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MCCC College Catalog 2023-2024 
    
MCCC College Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MECH 116 - Industrial Plumbing and Pipefitting


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 4
Prerequisites: RDG 090  or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
Session Cycle: SU

This course is designed to allow the student to gain an understanding of the basic scientific principles that apply to the plumbing/pipefitting trade. Various hand and power tools will be used to install and join the different types of piping systems used in the trade. Additional topics include: installing pumps and piping systems, basic mathematics as it applies to the plumbing/pipefitting trade, producing and interpreting basic shop drawings and piping sketches as used at a typical work site, use of the trade code book and applying code regulations to the installation piping.