TITLE 68: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
CHAPTER IV: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
PART 750 PLUMBERS LICENSING CODE
SECTION 750.550 PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICAL TRAINING IN PLUMBING APPROVED AS EQUIVALENT TO ILLINOIS LICENSED APPRENTICESHIP


 

Section 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)