International Plumbing Code Seminar
DISCLAIMER
Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Applying Definitions to the Design
Why properly applying definitions matters
Examples of improperly applied definitions
Applying definitions to example drawings
Significant Changes
Comparison of changes/differences in 2011 OPC and 2017 OPC
Submitted/future changes
Indirect Waste
Types of indirect connects
What can be indirectly connected
What must be indirectly connected
Commercial kitchen designs
Traps and Interceptors
Trap primers – when are they required
Trap seal protection methods
Fats, oils, and grease interceptor types
Fats, oils, and grease interceptor sizing
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
International Code Council
.7 CEUs (Building)
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects in Ohio. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Ohio.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this course for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
The International Code Council has approved this seminar for .7 CEUs in the specialty area of Building (Preferred Provider No. 1232).
HalfMoon Education is not seeking course approval for Ohio plumbing contractors.
Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
James Richardson
City of Columbus (Ohio)Plumbing Inspection Supervisor for the City of Columbus (Ohio)
Mr. Richardson has over 27 years of experience in the plumbing industry, which includes working as a journeyman plumber and a plumbing contractor, and working as a plumbing inspector for a Health District and a Building Department. He is a member of The American Society of Plumbing Engineers, The American Society of Sanitary Engineering, The Ohio Association of Plumbing Inspectors, The Central Ohio Building Officials Association and The International Code Council (ICC). Mr. Richardson has also served one term as a Plumbing Board Committee member for ICC Code Action Hearings (2018) and as a board member for the Ohio Association of Plumbing Inspectors.