We are offering private courses only in the State of Louisiana, more info on our private course page - we can come to your location and train only your technicians, minimum of 8 students.
Our courses are only good for the annual tests in Louisiana, for initial tests you have to have the SBPLA WSPS designation and they do not accept our courses, more info below.
Backflow Prevention Assembly Testing is regulated by two entities in Louisiana, depending on the application.
The Louisiana State Department of Health and Hospitals maintains a list of certified testers for the state, our course is approved through them as equivalent in length and exams to ASSE 5110. The list of testers is posted at https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-EH/engineering/CCC/LA_Approved_General_Testers.pdf - The full rules and regs are outlined on their rules, title 51 sec 346 part B - https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-EH/engineering/Rules/CCC_Backflow_Final_Rule_LR_July_20_2016.pdf
The State Board of Plumbing of Louisiana (SBPLA) has a designation called the Water Supply Protection Specialist (WSPS), where this license certifies a Master Plumber to test backflow preventers which is also accepted by LDH, and is often required in order to install new preventers. More info on that program is listed on their website - https://spbla.com/cpe/wsps-certification-re-certification-approved-provider-list/ - we are not listed because they have concluded that our 40-hour course is not equivalent, we had some letters with the board, but essentially a course with the same textbook, duration, and exam requirements can never really be equal so you have to use who they have listed.
We have found the USC-10th Edition testing procedures to be the most efficient. On our YouTube Channel, we created a series of videos where we test the four types of preventers using these procedures:
Reduced Pressure Principle (RPZ) - USC 2-Valve Procedures
Double Check Valve Assembly (DCV) - USC Procedures
Pressure Vacuum Breaker (PVB) - USC Procedures
Spill Resistant Vacuum Breaker (SVB) - USC Procedures
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