Underground Utilities License (GITS©) | Citrus County

“Underground utility and excavation contractor” means a contractor whose services are limited to the construction, installation, and repair, on public or private property, whether accomplished through open excavations or through other means, including, but not limited to, directional drilling, auger boring, jacking and boring, trenchless technologies, wet and dry taps, grouting, and slip lining, or main sanitary sewer collection systems, and the continuation of utility lines from the main systems to a point of termination up to and including the meter location for the individual occupancy, sewer collection systems at property line occupancy, sewer collection systems at property line on residential or single-occupancy commercial properties, or on multi-occupancy properties at manhole or wye lateral extended to an invert elevation as engineered to accommodate future building sewers, water distribution systems, or storm sewer collection systems at storm sewer structures. However, an underground utility and excavation contractor may install empty underground conduits in rights-of-way, easements, platted rights-of-way in new site development, and sleeves for parking lot crossings no smaller than 2 inches in diameter, provided that each conduit system installed is designed by a licensed professional engineer or an authorized employee of a municipality, county, or public utility and that the installation of any such conduit does not include installation of any conductor wiring or connection to an energized electrical system. An underground utility and excavation contractor shall not install any piping that is an integral part of a fire protection system as defined in s. 633021 beginning at the point where the piping is used exclusively for such system. As regulated under Florida Statute, a person who has passed a competency examination as a Utilities Contractor may perform these or related tasks or may supervise persons in his employ in the execution of these tasks.

Business and Trade: Utilities Courses

Florida Utilities Exams in Florida

Utilities Exam

Exam: SFE1A
Testing Method: Open book
Testing Company: GITS (Gainesville Independent Testing Service)
Hours Alloted: 2h
Types of Questions: Multiple Choice
Number of questions: 50
Subjects Involved:
- Excavating and Grading
- Florida Road and Bridge Specifications
- Design Elevations
- Safety OSHA
- Concrete Pipe Installation
- Concrete
- Concrete - Formwork
- Concrete - Reinforcing Steel

Business and Law Exam

Exam: AAE2A
Testing Method: Open Book
Testing Company: GITS (Gainesville Independent Testing Service)
Hours Allotted: 2h
Types of Questions: Multiple Choice
Number of questions: 50
Subjects Involved:
- Insurance Laws
- Tax Laws
- Safety
- Management
- Lien Laws
- Employment Laws
- General Accounting

Utilities Books Set

The books set includes all required references for both the Utilities and Law exams. Orders placed before 2 PM are shipped the same day via UPS and a tracking number is emailed before 3 PM.