OAR 918-695-0040: Journeyman Examination

Examination requirements. An applicant for certification as a journeyman plumber shall pass an approved examination. The written examination shall cover, but not be limited to: (1) Understanding of engineering and architectural drawings and plans sufficient to prepare a bill of materials and lay out a plumbing system; (2) Ability to compute areas of regular plane figures, volumes of regular solids, slopes, offsets, clearances, and weights of piping; (3) Selection and use of tools, materials and techniques commonly used in the plumbing trade; (4) The Plumbing Specialty Code, administrative rules relating to plumbing and plumbers and general scientific principles covering hydraulics; (5) A general knowledge of construction job safety and occupational safety standards; and (6) A basic understanding of disabled access provisions of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code related to plumbing. [Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]