Acknowledgements

The development of the Plumbing Apprenticeship Level 1 learning resources was a collaborative effort driven by a commitment to excellence in trades education. These resources were created to support apprentices and journeypersons in mastering the skills and knowledge essential to the piping trades. This achievement would not have been possible without the dedication and expertise of Skilled Trades BC and the Piping Trades Articulation Committee, whose contributions, leadership, and guidance have been instrumental in shaping high-quality, industry-aligned training resources. We extend our sincere gratitude for their contributions and ongoing stewardship in advancing the piping trades.

The content for Block A: Safety Related Functions is adapted from the Piping Trades Apprenticeship Program from SkilledTradesBC (2019 Harmonized) and the Trades Access Common Core (TACC) resources developed by Camosun College, originally created in 2015 and revised in 2019, and made available through BCcampus:

The original materials were produced in collaboration with industry partners and aligned with the Industry Training Authority (ITA) / SkilledTradesBC harmonized program outlines for Plumbing, Steamfitting/Pipefitting, and Sprinkler Fitting. These works were released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, except where otherwise noted.

This TRU Open Press edition includes editorial revisions, updated content, and the addition of new images, alongside selected images carried forward from the original Camosun College/BCcampus edition. Images in this work are licensed separately under their respective Creative Commons licences or the public domain, as credited in individual figure captions or attribution statements, unless otherwise noted. All images originally copyright the BC Industry Training Authority are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-NC-SA).

This adapted version has been reformatted and integrated into the current Thompson Rivers University / TRU Open Press open educational resource in collaboration with the BC Piping Articulation and Curriculum Subcommittee and SkilledTradesBC, in support of open, accessible, and up-to-date apprenticeship training.

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Resource Development Team 2024-2026

Content Review, Revision, and Development: BC Plumbing Articulation Curriculum Subcommittee and Audrey Curran 
Final Content Review and Revisions: Audrey Curran and Mark Overgaard, BCIT
Project Lead (TRU Plumbing Trades): Paul Simpson, Curriculum Subcommittee Chair

Author: SkilledTradesBC

Publishing Manager/ Copy Editing: Dani Collins, MEd
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    • Jesse Perkins
    • Daniel Abdulai
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    • Jose Contreras Antequera

Resources

Content adapted from:

  • ©2019, Skilled Trades BC (Harmonized)
  • Open School BC
  • Camosun College
  • Trades Training BC

For the latest BC Plumbing Trades Program Outline (2025), see the SkilledTradesBC website: www.skilledtrades.bc.ca

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The topics in this book are aligned with the competencies in the Industry Training Authority Program Outlines for the Piping Trades:

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If you are using a printed copy, you can scan the QR code with your digital device to go directly to the video: Introducing SkilledTradesBC

Starting December 1, 2022, Industry Training Authority was officially renamed to SkilledTradesBC. Hear more in this video from SkilledTradesBC CEO, Shelley Gray, on what this means for the trades industry and British Columbians. Closed captioning and transcripts are available with this video, Introducing Skilled Trades BC (2022) on YouTube.

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References

Camosun College. (n.d.). Line A: Safe work practices. BCcampus. https://collection.bccampus.ca/textbook/tQtm8KNK/

SkilledTradesBC. (2025). Plumber program outline (Implementation date: August 18, 2025; Last revised: December 16, 2025) [PDF]. Province of British Columbia. https://skilledtradesbc.ca/media/2776/download

SkilledTradesBC. (2022, December 1). Introducing Skilled Trades BC. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQgwdP0rNog

 

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