ONTARIO, CA — In collaboration with the United Affiliation of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Trade of the US and Canada (UA), the Worldwide Affiliation of Plumbing and Mechanical Officers (IAPMO) is happy to announce the discharge of the fourth version of IAPMO’s Backflow Prevention Reference Guide.
The second version, printed in 2011, merged two of the cross-connection management business’s most relied upon coaching manuals right into a single textual content. This included the primary version of IAPMO’s Backflow Prevention Reference Guide and the UA’s Cross-Connection Management Guide. The third version of the Backflow Prevention Reference Guide, printed in 2016, continued to construct on the essential collaboration between the UA and IAPMO’s Backflow Prevention Institute (BPI). The third version grew to become essentially the most used reference guide within the coaching and certification of backflow meeting testers, repairers, surveyors, and others working within the cross-connection management business.
4th Version
The fourth version of this full-color illustrated reference guide is designed to show each side of backflow prevention and cross-connection management, from figuring out and testing the wide range of backflow prevention assemblies to correct choice and set up of each testable assemblies and non-testable backflow prevention gadgets and strategies. This guide supplies the consumer with the data wanted to grasp what diploma of hazard or potential dangers exist to potable water techniques, and whether or not the right backflow prevention methodology, machine or meeting has been chosen and accurately put in.
The guide covers the historical past of backflow prevention; definitions and gadgets; backflow prevention hydraulics; testing strategies with full, detailed illustrations; an outline of gauges and take a look at kits; troubleshooting information; cross-connection management surveys; program improvement; code necessities and set up requirements. The guide additionally accommodates pattern take a look at questions to assist put together a person to turn into an authorized backflow prevention tester, surveyor, or repairer. The fourth version has been up to date to the newest editions of the plumbing, mechanical, and hearth safety codes and requirements. It additionally options expanded chapters about non-testable gadgets and strategies, and improved, up to date, and expanded testing/restore/troubleshooting info reflecting the newest merchandise and field-testing procedures.
Gold Customary
“We’ve got taken the most effective publication for cross-connection coaching out there within the business and made it higher,” mentioned Sean Cleary, IAPMO vp for Trade Applications and BPI Operations. “This new reference guide would be the gold commonplace for coaching and certification.”
To order a duplicate, go to the IAPMO on-line bookstore at www.iapmostore.org or name 1-800/85-IAPMO (854-2766). Coaching suppliers with questions ought to contact Sean Cleary at sean.cleary@iapmo.org.