Continuing Education Courses
Course #20841 - Backflow Training Parts 1 & 2
| Course Expiration: | September 27, 2025 |
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| Course Type: | Contractor |
| Core Credit Hours: | 2.0 |
| HVAC Specific: | No |
| Energy Specific: | No |
| Course Name: | Backflow Training Parts 1 & 2 |
| Course Outline & Objectives: | The presentation will start with the DOPL rules for installing backflow assemblies and who can repair assemblies. Plumbing code will show the changes from the 2018 IPC to the 2024 IPC and its amendments. I will also discuss each assembly and its installation criteria. I will also discuses backflow devices and their installation requirements. I will conclude with landscape irrigation and the plumbing codes that everyone has to adhere to. Questions and Answers to follow. |
| Course Schedule | January 23, 2024 Mountain America Expo Center, Sandy Utah |
| Calendar Events | |
| Date: 01/23/2024 Location: Salt Lake | |
| Keywords: | backflow Utah Green ConferenceUNLA |
| Location(s): | Weber Wayne Washington Wasatch Utah Uintah Tooele Summit Sevier Sanpete San Juan Salt Lake Rich Piute Morgan Millard Kane Juab Iron Grand Garfield Emery Duchesne Davis Daggett Carbon Cache Box Elder Beaver |
| Teaching Method: | Live |
| Company Name: | Utah State University |
| Phone: | 801 424-9223 |
| Address: | 4820 Old Main Hill |
| City: | Logan |
| State: | UT |
| Postal Code: | 84322-4820 |
| Email Address: | meeja@utahgreen.org |
| The Course Provider is: | a recognized accredited college or university |
| Signup Link: | http://www.utahgreen.org |
| Instructor First Name: | Greg |
| Instructor Last Name: | Hand |
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| Instructor Resume: | Greg Hand is a licensed Master Plumber. He has served on the State of Utah Plumbing Code Advisory Board. He holds an AAS Degree from Salt Lake Community College, Professional Educators License for the State of Utah, Class III Backflow Certification, Utah Chapter President of the American Backflow Prevention Association 1996-1998, and the Utah Chapter Meritorious Service Award in 2002. He has taught in the Apprenticeship Plumbing Program at Salt Lake Community College for 30 years, at nights, along with being a full time plumber with over 40 years of experience in the plumbing field. He has plumbed everything from houses to large commercial and industrial jobs. He retired from Salt Lake Community College as a plumber/pipefitter/welder. Greg has taught backflow certification classes since 1985, including courses at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska, Wyoming Rural Water, Glenrock Wyoming, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, Utah National Guard, various state, government, and engineering entities. Students have come from as far away as Texas, Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, New Jersey, even England and Korea to take his classes. |