After completing this course, the licensee should be able to:

  • Describe what typical piping systems consist of and explain their importance to plant operations.
  • Identify common valves and fittings, pipe hangers and supports
  • Describe the effects of temperature on piping system components and explain the need for insulation.
  • List routine maintenance considerations for piping systems.
  • Explain how metal pipes are sized and designated according to standard codes and schedules.
  • Identify the characteristics of metals that make them suitable for a variety of piping applications.
  • Discuss the major considerations involved in the maintenance of metal piping.
  • Describe the different methods of connecting sections of metal pipe, including bell-and-spigot joints, welded, soldered, or brazed joints, screwed or threaded joints, and flanged joints.
  • Name the basic nonmetallic piping materials and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.
  • Identify the different forms of concrete pipe.
  • Discuss the limitations of plastic pipe.
  • Explain the difference between thermoplastic and thermosetting plastic pipe.
  • Describe how to join sections of nonmetallic pipe, and how to maintain them.
  • Compare piping and tubing and list the major advantages of tubing.
  • Describe the methods of cutting, bending, and joining sections of tubing.
  • List the main types of metal tubing and describe the kinds of industrial applications in which they are used.
  • List the main types of plastic tubing and describe the kinds of industrial applications in which they are used.
  • Explain how hoses are sized, classified, and constructed.
  • Define basic hose terminology.
  • Discuss the respective advantages of metallic hose, nonmetallic hose, and reinforced nonmetallic hose.
  • Describe the common types of hose couplings used in industrial service.
  • List the primary maintenance requirements of hoses.

Course Format: Text

Credit Type: Drinking Water

Course ID(s): 570-8997-18617

Approved By: State Department of Health - Bureau of Water Supply Protection

  • Piping Systems: Part 1
    • Piping Systems: Part 1 [45 Activities]
      • 01. Piping Systems
      • 02. Fluids
      • 03. Protecting Steam Lines
      • 04. Keeping Fluids Clean and Moving
      • 05. Piping System Maintenance
      • 06. Valves and Fittings
      • 07. Pipe Hangers and Supports
      • 08. Temperature Effects
      • 09. Piping Insulation
      • 10. Typical Piping Systems
      • 11. Maintenance Considerations
      • 12. Pipes
      • 13. Pipe Schedules and Other Pipe Codes
      • 14. Types of Systems
      • 15. Metal Piping and Characteristics of Metals
      • 16. Pipe-Manufacturing Methods
      • 17. Behavior of Fluids in Piping
      • 18. Piping Applications
      • 19. Maintenance Considerations
      • 20. Joining Pipe
      • 21. Nonmetallic Piping Materials
      • 22. Concrete Pipe
      • 23. Asbestos-Cement Pipe
      • 24. Plastic Pipe
      • 25. Limitations of Plastic Pipe
      • 26. Joining Plastic Pipe
      • 27. Maintaining Plastic Pipe
      • 28. Glass Pipe
      • 29. Maintenance Requirements
      • 30. Tubing
      • 31. Advantages of Tubing
      • 32. Tube Joining
      • 33. Types of Tubing
      • 34. Tubing Applications
      • 35. Plastic Tubing
      • 36. Other Applications and Maintenance
      • 37. Hoses
      • 38. Codes and Sizes
      • 39. Hose Classifications
      • 40. Hose Terminology
      • 41. Reinforced Nonmetallic Hose
      • 42. Nonmetallic Hose
      • 43. Metallic Hose
      • 44. Hose Couplings
      • 45. Maintenance
  • Course Completion
    • Certificate of Achievement
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