Sanibel Contractor Licenses

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Air Conditioning Class A

Shall mean any person whose services are unlimited in the execution of contracts requiring the experience, knowledge, and skill to perform the following: install, maintain, repair, fabricate, alter, extend or design, (when not prohibited by law) central air conditioning, refrigeration, heating and ventilating, including duct work in connection with a complete system (only to the extent such duct work is performed by the Contractor necessary to make complete an air distribution system), boiler and unfired pressure vessel systems, and all appurtenances, apparatus or equipment used in connection therewith; also piping, insulation of pipes, vessels and ducts, pressure and process piping, pneumatic control piping; to replace, disconnect, or reconnect power wiring on the load side of the dedicated existing electrical disconnect switch; to install, disconnect and reconnect low voltage heating, ventilating, and air conditioning control wiring; and to install a condensate drain from an air conditioning unit to an existing safe waste or other approved disposal other than a direct connection to a sanitary system. The scope of work shall also include any excavation work incidental thereto, but shall not include any work such as liquefied petroleum or natural gas fuel lines within buildings, potable waterlines or new connections thereto, sanitary sewer lines, swimming pool piping and filters, or electrical power wiring.

Air Conditioning Class B

Shall mean any person whose services are limited to 25 tons cooling and 500,000 B.T.U. heating (in any one system) in the execution of contracts requiring the experience, knowledge and skill to perform the following: install, maintain, repairs, fabricate, alter, extend or design (when not prohibited by law) central air conditioning, refrigeration, heating and ventilating, including duct work in connection with a complete system (only to the extent such duct work is performed by the Contractor necessary to make complete an air distribution system) being installed under this classification; also, piping, insulation of pipes, vessels and ducts, and installation of a condensate drain from an air conditioning unit to an existing safe waste or other approved disposal other than a direct connection to a sanitary system, all in such a manner as to comply with all plans, specifications, codes, laws and regulations applicable thereto.

Air Conditioning Class C

Shall mean any person whose business is limited to the servicing of air conditioning, heating or refrigeration systems, including duct alteration in connection with those systems they are servicing. No examinations, registration or certification is required under this part for the sales and installation of package heating or air conditioning units with no ducts or remote controls (maximum of three tons, 36,000 B.T.U. incapacity). No person not previously licensed as a Class C Air Conditioning 2 Contractor as of October 01, 1988 shall be after October 01, 1988, however the board shall continue to license and regulate those Class C licenses issued prior to October 01, 1988.

Alarm System I (Burglar and Fire Alarm)

Shall mean those whose services include the skill to layout, fabricate, install, maintain, repair, alter, or extend burglar and fire alarm systems. Any electrical installation shall be performed by a licensed Electrical Contractor.

Aluminum/Concrete

Shall mean those who are qualified to fabricate, install, maintain, repair, alter or extend accessories such as metal siding, soffits, gutters, awnings and prefabricated rooms. These Contractors may form, place reinforcing steel and miscellaneous steel, and pour, place and finish concrete incidental to an aluminum accessory structure only, on grade only.

Aluminum Construction

Shall mean those who are qualified to fabricate, install, maintain, repair, alter or extend accessories such as metal siding, soffits, gutters, awnings and prefabricated rooms, excluding screen enclosures.

Aluminum Structures:

Shall mean those whose scope of work shall include and be limited to screened porches, screened enclosures, pool enclosures, preformed panel-post and beam roofs, mobile home panel roof-overs, residential glass window and door enclosures, vinyl panel window enclosures, single story self-contained aluminum utility storage structures (not to exceed 500 sq. ft.), siding, soffit, fascia and gutters. The scope of such work may include wood work incidental to the aluminum construction work, limited to the construction of wood framing for the walls of uninhabitable utility storage structures, raised wood decks for enclosures and the repair and/or replacement of wood incidental to the installation of non-glass windows and doors, installation of siding, soffit, fascia, gutters, and preformed panel-post and beam roofs. The scope of such work may also include masonry concrete work but shall be limited to foundations, slabs and block kneewalls incidental to the aluminum construction work. The Aluminum Erection Contractor shall not perform any work that alters the structural integrity of the primary building including, but not limited to, roof trusses, lintels, load bearing walls, and foundations

