Course Description

This course provides an introduction to plumbing. Through structured classroom and hands-on skill building, the student will learn the tools of the trade, plumbing safety, how to solder and braze copper tubing, piping skills and trade mathematics. Group 2 course.

Credit Hours

3

Contact Hours

4

Lecture Hours

2

Lab Hours

2

Recommended Prerequisites or Skills Competencies

Placement into MTH 23 and ENG 11/111 or co-enrollment in the recommended developmental Math and English course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:

• Explain construction safety.
• Describe basic brazing and soldering techniques.
• Identify plumbing tools.

Application:

• Demonstrate how to safely use hand tools.
• Apply safety procedures on a jobsite.
• Perform basic brazing and soldering on copper tubing.

Integration:

• Distinguish the relationship between attendance and tardiness to a job.
• Relate the consequences for not observing safety.

Human Dimension:

• Recognize how your decisions will affect others.
• Reflect on the effects of work ethic.

Caring - Civic Learning:

• Recognize the variety of job opportunities as a plumber.
• Recognize the need for water purity in the plumbing industry.

Learning How to Learn:

• Apply course concepts to real life situations.