Plumbing Contractor (GITS) | Brevard County

A Plumbing Contractor means a contractor whose contracting business consists of the execution of contracts requiring the experience, financial means, knowledge and skill to install, maintain, repair, alter, extend or when not prohibited by law, design plumbing. A plumbing contractor may install, maintain, repair, alter, extend or when not prohibited by law, design the following without obtaining any additional local regulatory license, certificate or registration: Sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities; venting systems; public or 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, natural gas (excluding liquid petroleum gases) and storm and sanitary sewer lines; and water and sewer plants and substations. The scope of work of the plumbing contractor also includes the design, when not prohibited by law, and installation, maintenance, repair, alteration or extension of air-piping, vacuum line piping, oxygen line piping, nitrous oxide piping, and all related medical gas systems; fire line standpipes and fire sprinklers to the extent authorized by law; ink and chemical lines; fuel oil and gasoline piping and tank and pump installation; except bulk storage plants; and pneumatic control piping systems, all in such a manner as to comply with all plans, specifications, codes, laws and applicable regulations. The scope of work of the plumbing contractor shall apply to private property and public property, shall include any excavation work incidental thereto and shall include the work of the specialty plumbing contractor. Such contractor shall subcontract, with a qualified contractor in the field concerned, all other work incidental to the work but which is specified herein as being the work of a trade other than that of a plumbing contractor. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to limit the scope of work of any specialty contractor certified pursuant to F.S. § 489.113(6). Nothing in this definition shall be construed to require certification or registration under this part of any authorized employee of a public natural gas utility or of a private natural gas utility regulated by the public service commission when disconnecting and reconnecting water lines in the servicing or replacement of an existing water heater.

Plumbing Contractor Courses

Plumbing Contractor Exams

Plumbing Exam

  • Testing Method: Open book
  • Testing Company: GITS (Gainesville Independent Testing Service)
  • Hours Alloted: 4h
  • Types of Questions: Multiple Choice
  • Number of questions: 100
  • Subjects Involved:
    • Administration
    • Definitions
    • General Regulations
    • Traps
    • Cleanouts
    • Interceptors
    • Fixtures
    • Hangers and Supports
    • Indirect Waste
    • Water Supply
    • Water Heater
    • Drainage
    • Drainage Calculations
    • Vents
    • Vent Calculations
    • Storm Drains
    • Trade Knowledge
    • Developed Length
    • Isometric Analysis
    • Safety-OSHA
    • Gas Code
    • Gas Piping
    • Gas Venting
    • Piping Math

Business and Law Exam

  • 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

Books For Plumbing Contractor

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

BREVARD COUNTY (FLORIDA) PLUMBING (GITS) - SET DE LIBROS SIN TABS INCLUYE TODOS LOS LIBROS PARA EXAMEN TECNICO Y ADMINISTRATIVO

Sales price: $1,023.01

BREVARD COUNTY (FLORIDA) PLUMBING (GITS) - SET DE LIBROS CON TABS INCLUYE TODOS LOS LIBROS PARA EXAMEN TECNICO Y ADMINISTRATIVO

Sales price: $1,103.01

Plumbing Books

OSHA is required for both the business and the trade exams.

Business and Law Books

OSHA is required for both the business and the trade exams.