Hybrid programs blend both competency- and time-based strategies,
using a minimum and maximum range of hours for each major job
function and the successful demonstration of identified competencies.
using a minimum and maximum range of hours for each major job
function and the successful demonstration of identified competencies.
Pipe Fitter - Sprinkler Fitter
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Work Process Content
On the Job Training
Anonymous
135
Skills
8K
OJT hours
Workplace Safety
7
380
Workplace Safety
7
380
- Demonstrate proper use of ladders and fall arrest systems.
- Inspect and properly use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
- Demonstrate understanding Of electrical safety.
- Operate in confined space safely.
- Recognize hazards
- Demonstrate safe manual lifting techniques.
- Follows OSHA regulations and Job Site Safety Best Practices
Sprinkler Fitting Math Skills
4
230
Sprinkler Fitting Math Skills
4
230
- Demonstrate proficiency in measuring feet and inches with the use of a measuring tape.
- Demonstrate proficiency in determining pipe size.
- Demonstrate proficiency if calculating off-sets.
- Demonstrate proficiency in determining pressure calculations.
Plan Reading and NFPA Code Knowledge
7
530
Plan Reading and NFPA Code Knowledge
7
530
- Read blueprints per specifications for installation.
- Demonstrate proper understanding of lines, views, symbols, and representations on the drawings as applicable to a fire sprinkler blueprint.
- Apply information from drawings in activities.
- Interpret specifications appearing on drawings.
- Interpret measurements and dimensions on drawings.
- Interpret symbols and abbreviations on drawings.
- Familiarization with NFPA #13, 14, 20 and 24
Tools
4
530
Tools
4
530
- Inspect and use hand tools in a safe and appropriate manner.
- Demonstrate proper use of various hand tools.
- Inspect and use power tools in a safe and appropriate manner.
- Demonstrate proper use of various power tools.
Job Site Organization and Material Handling
10
530
Job Site Organization and Material Handling
10
530
- Demonstrate how to tie common knots used in material handling.
- Retrieve the correct material(s) for the job
- Carry, lift, or transport various types of pipe and sprinkler fittings.
- Identify the correct pipe size and schedule for a given application.
- Selection of pipe. fittings, hangers and devices for rough and distribution and finish work
- Loading and unloading of required materials and equipment
- Set up and use Of rigging, scaffolding and mechanical lifts and platforms
- Perform given tasks after listening to oral instructions.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well.
Pipe and Fittings
17
880
Pipe and Fittings
17
880
- Cut and ream pipe.
- Groove pipe and install grooved fittings.
- Thread pipe and install threaded fittings.
- Install flanged fittings using the proper bolt tightening sequence.
- Complete a manufacturer training course for CPVC.
- Cut, deburr, bevel, and clean CPVC pipe.
- Join CPVC pipe and fittings with glue.
- Install CPVC pipe using the correct hanger spacing.
- Identify various fittings used with copper tubing.
- Cut, ream, clean. and bend copper tubing in preparation for joining.
- Make a soldered joint with pipe and fitting.
- Join copper using mechanical connections. (male threaded adapter)
- Set the target on a post indicator valve.
- Use spanner and hydrant wrenches to open and close a hydrant.
- Complete a Contractor's Material and Test Certificate for Underground Piping.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well
Hangers and Sprinklers
12
500
Hangers and Sprinklers
12
500
- Installation of hangers.
- Installation of concrete inserts or drop-ins.
- Cut hanger rods to specified lengths.
- Identify sprinkler temperature ratings and their associated color Codes.
- Given a manufacturer's data sheet, identify various sprinkler characteristics such as K-factor, response type, deflector type, and maximum working pressure.
- Select correct types of sprinklers based on occupancy and obstruction requirements.
- Select the proper escutcheon for recess sprinklers.
- Determine the maximum sprinkler spacing based on different types of construction.
- Installation of Standard and Application-Specific Sprinklers
- Perform given tasks after listening to oral instructions.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well
General Purpose Valves
8
430
General Purpose Valves
8
430
- Installation of gate valves. (OS&Y)
- Installation of supervisory (tamper) switches.
- Installation of butterfly valves.
- Installation of drum drip assemblies on dry systems.
- Complete the trimming of various valves for wet, dry, standpipe and preaction and deluge pipe systems.
- Perform given tasks after listening to oral instructions.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well.
Wet Pipe Fire Sprinkler Systems
11
1.2K
Wet Pipe Fire Sprinkler Systems
11
1.2K
- Installation of flow switches.
- Performance of hydrostatic testing using a test pump.
- Tighten fittings, couplings, mounting hardware to fixtures using manual and power hand tools.
- Installation of feed main and cross main
- Select the correct support and spacing for the application.
- Installation of branch lines on exposed systems.
- Installation of branch lines for concealed piping with drop nipples
- Complete Contractors Material and Test Certificates for above ground Piping on wet pipe sprinkler systems.
- Perform given tasks after listening to oral instructions.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well.
Dry Pipe Fire Sprinkler Systems
11
500
Dry Pipe Fire Sprinkler Systems
11
500
- Install pressure gauges on dry valves.
