Piping Systems: Part 1

This course introduces operators to piping systems and familiarizes them with the larger components that make piping systems function, including metallic and nonmetallic piping, tubing, and hoses.

After completing this course, the licensee should be able to: 

• Describe what typical piping systems consist of and explain their importance to plant operations.

• Identify common valves and fittings, pipe hangers and supports 

• Describe the effects of temperature on piping system components and explain the need for insulation.

• List routine maintenance considerations for piping systems.

• Explain how metal pipes are sized and designated according to standard codes and schedules.

• Identify the characteristics of metals that make them suitable for a variety of piping applications. 

• Discuss the major considerations involved in the maintenance of metal piping.

• Describe the different methods of connecting sections of metal pipe, including bell-and-spigot joints, welded, soldered, or brazed joints, screwed or threaded joints, and flanged joints.

• Name the basic nonmetallic piping materials and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.

• Identify the different forms of concrete pipe.

• Discuss the limitations of plastic pipe. 

• Explain the difference between thermoplastic and thermosetting plastic pipe.

• Describe how to join sections of nonmetallic pipe, and how to maintain them.

• Compare piping and tubing and list the major advantages of tubing.

• Describe the methods of cutting, bending, and joining sections of tubing. 

• List the main types of metal tubing and describe the kinds of industrial applications in which they are used.

• List the main types of plastic tubing and describe the kinds of industrial applications in which they are used.

• Explain how hoses are sized, classified, and con‐ structed.

• Define basic hose terminology.

• Discuss the respective advantages of metallic hose, nonmetallic hose, and reinforced nonmetallic hose.

• Describe the common types of hose couplings used in industrial service.

• List the primary maintenance requirements of hoses.

IACET CEUs

This course gives you the opportunity to earn IACET CEUs through our parent company Certus. As an IACET Accredited Provider, Certus offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. To earn IACET CEUs, you must:

• Complete all lessons in the course,
• Correctly answer every quiz question posed through the course, and
• Complete the course evaluation.

Assessment Information: This online course presents each section with commentary, a graphic illustration or photograph, and requires the learner to answer multiple choice questions after reviewing the content. The learner must complete all multiple-choice questions for each section correctly to get IACET CEUs, a certificate of completion, or state license renewal credit for the course. If the learner's first response is incorrect, learners will be immediately allowed to answer the question again until the correct answer is chosen. Question choices are randomized, so each participant will have a unique testing experience

Prerequisites: This course has no prerequisites.

Course Demonstration Video