Performing Service Taps on Watermains – CEU: 0.7

Course Overview

This course combines classroom and hands-on training, and is designed to provide participants with best practices that operators should follow in order to safely tap into a potable water distribution main.

Areas of study include basic theory of service tapping on various types of watermains, best practices for tapping techniques on cast iron, ductile iron and PVC pipe. Instruction will include a review of regulatory and legislative requirements, as well as the importance of maintenance records and effective general maintenance of equipment.

Participants will learn the safe use of various service tapping machines and the performing of installations using tapping saddles.

The hands-on portion of this course will include the disassembly and assembly of internal and external parts of various equipment.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants will have gained an understanding of:

• Types of tapping machines
• A variety of tapping techniques
• The safe operation of tapping machines
• Saddle Tapping procedures

Target Audience

This course is designed to target an audience of licensed water operators, consultants, engineers and private water maintenance personnel.

Delivery Methods Possible

Classroom, On Site