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Backflow Certification Course 

We provide a nationally recognized ASSE Cross Connection Control/Backflow Tester Certification classes.  This is a 40 hour practical and classroom certification.  Classes are held at our facility in Pompano Beach, Florida.  Certifiers must meet the ASSE criteria for the ASSE Backflow Tester Certification: the applicant must demonstrate an acceptable five (5) years in plumbing or plumbing related industry.  This is a three year certification, we notify installers prior to their expiration date of their certifications.The ASSE Series 5000 gives the minimum performance requirements for testing backflow prevention assemblies. It also gives the minimum requirements for Backflow Prevention Assembly Testers, Cross-Connection Control Surveyors, Backflow Prevention Assembly Repairers, Fire-Sprinkler System Cross-Connection Control Testers, and Backflow Prevention Program Administrators. ASSE wrote these Standards and we are the third party certifier.

Course Outline

  • Introduction
  • Drinking Water Regulations
  • Cross-Connection Control Programs
  • Definitions, Vocabulary and Terminology
  • Hydraulics and Science
  • Laws, Rules, and Regulations from  Federal, State and Local levels
  • Knowledge and Identification
  • Application and Installation Procedures
  • Codes and Installation
  • Assembly Test Gage Equipment
  • Test Procedures for Backflow Assemblies
  • Troubleshooting
  • Documentation of Information
  • Tester Responsibilities
  • Safety
  • Instructional Objectives Checklist
  • Hands-On-Workshop
  • A written exam and practical exam will be given at the end of this course 

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