Asphalt Sealing/Coating

Those who are qualified to coat and seal asphalt on roads, driveways and parking lots

Building

Limited to construction of commercial buildings and single family dwelling or multiple-family dwelling residential buildings, which do not exceed three (3) stories in height, and accessory use structures in connection therewith, or a Contractor whose services are limited to remodeling, repair or improvement of any size building if the services do not affect the structural members of the building

Building Maintenance

Shall mean those who are qualified to perform general maintenance and repair of existing buildings and structures to include drywall, plaster, non-structural wood and paint. No mechanical, plumbing, electrical or roofing components are included

Cabinet and Millwork (Business Exam Only)

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Assemble, manufacture, install, dismantle, maintain, adjust, alter, extend and design, where not prohibited by law, cabinets and millwork. Corian and cultured marble style counter tops

Cabinet Installer

Resurfacing & counters

Carpentry

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Shall mean those who have the knowledge and skill to install any wood products in a building including, but not limited to, any framing, trusses, windows, sheathing and finish trim materials

Finish Carpentry (Business Exam Only)

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Shall mean those who are qualified to install finish wood products including paneling, trim cabinetry, doors, windows (including metal), stair treads and handrails and all hardware incidental thereto

Concrete Forming and Placing

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Shall mean those who are qualified to batch and mix aggregates, cement and water to agreed specifications, to construct forms and formwork for the casting and shaping of concrete, to place miscellaneous embedded steel and to pour, place and finish concrete

Concrete Placing and Finishing (Business Exam Only)

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Shall mean those who are qualified to pour, place and finish concrete, foundations and flatwork (footers, floors, slab on grade, sidewalks, etc.) including placement of mesh reinforcement, plastic vapor barriers and edge forms incidental thereto

Drywall

Shall mean those who are qualified to install gypsum drywall products to wood and metal studs and their finishing joints, wood and steel framing and metal runners in buildings of unlimited area and height. The scope of the work shall include the preparation of the surface over which the drywall product is to be applied, including the placing of metal studs and runners, blocking and necessary trim

Drywall Hang & Finish Residential

Hang & finish gypsum board. Elevator Installation Residential

Install indoor/outdoor approved personnel elevator or equipment lift

Electrician Unlimited

Shall mean those who have the knowledge and skill, to install, repair, alter, add to or change any electrical wires, fixtures, appliances, apparatus, raceways, conduit, or any part thereof, which generates, transmits, transforms or utilizes electrical energy in any form for light, heat, power or communications, all in compliance with applicable plans, specifications, codes, laws and regulations

Excavation

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Any person who is qualified to excavate, to obtain or remove materials such as rock, gravel and sand to construct or to excavate canals, lakes and levees including the clearing of land of surface debris and vegetation, including the grubbing of roots, the removal of debris and leveling of the surface land incidental and necessary thereto in compliance with all environmental laws

Fence

Any person who is qualified to install, maintain or repair fencing on grade, construct on site; including pre-cast concrete and pre-fabricated fences which meet all applicable safety, zoning and building codes

Floor Covering

All types

Garage Door

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Those who are qualified to install, maintain, repair or alter horizontal and vertical type garage doors, including all hardware and operating devices, provided a licensed electrical contractor does any of the necessary electrical installations

General

Unlimited to the type of building that may be constructed. Except roofs (see Florida State Statue 489.113(b)

Glass and Glazing

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Shall mean those who are qualified to select, cut, assemble, and install all makes and kinds of glass and glasswork and execute the glazing of frames, panels, sash, door and window holding metal frames, ornamental decoration, mirrors, tub and shower enclosures

Hurricane Shutter

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Shall mean those who fabricate and install opening protection for structures

Insulation

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Installation of thermal barriers in walls, ceilings & roots

Irrigation Sprinkler Contractor

Shall mean those who have the knowledge and skill to install, repair, maintain, and replace, lawn sprinkler irrigation systems

