17 courses with the subject PLBG, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PLBG 107The Plumbing Trade3
Prepares students for their role in the Plumbing Technology program at Thaddeus Stevens College and for their future in the field. Examines organizational skills, safe work habits, and proper work attitude. Surveys the history of plumbing while also offering an examination of job opportunities and an analysis of steps in career progressions. PLBG 112 (3 credits) Plumbing Design I: Introduction to Plumbing Systems Study of potable water, methods of sewage disposal, components of plumbing systems, and basic physics as related to plumbing.
Familiarizes students with the proper selection and use of all the basic tools (hand tools, power tools, and torches) of the plumbing and pipefitting trades, including measurement and other applied math.
Introduces students to construction prints and documents. Basic drawing symbols and line forms are explained, and the course covers the use of basic drawing tools, dimensioning, and single line pipe drawing methods and practices.
Focus on residential piping system design. Skills covered include the following: designing systems; reading blueprints; making orthographic and isometric pipe sketches and drawings; sizing potable water systems; sizing DWV systems; and sizing natural gas systems.
Installation Introduces the student to bathroom and kitchen fixtures and water heaters. Discusses the installation of residential piping systems, bathroom/kitchen fixtures, and water heaters.
By examining the 2015 International Plumbing Code, this course prepares students to design, install, and maintain plumbing systems in compliance with this statewide code. The course features the proper use of materials and fittings, correct venting, methods for testing plumbing systems, and the sizing of potable water, drainage waste and vent, storm water drainage, and natural gas piping systems.
An advanced residential plumbing course that is basically concerned with the plumbing of the housing project. Shop practice is made available as needed, but most instruction occurs at the housing project.
Services An extension of PLBG 166. Covers the tools and procedures to repair flushometer valves, water heaters, frozen pipes, water hammer, and backflow. Page 225 of 287
