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142 Course Descriptions 2005-2006 GateWay Community College Catalog ABC213 Specialty Piping and Hot Taps 2 Credits 4 Periods Specialty piping including flared and compression joining. Identifying, sizing and installing fittings. Brazing and soldering, calculating and bending pipe. Glass lined pipe, also hydraulic fitted compression joints and grooved pipe systems. Hot taps including identification and abatement of hazards, types and installation of fittings, hot tap machines and stopples. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC214 Stress Relieving and Aligning Pipes 1 Credit 1 Period Identifying misalignments and causes of stress in piping systems. Methods of proper alignment and stress relief. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC221 Motors and Motor Controls 3 Credits 3 Periods Electrical symbols, line diagrams and logic. Contactors and starters, control devices, reversing circuits and power distribution systems. Electronic control devices, programmable controllers, reduced voltage starters, accelerating and decelerating methods and circuits. Preventive maintenance and trouble shooting. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status and ABC125 or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC222 Hazardous Locations-Electrical 1 Credit 1 Period Hazardous location classifications. Equipment approved for use in specific hazardous locations. Wiring methods. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC223 Electrical Distribution Systems 1.5 Credits 1.5 Periods Distribution systems, electrical drawings and identification of electrical symbols. National Electrical Code (NEC) regulations governing distribution systems. High and low voltage portions of distribution systems. Component connection, transformer operation and calculation of transformer sizes and maximum loads for Open-Delta systems. Practical applications for capacitors and rectifiers. Calculation of power factor of electrical circuits and trouble shooting. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC224 Electricity of HVAC Systems 1 Credit 1 Period Introduction to heating and air conditioning. Principles of heating and cooling. Operation and installation of equipment used for heating and cooling. National Electrical Codes (NEC) requirements. Safety precautions, testing and trouble shooting specific systems. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC226 Raceways, Wiring Devices, Boxes and Fittings 1.5 Credits 1.5 Periods Sizing, selecting, and installing raceways, junction boxes, outlet boxes and wiring devices. Calculating fill requirements according to National Electrical Code (NEC) regulations. Calculating bending radii in boxes and cabinets. Types and purpose of wiring devices and calculating maximum loads on such devices. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC250 Advanced Piping Blueprints/Drawings 1 Credit 1 Period Reading and interpreting piping and instrumentation drawings (P IDs) and isometric drawings. Pipefitting standards, codes and specifications. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC251 Advanced Trade Calculations-Pipefitter 1 Credit 1 Period Thermal expansion and the use of tables of equivalents and conversion tables. Right angle trigonometry and calculation of take-outs using trigonometry. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC252 Motorized Equipment/Testing-Piping 2 Credits 2 Periods Use and safety requirements of hydrostatic pumps, hydroblaster pumps, drain cleaners, manlifts, cable lifts and construction vehicles. Performing pretest requirements, service and flow tests, hydrostatic tests and steam blow tests. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC253 Aboveground Pipe Installation 1 Credit 2 Periods Identifies types of pipe, flanges, gaskets and bolts. Includes step-by-step procedures for installing pipe sleeves and floor penetrations. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC254 Field Routing, Trim and Springs 2 Credits 2 Periods Field run specifications, rigging equipment needs, load weights, assembly systems and support needs. Also includes fabricating field run piping, vessel trim and identifying, selecting and installing spring can supports. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC255 Valve Installation 1.5 Credits 1.5 Periods Identifying and installing specific types of valves. Includes procedures for storage and handling. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC256 Basic Plumbing 1 Credit 3 Periods Plumbing fixtures, drainage fixture unit ratings and installation procedures. Cutting and assembling cast iron soil pipe with lead-and-oakum joints, compression joints and no-hub joints. Safety stressed. Prerequisites: (Registered apprentice status and ABC117) or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC257 Advanced Pipe Fabrication 4 Credits 6 Periods Layout and fabrication of specific piping systems including: calculating and laying out simple offsets. Calculating three- line, 45 degree equal and unequal-spread offsets, laying out and fabricating tank coils and fabricating mitered turns. Laying out ordinate and cutback lines. Laying out and fabricating 90 degree mitered turns, 45 degree laterals, true wye fittings and dummy legs and trunions . Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator. ABC258 Work Planning and NDE Testing 1 Credit 1 Period Procedures for planning daily work activities for pipefitters. Includes: coordinating with other crafts, establishing safe working conditions and field checking. Non-destructive (NDE) examination of materials including: visual inspections, prefit inspections, and inspecting root passes. Inspecting completed welds using: borescopes, flexible fiberscopes and video scopes. NDE weld tests including: dye penetrant test, magnetic particle test, ultrasonic test, radiography and conductivity tests. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice status or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator.

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