Limited Low Voltage Energy Systems Specialty

Includes the installation, repair, fabrication, erection, alteration, addition to, or design of electrical wiring, fixtures, appliances, thermostats, apparatus, raceways, conduit and fiber optics or any part thereof not to exceed 98 volts. The scope of work of this license does not include installation, repair, fabrication, erection, alteration, addition to, or design of electrical wiring, fixtures, appliances, thermostats, apparatus, raceways, conduit, that are part of an alarm system

Marciting

Install pool finish

Marine

Shall mean those who have the knowledge of the construction of seawalls, bulkheads, docks, piers, wharfs, piles and other marine structures

Masonry

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Shall mean those who are qualified to select, cut and lay brick and concrete block or any other unit masonry products, rough cut and dress stone, artificial stone and precast blocks, structural glass brick or block. However, such contractor shall not pour or finish concrete

Masonry/Concrete

Shall mean those who are qualified to do the work of a Masonry Contractor and to also pour, place, and finish concrete foundations and flatwork (footers, floors, sidewalks, etc.) including placement of mesh reinforcement, vapor barriers and edge forms incidental thereto

Mechanical

Shall mean any person whose services are unlimited in the execution of contracts requiring the experience, knowledge, and skill to perform the following; install, maintain, repair, fabricate, alter, extend or design (when not prohibited by law) central air conditioning, refrigeration, heating and ventilation (including duct work in connection with a complete system only to the extent such duct work is performed by the Contractor necessary to make complete an air distribution system) boiler and unfired pressure vessel systems, lift stations, equipment and piping and all appurtenances, apparatus, or equipment used in connection therewith; also piping, insulation of pipes, vessels and ducts, pressure and process piping, pneumatic control piping, gasoline tanks and pump installation and piping for same, fire sprinkling systems and stand pipes, air piping, vacuum line piping, oxygen lines, nitrous oxide piping, ink and chemical lines, fuel transmission lines and installation of a condensate drain from an air conditioning unit to an existing safe waste or other approved disposal other than a direct connection to a sanitary system, all in such a manner to comply with all plans, specifications, codes, laws and regulations applicable thereto. The scope of work for such Contractor shall not include any work such as liquefied petroleum or natural gas fuel lines within buildings, potable waterlines or connections thereto, sanitary sewer lines, swimming pool piping and filters and electrical power wiring

Painting & Wall Treatment

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Any surface treatment

Paving

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Installation of asphalt

Paver Block (Business Exam Only)

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Installation of pervious & impervious pavers

Pile Driving

Installing of wood or concrete pilings

Plaster, Stucco & Lath

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Installation of moisture barrier, lath and base and top coating

Plumber

Shall mean those who have the knowledge and skill to install, maintain, repair, alter or extend plumbing, sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities, venting systems, public and private water supply systems, septic tanks, drainage and supply wells, swimming pool piping, irrigation systems, or solar heating water systems and all appurtenances, apparatus, or equipment used in connection therewith, including boilers and pressure process piping, and including the installation of water and storm and sewer lines, water and sewer plants and substations

Pool/Spa Commercial

Shall include the construction, repair, water treatment, and servicing of any swimming pool or hot tub or spa, whether public or private or otherwise, regardless of use. The scope of such work includes layout, excavation, operation of construction pumps for dewatering purposes, steelwork, installation of light niches, construction of floors, guniting, fiber glassing, installation of tile and coping, installation of all perimeter and filter piping, installation of all filter equipment and chemical feeders of any type, plastering of the interior, construction of decks (slabs incidental to the pool), construction of equipment rooms or housing for pool equipment, and installation of package pool heaters. (However, the scope of work of such Contractor shall not include direct connections to a sanitary sewer or to potable water lines.) Such Contractors may contract for screen enclosures if such work is performed by a sublicensed specialist, and contracted with pool work

