Examination requirements. An applicant for certification as a journeyman plumber shall pass an approved examination. The written examination shall cover, but not be limited to:

1. (1) Understanding of engineering and architectural drawings and plans sufficient to prepare a bill of materials and lay out a plumbing system;
2. (2) Ability to compute areas of regular plane figures, volumes of regular solids, slopes, offsets, clearances, and weights of piping;
3. (3) Selection and use of tools, materials and techniques commonly used in the plumbing trade;
4. (4) The Plumbing Specialty Code, administrative rules relating to plumbing and plumbers and general scientific principles covering hydraulics;
5. (5) A general knowledge of construction job safety and occupational safety standards; and

6. (6) A basic understanding of disabled access provisions of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code related to plumbing.

   [Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 455.117, 693.030 & 693.120

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 455.117 & 693.120

History

BCD 13-2006, f. 9-29-06, cert. ef. 10-1-06
BCD 10-2006(Temp), f. 6-30-06, cert. ef. 7-1-06 thru 12-28-06
BCD 22-2000, f. 9-19-00, cert. ef. 10-1-00
BCD 6-1998, f. 3-2-98, cert. ef. 4-1-98