplastics
material plumbing system
|
60
|
|
|
Alternate plumbing system
|
55
|
|
|
Solar plumbing systems
|
40
|
|
|
Hot water systems and water
heaters
|
90
|
|
|
Safety devices allied with a
plumbing system
|
50
|
|
|
Pumping of waste
|
63
|
|
|
Handling and disposition of
wastes that would damage a plumbing system and waste disposal facilities
|
120
|
|
|
Inspection and testing of a plumbing
system
|
120
|
|
|
Private sewage disposal
systems, municipal or public sewage disposal systems or sanitary districts
|
120
|
|
|
Public and private water
supply systems
|
134
|
|
|
Planning and designing a
plumbing system including estimating, installation, repair, maintenance,
alteration, extension and dismantling
|
300
|
(Source: Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 19715, effective September 23, 2014)