422 Chabot College 2024-2026 APPRENTICESHIP, APSF 9702 Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship II 3 Units Second half of year one of a five-year Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program. Topics overview: related safety and health, industry gases, shoring and man lifts; reading sprinkler drawings (part two); types of pipe, fittings, valves, and hangers used in the piping industry; history, installation and hazard ratings of automatic sprinkler systems; Victualic, grooved and plain end piping method; certification in CPVC installation. Residential and multi-family homes. Requires indenture in the Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program, approved by the California State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 9703 Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship III 3 Units First half of year two of a five-year Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program. Topics overview: basic mathematics; operation of the sprinkler head; knot tying and rigging; oxygen-acetylene safety (part one); heritage and future in the pipe trade. Requires indenture in the Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program, approved by the California State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 9704 Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship IV 3 Units Second half of year two of a five-year Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program. Topics overview: review OSHA safety standards; copper pipe installation (soldering and brazing); installation of wet pipe system; using the NFPA 13 Standard; wet pipe alarm valves; maintenance and inspection of automatic fire protection systems. Requires indenture in the Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program, approved by the California State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 9705 Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship V 3 Units First half of year three of a five-year Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program. Topics overview: related safety and health (underground construction); installation of underground piping (NFPA 24); oxygen-acetylene safety (part two); fundamentals of gas welding and flame cutting. Requires indenture in the Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program, approved by the California State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 9706 Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship VI 3 Units Second half of year three of a five-year Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program. Topics overview: dry valves, accelerators and exhausters; hydraulics, the physical properties of fluids; isometric drawing; building plans, architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical drawing; forklift/gradall safety certification. Requires indenture in the Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program, approved by the California State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 9707 Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship VII 3 Units First half of year four of a five-year Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program. Topics overview: NFPA 25/CA title 19 inspections; pumps; architectural drawings; isometric drawings; Viking rate of rise, pneumatic, hydraulic release deluge, pre-action non interlock, single interlock and double interlock systems; soldering larger diameter copper tube; techniques and topics for tailgate meetings. CPR recertification. Requires indenture in the Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program, approved by the California State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 9708 Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship VIII 3 Units Second half of year four of a five-year Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program. Topics overview: use of the t-drill; automatic fire pumps installation, start up, certification and maintenance; pumps for fire protection system; installation of combined sprinkler-standpipe systems; technical reports; fire protection water supply. Requires indenture in the Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program, approved by the California State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 9709 Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship IX 3 Units First half of year five of a five-year Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program. Topics overview: sprinkler alarms; Viking rate of rise; NFPA 13; fire detectors; OSHA 30; backflow protection. CPR recertification. Gradall recertification. Requires indenture in the Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program, approved by the California State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 9710 Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship X 3 Units Second half of year five of a five-year Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program. Topics overview: NFPA 13 handbook; types of foaming agents; direct injection and proportion based foam system; bladder type foam tanks; review basic hydraulics; review fire pump basics; good foremanship; computer basics, state licensing exam preparation. Requires indenture in the Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program, approved by the California State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours 9711 Residential Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship I 3 Units This course is the first half of Year One of a 2.5-year Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program. Topics include: related safety and health practices; Rigid 300 training; care and use of hand tools, ladders, and scaffolds; reading sprinkler drawings (part one); operation of the sprinkler heads; reading a ruler; calculating pipe dimensions. Requires indenture in the Sprinkler Fitter Apprenticeship Program, approved by the California State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 18 hours
