Building Services 2024 Syllabus - Practical Study Map

Use the official Ontario syllabus as the final authority:

• Official page: https://www.ontario.ca/document/study-guides-2024-building-code-examinations/building-services-syllabus

This page groups that official list into study buckets.

Bucket 1 – Division A and Division C framework

• Division A compliance, objectives, and functional statements
• Division C permits, documentation, occupancy, and alternative solutions as they affect service systems

Bucket 2 – Part 6 service-system core

• HVAC system design rules named in the syllabus
• ventilation, air supply, exhaust, and duct-related requirements
• service spaces, service rooms, shafts, and equipment clearances

Bucket 3 – Fire and life-safety crossover

• fire dampers, smoke control items, detectors, alarms, and hazardous-gas provisions named in the syllabus
• how Part 3 and Part 9 fire-safety requirements affect service design and penetrations

Bucket 4 – Plumbing, electrical, and vertical transportation interactions

• plumbing-related service interactions named in the syllabus
• electrical and emergency power crossover items
• elevators, escalators, lifts, and other vertical-transport items where the syllabus includes them

Bucket 5 – Energy and existing-building items

• Part 9 crossover for houses and small buildings
• Part 12 energy/resource-conservation items
• selected Part 11 items for existing buildings

Supplementary standards named in the syllabus

• SA-1
• SB-1
• SB-2
• SB-4
• SB-10
• SB-12

How to use this syllabus page

1. Start with Part 6 core topics.
2. Add fire-safety and service-space crossover next.
3. Finish with vertical transport and energy items.