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Education and Training Courses
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*Eligible for Colorado State Plumbing Board Continuing Education hours or Colorado Certified Water Professionals Training Unit credits. Entire 40 hour course MUST be completed to earn CE hours (40 Hours) or CCWP TUs (0.4 TUs, as determined by CCWP and WWFOCB) certificate. You must indicate you will be applying the class towards one of these two programs on your registration - there is no additional fee associated with earning CE/TU credits upon course completion.

ABPA New Tester Certification

Monday-Friday, 8 am - 5 pm Course Cost: $950 (includes course textbook)
This is a week long, 40 hour course. We use our near 20 years of experience in the Backflow industry and apply what we know about unique learners to design our teaching to help you LEARN what you need to know to pass the Tester Certification Exam. Individual student attention, hands-on teaching, and opportunities within the instructional time to do what we are teaching you, set our instruction apart. Our course costs are for the instruction and textbook, additional costs and registration is required through the ABPA for tester certification.
Course topics include: - USC FCCC&HR 10th Edition Test Procedures - Hydraulics - Assembly operation - Rules, regulations, and how to troubleshoot issues - How to safely test devices Textbook: USC FCCC&HR 10th Edition Manual

ABPA Tester Re-Certification

  • This refresher class is 2 and a half days, 20 hours total
  • Class: Wed 1 – 5 pm, Thur & Fri 8 am – 5 pm
  • Exam: Sat 8am
  • Course Cost: $500
Do you need to renew your ABPA backflow tester license? This refresher class will prepare the you to take the Re-Certification Exam and provide an opportunity to practice the USC FCCC&HR 10th Edition test procedures in a wet lab setting.
The class is intended for those who already hold an ABPA backflow tester certification. A 100 question multiple choice written examination and a practical examination will be administered by the ABPA following the class. Please bring the USC FCCC&HR 10th Edition Manual with you to class. If a book is needed, please contact our office.

Backflow Repair Skills

  • Repair Skills Course is 2 Days, 16 hours total: Mon. & Tues. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • There is no associated exam.
  • Course Cost: $500
This is an advanced class for anyone holding a current backflow tester certification (ABPA or ASSE) that is looking to develop repair skills. Primarily wet-lab focused, participants will learn practical approaches to repairing commonly seen issues with backflow prevention assemblies, including instruction on disassembly, cleaning, and part replacement.
*Eligible for Colorado State Plumbing Board Continuing Education hours. Entire 16 hour course MUST be completed to earn CE certificate. You must indicate that you will be applying this towards CE hours on your registration - there is no additional fee associated with earning CE credits upon course completion.

Cross-Connection Control Survey

CCC Survey Course is 3 days, 24 hours total Class: 8 am – 5 pmCourse Cost: $950
*Eligible for Colorado State Plumbing Board Continuing Education hours (24 Hours) or Colorado Certified Water Professionals Training Units (0.95 TUs). Entire 24 hour course MUST be completed to earn CE or CCWP certificate. You must indicate you will be applying the class towards one of these two programs on your registration - there is no additional fee associated with earning CE/TU credits upon course completion.
The instructor of this class manages the largest cross connection control program in the State of Colorado. This program has conducted over 55,000 on site surveys in the last ten years, maintaining a solid relationship with Colorado regulators.
State of Colorado regulations require backflow surveys to be completed by all water suppliers for regulatory compliance. In this class, you will learn about principles and procedures of performing a complete cross connection survey of a customer’s premises. You will learn about Containment, Containment by isolation and Isolation as defined by CDPHE. Also discussed will be the relevant sections of CDPHE Regulation 11.39, Policy 007, International Plumbing Code (IPC) with discussions on the differences between ASSE and USCFCCHR installation and orientation requirements including good and bad backflow assembly installs. The idea of this class is to present the requirements and discuss the different ways that a water supplier can manage a survey program, avoiding potential violations from CDPHE.
While we provide individual attention to each of our students, we cannot guarantee that a student will pass the Backflow Tester or Specialist Certification exam. Refunds will not be given to students who do not pass the exam.
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