Wisconsin Refresher Course Cross Connection Control and Backflow Prevention

Earn continuing education hours needed to renew your registration, and review the appropriate application of backflow prevention methods, devices, and assemblies. You will also receive information on the latest backflow test procedures and plumbing code requirements related to cross-connection control and backflow prevention.

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Take course number RA01430 when it’s offered next.

What You Will Learn:

Update your skills as a cross-connection control tester and earn the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services continuing education hours you need to renew your cross-connection tester registration in Wisconsin.

Who Should Attend:

Practical training for plumbers, sprinkler fitters, facility maintenance personnel, and utility workers focusing on procedures for cross-connection control, backflow prevention, and testing of backflow prevention assemblies.

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Course Details: RA01430

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Course Outline

Backflow prevention devices, assemblies, applications, and selection

Test procedures

RPZ, double check, spill-resistant vacuum breaker and pressure vacuum breaker assemblies

Single-hose test procedure for RPZ

Safety review for cross-connection testers

Wisconsin rules and codes

Troubleshooting

Program Director & Instructors

  • Benjamin Jordan

    Program Director

    Benjamin J. Jordan, PE, is a program director with Interdisciplinary Professional Programs in the transportation sector. He has over 35 years of experience in civil engineering and public works. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and a Master of Public Affairs degree with a Certificate in Public Management from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois.

  • Program Director

    Benjamin Jordan

Total Credits:
CEU .6
PDH 6

Course Administration

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Payment Options

If you are planning to attend an Interdisciplinary Professional Programs course, payment is required at the time of registration. Below are the payment options:

Pay by Credit Card

Enroll online and pay by credit card.

  • Search for the course on the website and then click on the Enroll Now button from the course webpage.
  • Enter all necessary course attendee information and payment information on the course enrollment page.
  • You will receive an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Enroll over the phone and pay by credit card.

  • Call CERC Registrations at 608-262-2451.
  • Provide the registrations representative with:
    • the course name, dates, and/or course number.
    • the necessary course attendee information and payment information.
  • You will receive either a mailed document or an email to confirm successful enrollment payment.

Pay by Check

Mail in a completed registration form and check payable to UW Madison.

  • Fill out a registration form (found either in the back of the course brochure you received in the mail or here).
  • Prepare a check, made payable to UW Madison.
  • Mail the registration form and check to: CERC Registrations 21 N Park St, Ste 7101 Madison, WI 53715
  • You will receive either a mailed document or an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Pay by Purchase Order

Military

If using SF-182 form, please call our registration number at 608-262-2451 or email interpro@union.wisc.edu for details and instructions.

Event Cancellation

We reserve the right to cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen events. If we cancel a course, participants will be notified via email or phone and will be given the option for a full refund or to transfer their registration and any fees paid to another course. We are not responsible for non-refundable plane tickets, hotel reservations, and other travel related expenses. For enrollee Course Cancellation, refer to notes on course page.

"This program is and always has been very informative and a great hands-on class."
—Irv Lupee, Utility Superintendent, Platteville Water and Sewer

"Great course! The instructors are obviously very passionate about teaching this material and want the students to know all they can about all types of cross-connection control."
—Kurt Nilsen, Plumber, Eau Claire School District

"Best part of course: the instructors—with all this experience—field and engineering. They are so willing to share their experiences and knowledge with the purpose of bettering this field."
—Patrick Burns, Senior Inspector, Grunau Company

Create a custom learning experience

We can deliver this course as an on-site learning experience tailored to your organization’s specific training needs.