Plumbing-House 2024 Syllabus -- Practical Study Map

A practical study map for the Ontario Plumbing-House 2024 BCIN exam, grouped from the official 2024 syllabus.

Use the official Ontario syllabus as the final authority:

This page groups that long official list into usable study buckets.

Bucket 1 – Division A and Division C basics

  • Division A compliance, objectives, and functional statements
  • Division C administrative provisions for permits, documentation, occupancy, notices, and alternative solutions

Bucket 2 – Part 7 plumbing core

  • 7.1 General
  • 7.2 Materials and Equipment
  • 7.3 Piping
  • 7.4 Drainage Systems
  • 7.5 Venting Systems
  • 7.6 Potable Water Systems

Important note: the official Plumbing-House syllabus excludes many public, commercial, and all-buildings topics. Read those exclusions carefully.

Bucket 3 – Residential crossover from Part 3 and Part 9

  • selected Part 3 health and fire-related items
  • Part 9 plumbing facilities
  • drainage around buildings
  • penetrations and fire separations
  • roof drains
  • related housing and small-building provisions

Bucket 4 – Renovation and change of use

  • Part 11 compliance alternatives
  • Part 9 change-of-use items

Bucket 5 – Resource conservation and water efficiency

  • Part 12 general provisions named in the syllabus
  • residential hot-water piping insulation
  • water-efficiency items named in the official outline

Supplementary standards named in the syllabus

  • SA-1
  • SB-1

How to use this syllabus page

  1. Start with Part 7 core topics.
  2. Keep a separate list of explicit exclusions.
  3. Add the Part 9, Part 11, and Part 12 crossovers after your Part 7 map is stable.