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Year 1:
Introduce the apprentice to basic plumbing tools and technology, including, joining pipes and fittings, trade math, safety and more.
Year 2:
Introduce the apprentice to water piping materials and sizing, water heaters, sewage disposal, drainage fixtures, building drains and stacks, venting materials and sizing. Basic trade math will also be discussed.
Year 3:
Introduce the apprentice to residential, commercial and industrial installation practices, including cross connections, offsets, elevations, and grades, builder’s level and transits methods, construction integrity, gas codes, blueprint reading, and trade math.
Year 4:
Prepare the apprentice to take the licensing exam, which includes the study of International Codes and fire sprinkler systems.
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Year 1:
Introduce the apprentice to basic refrigeration cycle, refrigerants and refrigeration oil, piping practices, basic electricity, introduction to heating equipment and tools, safety, and trade math.
Year 2:
Introduce the apprentice to basic air conditioning systems, refrigerant controls, electric motors, circuits and controls, functions, air filtration, safety, and trade math.
Year 3:
Introduce the apprentice to troubleshooting gas, electric, and oil heat, troubleshooting heat pumps, cooling systems, and accessories, preventative maintenance, system balancing, hydronics, boilers, commercial refrigeration, and chilled water systems.
Year 4:
Introduce the apprentice to blueprint reading, heat load/gain calculations, air distribution systems, psychometrics, air flow measurements, troubleshooting heating, refrigeration and HVAC electrical systems, writing diagrams, NEC and International Mechanical codes, and trade math.
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