§750.550. Programs of Instruction and Practical Training in Plumbing Approved as Equivalent to Illinois Licensed Apprenticeship

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)