Reading Plans, Blueprints and P&IDs
Read any drawing set with confidence: find the right sheet, follow a line across the P&IDs, trace a signal and a power feed, and check the work against the plans and specifications.
Who it is for
Plant and collection system operators, maintenance and instrument staff, and construction inspectors. Modules 9 and 10, the inspector track, are part of this class and also count toward Construction Inspection Specialty Course 02, Plans, Specifications, Submittals, and RFIs.
Format
Online, self-paced: 10 timed modules with the manual reading, worked examples and a short check after each module, plus the student manual and an 11x17 Drawing Practice Packet to download.
Length and price
3 hours, $105.
What you will learn
10 modules. Every example uses one fictional drawing set: the White River Resource Recovery Facility, with a printable Drawing Practice Packet and answer key.
- The drawing set (18 min)How a set is organized: the index, discipline letters, the title block, revisions and clouds, and grid zones.
- Scales, lines and symbols (18 min)Architect and engineer scales, half-size prints and bar scales, line types, the legend sheet, and dimensions.
- Views, callouts and schedules (18 min)Plans, sections, elevations and details, section and detail callouts, schedules, notes and the site plan.
- Specifications and submittals (15 min)The project manual, CSI MasterFormat, the three parts of a section, tracing a note to the spec, and submittals.
- PFDs and P&IDs (18 min)PFDs and P&IDs compared, the hydraulic profile, line designations, valve and equipment symbols, and the headworks P&ID.
- Instruments and loops (18 min)ISA tags and letters, where an instrument is located, signal lines, a control loop, interlocks and the instrument index.
- Electrical drawings and isolation (20 min)The one-line and MCC, electrical symbols, ladder logic and seal-in, sequences, loop diagrams and isolation from the drawings.
- Worked drawing exercises (15 min)A six step method, then exercises: trace a flow path, find isolation points, identify a loop, cross four sheets, check the math.
- Inspector track: documents, revisions and RFIs (15 min)Inspector track: document hierarchy, revision status, the inspection requirement sheet, recording conflicts and routing RFIs.
- Inspector track: field records, as-builts and turnover (15 min)Inspector track: installed equipment against submittals, the ITP and hold points, redlines, record drawings and turnover.
What operators take away
- How a drawing set is organized: the index, title blocks, revisions, scales, line types, views, callouts, schedules and notes.
- How to trace a drawing note to the specification section and article that governs it, and what a submittal does and does not change.
- How to read PFDs and P&IDs: line designations, valves, equipment, ISA instrument tags and bubbles, control loops and interlocks.
- How to read one-lines, MCC layouts, ladder diagrams and loop diagrams, and use them to plan isolation before lockout.
- For inspectors: document hierarchy, revision checks, the inspection requirement sheet, recording conflicts without resolving design intent, RFIs, ITPs, redlines and turnover.
- A 14 sheet Drawing Practice Packet of a fictional plant with exercises and an answer key, as an 11x17 PDF to download.
- Timed online modules with a short check after each one, a final quiz that opens when every check is passed and the study time is logged, and a certificate of completion from Wastewater Academy™ when you pass it.
- A student manual and the Drawing Practice Packet to download (both come with the class).
Look inside
A few sample pages from the student manual. Tap a page to open it full size.
These are sample pages only. The full student manual comes with the class.
Register
3 hours, $105.
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After you pay, you are taken to a page where you start the online course and download the student manual and the 11x17 Drawing Practice Packet. Work through the 10 modules in order; each ends with a 4-question check, and you need 3 of 4 to open the next module. The study timer counts time only while a module page is open and in the foreground, and you have been active in the last 5 minutes. It pauses when the tab is in the background or idle. Module checks open after about 30 percent of that module's required study time is logged. The final quiz opens after every check is passed and 2 hours 50 minutes of study are logged. It has 15 questions; you need 80 percent, with up to 3 attempts. After you pass and fill in a short course evaluation, you get a certificate of completion from Wastewater Academy™ in the name you enroll with. Online access, including the course, manual, quiz, and certificate, lasts 90 days from purchase. To see the style of questions first, try a free practice quiz.
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Certificate Only, $84: Same online course, manual and final quiz, with 90 days of access. The certificate reads “Certificate of Completion. Not submitted for continuing education credit.” and lists no contact hours, CEUs or license numbers. See terms.
Taking more than one class? This class is part of the All-Access Pass: every online class except Indiana exam prep, for 365 days, for $220. Training a crew? See group pricing.
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