Description

ASSE (Plumbing) 5000 – Cross-Connection Control Professional Qualifications Standard (ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 5000-2022)

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 5000 provides minimum requirements for testing backflow prevention assemblies and establishes minimum qualifications requirements for ASSE Certified Backflow Prevention Assembly Testers, Fire Protection System Cross-Connection Control Testers, Backflow Prevention Assembly Repairers, Cross-Connection Control Surveyor/Specialists, and Backflow Prevention Program Administrators. Seven helpful appendices, including field test procedures, troubleshooting flowcharts and guides, assembly and test kit schematics, and example report forms, are also included in the Series 5000.

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 5000-2022 includes professional qualifications standards for the following individuals:

5110 – Backflow Prevention Assembly Testers
5120 – Cross-Connection Control Surveyor/Specialist
5130 – Backflow Prevention Assembly Repairers
5140 – Fire Protection System Cross-Connection Control Testers
5150 – Backflow Prevention Program Administrators

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 5000-2022 establishes minimum performance requirements for testing the following assemblies:

1013 – Reduced Pressure Principle Backflow Prevention Assemblies
1015 – Double Check Backflow Prevention Assemblies
1020 – Pressure Vacuum Breaker Assemblies
1047 – Reduced Pressure Backflow Prevention Assemblies
1048 – Double Check Detector Backflow Prevention Assemblies
1056 – Spill Resistant Vacuum Breakers
1063 – Air Valve and Vent Inflow Preventers

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 5000-2022 contains the following appendices:

Appendix A – Troubleshooting Flowcharts for ASSE Test Procedures and One-Hose Test Procedures
Appendix B – Schematics for Backflow Assemblies and Backflow Test Kits
Appendix C – Field Test Report Forms
Appendix D – Troubleshooting Guide
Appendix E – ASSE Field Test Procedures Using Three- and Five-Valve Test Kits
Appendix F – One-Hose Field Test Procedures
Appendix G – Vocabulary and Definitions