I spent last Saturday in an 8-hour code update where the only thing we touched was the instructor’s laser pointer. Any CE out there with real hands-on (soldering, backflow kit use, tankless troubleshooting) instead of reading sections while I still smell like yesterday’s grease trap?
, 8 hours with a laser pointer is brutal… Check your supply house (Ferguson/Reece) or your PHCC chapter for vendor-led CE days; we had a Saturday where we soldered, used a Watts backflow test bench, and troubleshot a Rinnai tankless — counts for credit and no slides: https://www.phccweb.org/education/. Seats fill up fast and can be brand-heavy, but it beats reading code — what city are you in?
Try a manufacturer roadshow — Navien’s regional classes are live-fire with real “tankless troubleshooting” and meter-in-hand, and they count for CE in a lot of states: https://www.navieninc.com/training… For backflow, the ABPA/ASSE tester courses are mostly on the bench, but credit varies by board. What state are you in so we can point you to a hands-on day nearby?