Natural Gas Facility Construction and Maintenance Technician
Certificate Program
The Certificate for Construction and Maintenance Technician prepares the student for performing job tasks in the following five functional areas of pipeline construction and maintenance:

• Work related safety
• Installing and inspecting gas distribution piping
• Maintenance on gas pipelines
• Placing pipelines into service
• Installing and monitoring cathodic protection systems
  

Classroom instruction and documented related skill performance prepares students to perform job related tasks at the technician level. Persons completing the program are “operator qualified” on related covered tasks according to 49 CFR, Part 192, Subpart N.

100-3 Technologies Basic to the Delivery of Natural Fuel Gases

• NGT 1001 Procedures/Processes Basic to Producing, Transporting and Distributing Natural Gas
• NGT 1002 Basic Properties of Fuel Gases
• NGT 1003 Adjusting Gas Burners for Proper Combustion of Natural Gas
• NGT 1004 Measuring & Regulating Natural Gas in a Distribution System
• NGT 1005 Performing Calculations Basic to Gas Distribution & Service
• NGT 1006 Maintaining Records & Filing Reports of Compliance

• NGT 1101 Controlling/Preventing Fires Fueled by Natural Gas
• NGT 1102 Maintaining a Safe Working Environment
• NGT 1103 Prevent Accidental Ignition
• NGT 1104 Fundamental Guidelines for Traffic Control in Work Zones

• NGT 1401 Maintaining a Safe Working Environment while Excavating
• NGT 1402 Operating Tractors/Loaders/ Backhoes Safely
• NGT 1403 Safety Requirements for Working in Confined Spaces & Controlling Hazardous Energy
• NGT 1404 Communicating Potential Hazards in the Workplace

• NGT 1801 Installing Gas Mains & Service Lines
• NGT 1802 Inspecting the Installation of Pipelines
• NGT 1803 Joining Plastic Pipe with Mechanical Fittings
• NGT 1804 Joining Plastic Pipe with Heat Fusion
• NGT 1805 Making Permanent Field Repairs on Gas Transmission Lines
• NGT 1806 Joining Copper Pipe for Gas Distribution

190-3 Performing Maintenance on Gas Pipelines

• NGT 1901 Maintaining Line Valves in Gas Transmission/Distribution Piping
• NGT 1902 Maintaining Overpressure Protection Using Pressure Relief Valves
• NGT 1903 Abandon/Deactivate Gas Pipeline Facilities
• NGT 1904 Repair/Protect Cast Iron Pipe
• NGT 1905 Inspecting Pipe Welds

• NGT 2001 Tapping/Stopping Pipelines Under Pressure
• NGT 2002 Techniques Common to Pipeline Pigging
• NGT 2003 Techniques Common to Purging Natural Gas Distribution Pipelines
• NGT 2004 Performing Tie-In/Bypass Operations

• NGT 2051 Processes & Procedures Basic to Corrosion Control
• NGT 2052 Installing Cathodic Protection Systems
• NGT 2053 Monitoring/Testing Corrosion Control Systems
• NGT 2054 Monitoring Corrosion Control Methods Used on Buried Metal Pipelines

Technical Component— Industrial Training Services, Inc. 310 C.C. Lowry Drive ATTN: J. Dale Murray, KY 42071 1-800-333-1566 Fax: 270-753-9807 Phone: 270-753-2150 Paul Lyons, Ext 103 p.lyons@its-training.com Jacque Dale, Ext 105 j.dale@its-training.com		General Education Component— West Kentucky Community and Technical College P.O. Box 7380 ATTN: S. Marrs Paducah, KY 42002-7380 Shawn Marrs Phone: 270-534-3367 Fax: 270-534-6304 shawn.marrs@kctcs.edu
Established by Agreement Between Industrial Training Services and West Kentucky Community and Technical College