Start Term
2026-2027
Course Title
Plumbing IA
Course Code
TEPL1110
Course Hours
90
Course Credits
3
Description
The Plumbing IA course explores the secure and highly demanded profession of plumbing. The primary emphases include: the understanding and interpretation of the International Plumbing Code (IPC), blueprint reading, materials and requirements, practical mathematics required in plumbing, and other subject areas that are essential to the trade which are more conducive to the classroom setting than a work environment.
Upon course completion, students will be able to:
Practice safety and the proper use of tools and leveling instruments.
Define hydraulics and pneumatics.
Interpret building and plumbing codes.
Apply basic mathematics toward measurements, angles, slopes, and other plumbing related problems.
Fabricate plumbing projects in a lab setting.