Pool/Spa Residential

Shall include, but is not limited to, the construction, repair, water treatment, and servicing of any residential swimming pool or hot tub or spa, regardless of use. Such work includes layout, excavation, operation of construction pumps for dewatering purposes, steelwork, installation of light niches, construction of floors, guniting, fiber glassing, installation of tile and coping, installation of all perimeter and filter piping, installation of all filter equipment and chemical feeders of anytype, plastering of the interior construction of decks, (slabs incidental to the pool), installation of housing for pool equipment, installation of package pool heaters. (However, the scope does not include direct connections to a sanitary sewer system or to potable water lines.) Such Contractors may contract for screen enclosures if work is performed by a licensed specialist, and contracted with pool work

Pool/Spa Servicing

Shall mean those who are qualified to service, repair, perform water treatment, including, but not limited to the direct infusion of chlorine gas accomplished through the use of machinery attached to the pool, and maintenance of any swimming pool or hot tub or spa, whether public or private. The scope of such work may include any necessary piping and repairs, replacement and repair of existing equipment, or installation of new additional equipment as necessary. The scope of such work includes the reinstallation of tile and coping, repair and replacement of all piping, filter equipment, and chemical feeders of any type, replastering, reconstruction of decks, and reinstallation or addition of pool heaters

Residential Contractor

Limited to construction, remodeling, repair, or improvement of one-family, two family or three family residences not exceeding two (2) habitable stories above no more than one uninhabitable story, and accessory use structures in connection therewith

Residential Electrician

Shall mean those who have the skills of a master electrician, as they apply strictly to installations in one and two family residences

Roofing Limited

Shall mean those who are qualified to install repair and replace residential steep roof coverings. Work may include fabrication and installation of sheet metal incidental to residential steep roof coverings and installation of asphalt shingles, asphalt roll roofing materials, clay tile, concrete tile, slate, wood shake or shingles and other prefabricated shingle products

Roofing Unlimited

Shall mean any persons whose services are unlimited in the roofing trade and who has the experience, knowledge and skill to install maintain, repair, alter, extend, or design, (when not prohibited 4 by law) and use materials and items in the installation, maintenance, extension and alteration of all kinds of roofing and waterproofing, all in such manner as to comply with all plans, specifications, codes, laws and regulations applicable thereto

Screen Repair

Replacement and repair of screen

Siding

Installation of vinyl, cement, wood siding, trim and soffits

Sign Electrical

Shall mean those who are qualified to install, repair, alter, add to, or change any electrical wires, apparatus, raceways, conduit or any part thereof on electrical signs and is qualified to erect signs also in accordance with sign ordinances and regulations. Nothing herein shall invalidate the requirement for independent lab inspection/label on closed electric signs, or invalidate the requirement for use of Electrical Contractors for electric power supply installation

Sign Non- electrical

Shall mean those who are qualified to install, repair, add to or change non-electrical signs in accordance with sign ordinance and regulations

Solar

Shall mean those who services consist of the installation, alteration, repair, maintenance, relocation or replacement of solar panels for potable solar water heating systems, swimming pool solar heating systems, and photovoltaic systems and any appurtenances, apparatus, or equipment used in connection therewith, whether public, private or otherwise, regardless of use

Specialty Structure

Is a contractor whose services are limited to the execution of contracts requiring the experience, knowledge and skill necessary for the fabrication, assembling, handling, erection, installation, replacement, dismantling, adjustment, alteration, repair, servicing and design work when not prohibited by law, in accordance with accepted engineering data and/or according to manufacturer’s specifications in the aluminum, metal, canvas, vinyl and fiberglass screening, doors and window, hurricane protection devices and allied construction materials

Structural Steel Framing

Shall mean those who are qualified to erect structural steel shapes and plates, including such minor field fabrication as may be necessary, of any profile, perimeter, or cross-section, that are or may be used as structural members for buildings and structures, including metal decking, siding, joists, riveting, welding, and rigging, only in connection therewith

Tennis Court

Install, repair and maintain tennis courts

Tile, Marble & Granite

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To all surfaces

Trim Carpentry

Install cabinets, interior doors, baseboards, finished wood work and crown

Underground Utility

shall mean those whose services are limited to the construction, installation, and repair, on public or private property, of main sanitary, sewer collection systems, main water distribution systems, storm 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 on residential or single-occupancy commercial properties, or on multi-occupancy commercial 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

Wood Flooring

Installation of any type of wood flooring