- Perform installation of accelerators.
- Calculate pitch for dry-pipe systems.
- Connect an air compressor to dry-pipe systems.
- Reset and troubleshoot dry pipe systems.
- Installation of feed main and cross main.
- Installation of branch lines on exposed systems.
- Complete Contractor's Material and Test Certificates for above ground piping on dry pipe sprinkler systems.
- Perform given tasks after listening to oral instructions.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well.
Deluge and Preaction Systems
8
550
Deluge and Preaction Systems
8
550
- Trip and reset a deluge valve.
- Installation of deluge systems.
- Installation of pre-action systems.
- Perform hydrostatic tests
- Complete a Contractor's Material and Test Certificate for aboveground Piping for a deluge or preaction sprinkler system.
- Perform given tasks after listening to oral instructions.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well.
Standpipes
8
550
Standpipes
8
550
- Install hose valve opening at 45-degree angle.
- Installation of hose. hose VA's, nozzles and accessories
- Adjust PW's.
- Install control assemblies on standpipes (valve, check valve, flow switch, drain valve and water gauge).
- Complete a Contractor's Material and Test Certificate for above ground Piping for a standpipe system.
- Perform given tasks after listening to oral instructions.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well.
Water Supplies
7
380
Water Supplies
7
380
- Perform a flow test at a fire hydrant.
- Plot residual and static pressure on a graph.
- Read a flow test results sheet and determine the number of outlets flowed, hydrant outlet size, and static and residual pressure.
- Fill out a flow test Summary sheet.
- Perform given tasks after listening to oral instructions.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well.
Fire Pumps
10
380
Fire Pumps
10
380
- Identify different tire pump elements such as pumps, drivers. strainers, pump controllers, bypasses, test headers, and now meters.
- Perform a mechanical check Of a fire pump system.
- Measure the flow of systems.
- Troubleshoot the cause and give corrective action for a malfunctioning fire pump.
- Setting of fire pumps and jockey pumps.
- Alignment of fire pumps and driver
- Trimming of fire pumps, jockey pumps and controllers
- Perform given tasks after listening to oral instructions.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well
Inspection, Testing, Maintenance and Repairs
11
480
Inspection, Testing, Maintenance and Repairs
11
480
- Inspect and test water-based fire protection systems,
- Inspect and test wet standpipe systems
- Conduct a drain test.
- Perform a visual inspection of the fire protection system on a jobsite or in your school and document the results.
- Fabrication and installation of pipe on job site
- Repair and replacement of system components
- Restoring system to service
- Notifying owner, fire department, insurance company of impairment to system
- Perform a given task after listening to oral instructions.
- Communicate effectively with the team.
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction well
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Training Provider(s):
American Fire Sprinkler Association
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3
Build Your Future in Construction
3
Basic Safety
13
Basic Safety
13
OSHA-10 Hour Certification
10
OSHA-10 Hour Certification
10
Introduction to Construction Math
10
Introduction to Construction Math
10
Introduction to Hand Tools
13
Introduction to Hand Tools
13
Introduction to Power Tools
10
Introduction to Power Tools
10
Introduction to Construction Drawings
10
Introduction to Construction Drawings
10
Introduction to Basic Rigging
8
Introduction to Basic Rigging
8
Basic Communication Skills
8
Basic Communication Skills
8
Basic Employability Skills
8
Basic Employability Skills
8
Introduction to Material Handling
5
Introduction to Material Handling
5
Occupational Overview: The Sprinkler Industry
5
Occupational Overview: The Sprinkler Industry
5
Introduction to Components and Systems
10
Introduction to Components and Systems
10
Steel Pipe and Fittings
20
Steel Pipe and Fittings
20
CPVC Pipe and Fittings
13
CPVC Pipe and Fittings
13
Copper Tubing and Fittings
10
Copper Tubing and Fittings
10
Underground Pipe
13
Underground Pipe
13
Hangers, Supports, and Restraints
18
Hangers, Supports, and Restraints
18
General Purpose Valves
15
General Purpose Valves
15
Math for Sprinkler Fitters
20
Math for Sprinkler Fitters
20
Shop Drawings
30
Shop Drawings
30
Standard Spray Sprinklers
20
Standard Spray Sprinklers
20
Wet Pipe Sprinkler Systems
25
Wet Pipe Sprinkler Systems
25
Dry Pipe Sprinkler Systems
25
Dry Pipe Sprinkler Systems
25
Deluge and Preaction Sprinkler Systems
35
Deluge and Preaction Sprinkler Systems
35
Standpipes
25
Standpipes
25
Water Supplies
15
Water Supplies
15
Fire Pump Systems
35
Fire Pump Systems
35
Application Specific and Special Sprinklers
40
Application Specific and Special Sprinklers
40
System Layout
28
System Layout
28
Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance
38
Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance
38
Special Extinguishing Systems
28
Special Extinguishing Systems
28
Fundamentals of Crew Leadership
23
Fundamentals of Crew Leadership
23
Proper Procedures and Documentation
30
Proper Procedures and Documentation
30