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Experience Requirements

Ways for Contractors to Satisfy their Experience Requirements

  • Has received a baccalaureate degree from an accredited four (4) year college in the appropriate field of engineering, architecture, or building construction and has two (2) years of proven experience in the trade category. A minimum of 2,000 hours shall be used in determining full-time equivalence.
  • OR
    Has a total of at least four (4) years of active experience as a skilled workman who is able to command the pay rate of a mechanic in his particular trade or as a foreman who is in charge of a group of workmen and usually responsible to a superintendent or a contractor or his equivalent, provided, however, that at least one (1) year of active experience shall be as a foreman.
  • OR
    A combination of not less than one (1) year of experience as a foreman and not less than three (3) years of credits for any accredited college-level courses in the appropriate trade.
  • OR
    Has a combination of not less than one (1) year of experience as a skilled workman, one (1) year of experience as a foreman and not less than two (2) years of credits for any college level courses in the appropriate trade.
  • OR
    Has a combination of not less than two (2) years of experience as a skilled workman, one (1) year of experience as a foreman and not less than one (1) year of credits for any college level courses in the appropriate trade.
  • OR
    Provide evidence of a minimum of five (5) years of practical experience in the trade or have an active journeyman license for three (3) years. For the number of years of credits for any college level courses, the applicant shall show completion of an equal number of courses in the appropriate field of engineering, architecture, or building construction. All junior college or community college level courses shall be considered accredited college level courses. Proof of schools, apprenticeship programs, including dates, diplomas, letters and other pertinent information and recommendations must be provided. The Contractors' Licensing Board may, in its sole discretion, consider a person's formal or vocational education as practical experience in the trade if the education is in the trade for which the person is applying.

EXPERIENCE MUST BE DOCUMENTED IN WRITING BY YOUR EMPLOYER(S) (PAST OR PRESENT) FOR PROOF OF EXPERIENCE. More than one experience form may be used. All documents must be originals.

Years of Experience by Trade

Five (5) years documented experience is required for the following trades:

  • Electrical
  • Mechanical
  • Plumbing
  • Roofing
  • Sheet Metal
  • Class A Unlimited
  • Class B Limited

Four (4) years documented experience is required for the following trades:

  • Alarm Systems I
  • Alarm Systems II
  • Building
  • Drywall
  • Electrical Sign
  • General
  • Limited Energy Systems
  • Marine I
  • Marine II
  • Residential
  • Solar Water Htg
  • Specialty Structure
  • Swimming Pool (Unlimited)
  • Swimming Pool Service
  • Underground Utilty

Three (3) years documented experience is required for the following trades:

  • Excavation (Landclearing)
  • Framing/Carpentry
  • Floor Covering
  • Floor Covering with Tile
  • Garage Doors
  • Masonry
  • Storm Shutter
  • Stucco
  • Swimming Pool Finish Subcontractor
  • Window & Door

One (1) year documented experience is required for the following trades:

  • Irrigation
  • Fencing
  • Painting

Ways for Journeyman and Masters to Satisfy their Experience Requirements

ALL JOURNEYMAN APPLICANTS shall provide evidence of four (4) years experience in the trade; however, the Contractors’ Licensing Board may reduce said requirement to two (2) years for individuals who show proof of formal education in the applicable trade.

An individual who has completed four (4) years (2000 hours OJT per year) of apprenticeship training in the trade and furnishes a certificate as proof of training are considered to have the required experience. ALL MASTER APPLICANTS shall provide evidence of five (5) years of practical experience in the trade, of which a minimum of three (3) years can be as a journeyman. The Contractors’ Licensing Board may consider a person’s formal vocational education as practical experience in the trade.

MASTERS ARE NOT CONTRACTORS, CANNOT PULL PERMITS OR OPERATE A BUSINESS EXPERIENCE MUST BE DOCUMENTED IN WRITING BY YOUR EMPLOYER(S) (PAST OR PRESENT) FOR PROOF OF EXPERIENCE, see attached. More than one experience form may be used or original letters on business letterhead or original notarized letters.

The letters must be specific to the type of work that was done and must document the dates of employment. All documents must be originals. If Experience Documentation is not completed by a certified contractor, the documentation may be completed by authorized personnel who has or had job related direct contact with applicant, i.e., job superintendent or supervisor.

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