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OK Plumber · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Plumbing Code, Rules, and Licensing Requirements

  • Map the plumbing code's chapter structure by writing a one-page outline of titles and scopes from memory after reading

  • Sequence the permit-to-final-inspection workflow for a residential repipe, listing each required inspection in order

  • Distinguish licensing scope limits (what an apprentice, journeyman, and master may legally perform) by sorting 15 scenarios into the correct tier

  • Identify the adopted code edition and local amendments that govern your jurisdiction and note the three amendments most likely to be tested

Your checkpoint

One-page code roadmap plus a 15-scenario licensing scope sort scored at 90% or better

Week 2

Plumbing Code, Rules, and Licensing Requirements & Water Supply and Distribution

  • List the clearance, support, and protection requirements that apply to buried and concealed water piping, citing the section for each

  • Compute minimum pipe size for a single-family supply using fixture-unit tables and demonstrate the arithmetic step by step

  • Differentiate allowable materials and joining methods for potable water by filling in a material-versus-fitting comparison grid

  • Explain in writing why cross-connection control and backflow prevention devices are required and where each device type is permitted

Your checkpoint

Completed material/fitting comparison grid plus 25 self-written practice questions with answer key, scoring 80% or higher on a closed-book attempt

Week 3

Water Supply and Distribution

  • Calculate developed length, static pressure loss from elevation, and residual pressure at the furthest fixture for three sample layouts

  • Size a water distribution system branch by branch using fixture-unit values and verify velocity stays within acceptable limits

  • Select and justify the correct backflow prevention assembly for four described hazard scenarios

  • Describe the installation requirements for water heaters, thermal expansion control, and relief valve discharge piping

Your checkpoint

A worked sizing packet containing three complete distribution layouts with all fixture units, pipe sizes, and pressure calculations shown

Week 4

Sanitary Drainage, Waste, and Venting

  • Draw a DWV isometric for a bathroom group plus kitchen sink, labeling every trap, vent, and fitting type

  • Apply slope, fixture-unit, and pipe-sizing rules to size a building drain and building sewer for a two-bath dwelling

  • Identify each vent type (individual, common, wet, circuit, stack) and state one permitted and one prohibited use for each

  • Determine trap arm length and vent distance limits for five dimensioned examples

Your checkpoint

Hand-drawn DWV isometric with a written sizing justification, checked against code tables with zero unresolved errors

Week 5

Sanitary Drainage, Waste, and Venting & Fixtures, Fixture Fittings, and Appliance Connections

  • Sequence the steps to test a DWV system with a water or air test, including required pressure, duration, and inspection hold points

  • Compare the trap, tailpiece, and drainage requirements for water closets, lavatories, sinks, and floor drains in a written summary table

  • Specify the correct fixture connection method (direct, indirect, air gap, air break) for eight listed appliances

  • Compute minimum fixture clearances and required floor space for a residential bathroom layout

Your checkpoint

Fixture connection decision table covering eight appliances, plus a dimensioned bathroom layout sketch that meets clearance minimums

Week 6

Fixtures, Fixture Fittings, and Appliance Connections & Fuel Gas Piping, Safety, and Job-Site Practices

  • Distinguish which appliances must be indirectly wasted and explain the reasoning in writing for each case

  • Trace a complete fuel gas piping route and size each segment using the longest-length method and appliance load tables

  • Identify combustion air, venting category, and clearance-to-combustible requirements for a Category I appliance installation

  • List the leak-test, purge, and shutoff-valve requirements that must be satisfied before a gas system is placed in service

Your checkpoint

Completed gas piping sizing worksheet for a four-appliance dwelling with a labeled sketch and a written combustion-air justification

Week 7

Fuel Gas Piping, Safety, and Job-Site Practices & Plumbing Code, Rules, and Licensing Requirements

  • Apply job-site safety practices by writing a pre-task hazard assessment for a trenching and gas-connection scenario

  • Review the code roadmap, licensing notes, and gas worksheets to repair the three weakest areas identified on prior quizzes

  • Recite the notification, testing, and inspection obligations that attach to gas and DWV work before concealment

  • Convert every missed practice question so far into a one-line rule statement you can recall unaided

Your checkpoint

A personal error log with every missed question restated as a rule, retested to 90% accuracy on a fresh 30-question set

Week 8

Plumbing Code, Rules, and Licensing Requirements & Water Supply and Distribution & Sanitary Drainage, Waste, and Venting & Fixtures, Fixture Fittings, and Appliance Connections & Fuel Gas Piping, Safety, and Job-Site Practices

  • Complete two full-length timed practice exams under test conditions and record per-domain scores

  • Re-drill every domain scoring below 80% until each reaches 85% or higher on a new question set

  • Memorize the table values and numeric thresholds most often tested by building a single reference sheet from memory, then verifying it

  • Simulate exam-day logistics: confirm licensing, check-in, and permitted-materials rules for your jurisdiction

Your checkpoint

Two completed timed exams with a per-domain scorecard showing all five domains at 85% or higher

Milestones

Week 2: Closed-book 25-question quiz on Domains 1 and 2 scored at 80% or higher, with every miss restated as a rule

Week 4: DWV isometric and drain sizing packet verified against code tables with zero unresolved errors

Week 6: Gas sizing worksheet and fixture connection table both complete and self-checked to 90% accuracy

Week 8: Both full-length timed exams finished, all five domains recorded at 85% or higher, reference sheet verified