AIRC 1422 Installation Skills Syllabus 961 Fall 2026

Credit Hours 2.00 Lecture Hours 1 Clinical/Lab Hours 2
Type of Credit
CIP Code
47.0201
Course Description
Students will properly measure, cut and prepare various piping types for use in heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. Industry standard processes will be used to connect and pressure test process piping.
General Education Outcomes

General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:

  1. Responsibility

Faculty Contact Information

Faculty Name
Bill Batkiewicz
Faculty Email

Course Information

Course Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Measure tubing for appropriate radius bends and lengths
  2. Bend soft copper piping calculating equivalent lengths for appropriate angles
  3. Prepare and braze/solder copper piping
  4. Cut, thread and assemble iron pipe
  5. Measure, cut and bend sheet metal for appropriate equivalent lengths for appropriate angles
  6. Pressure test various process piping configurations
Topical Outline
  1. PVC pipe
  2. Flare, swag, solder, braze
  3. Pipe threading
  4. Sheet metal plenums
Academic Division

Business, Technology & Human Services

Dean, Paul Carlson; 815-802-8858; V105; pcarlson@kcc.edu; Division Office – W102; 815-802-8650

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