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Idaho Contractor Licenses

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State Licenses

Apprentice Electrician

For the purpose of learning the trade of specialty journeyman electrician, engages in the installation of electric wiring or equipment while under the constant on-the-job supervision of a qualified specialty journeyman electrician of the same category

Appliance Specialty Journeyman

Permitted to disconnect, cap, remove, and reinstall within sixty (60) inches of original location: water heating appliance, water treating or filtering devices; air or space temperature modifying equipment which involves potable water; humidifier; temperature and pressure relief valves; condensate drains and indirect drains in one-family and two-family residences only.

Appliance Specialty

Permitted to disconnect, cap, remove, and reinstall within 60 inches of original location: water heating appliance, water treating or filtering devices; air or space temperature modifying equipment which involves potable water; humidifier; temperature and pressure relief valves; condensate drains and indirect drains in one (1) and two (2) family residences only.

Electrical

Providing or offering to provide electrical contracting services, including, but not limited to, submitting a bid. Must either be or employ at least one (1) full-time Idaho Master Electrician.

Electrical Limited Installer Elevator

Install, maintain, repair, and replace equipment, controls, and wiring beyond the disconnect switch in the machine room of the elevator and pertaining directly to the operation and control thereof when located in the elevator shaft and machine room.

Electrical Limited Installer Manufacturing Equipment

A licensed limited manufacturing or assembling equipment electrician must be employed by a licensed limited manufacturing or assembling equipment contractor in order to work in this category. The holder of a limited license in this category may not countersign a contractor's license application as supervising installer except for work within this limited category.

Electrical Limited Installer Refrigeration, Heating, & Air-Conditioning Installer

All such installation, maintenance, and repair performed by individuals under this subsection shall be done in accordance with applicable provisions of the National Electrical Code. He shall be employed by a licensed electrical contractor whose license shall be covered by this category.

Electrical Limited Installer Sign

A current sign limited electrical license may install, maintain, repair, and replace equipment, controls, and wiring on the secondary side of sign disconnecting means; providing the disconnecting means is located on the sign or within sight therefrom.

Electrical Limited Installer Solar Photovoltaic

All such installation, maintenance, and repair not exempt under the provisions of Section 54-1016, Idaho Code, performed by individuals under this Subsection shall be done in accordance with the applicable provisions of the National Electrical Code.

Electrical Limited Installer Irrigation Sprinkler

An irrigation system electrical license may install, maintain, repair and replace equipment, controls and wiring beyond the disconnect switch supplying power to the electric irrigation machine.

Electrical Limited Installer Well Drill/Water Pump

All such installations performed by individuals under this subsection shall be done in accordance with the applicable provisions of the approved National Electrical Code. They shall be employed by a licensed well driller and water pump installer electrical contractor whose installations shall be limited to this category.

HVAC

Offering to provide any service or work including but not limited to installing, maintaining or repairing heating, ventilation or air conditioning appliances, or gas-fired equipment that requires special venting or gas supply piping systems or subsystems.

HVAC Fuel Gas Piping Specialty Journeyman

Certification as fuel gas piping specialty journeyman entitles the holder to install fuel gas piping only and shall not make the final termination. Appliances and the associated gas piping, chimney, and vents shall be installed by others.

HVAC Hearth Specialty Journeyman

Certification as a hearth specialty journeyman entitles the holder to install hearth appliances and the associated gas lines. Hearth Specialty Journeymen are required to meet the experience requirement and either the education or examination requirement to receive a certificate of competency.

HVAC Journeyman

Performs or supervises the installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repair of HVAC systems under direction of an HVAC contractor.

HVAC Waste Oil Specialty Journeyman

Performs or supervises the installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repair of HVAC systems under direction of an HVAC contractor.

Journeyman Electrician

Any person who personally performs or supervises the actual physical work of installing electric wiring or equipment under the direction of an electrical contractor.

Limited Installer Contractor

Provide specialty electrical contracting services, including, but not limited to, submitting a bid. Must either be or employ at least one (1) full-time Idaho Specialty Electrician of the same category who has held a license for a minimum of two (2) years.

Limited Installer Electrician

Performs or supervises the actual physical work of installing specialty electric wiring or equipment under the direction of a specialty electrical contractor of the same category.

Limited Trainee Electrician

Tthe purpose of learning the trade of specialty journeyman electrician, engages in the installation of electric wiring or equipment while under the constant on-the-job supervision of a qualified specialty journeyman electrician of the same category

Master Electrician

Performed the actual physical work of installing electric wiring or equipment as a journeyman electrician for at least four (4) years under the direction of an electrical contractor.

Manufactured Housing

Is a type of prefabricated housing that is largely assembled in factories and then transported to sites of use.

Modular Building

Sells or exchanges new, used, resale, or brokered manufactured or mobile homes.

Plumbing

Offering to provide plumbing contracting services, including but not limited to submitting a bid.

Plumbing Journeyman

Performs or supervises the actual physical work of installation, improvement, extension or alteration of plumbing systems under the direction of a plumbing contractor.

Public Works (Installer)

Installs a manufactured home or mobile home on-site where it is to be occupied.

Public Works (Retailer)

Sells or exchanges new, used, resale, or brokered manufactured or mobile homes.

Water Pump Specialty Journeyman

Permitted to install and connect water service piping from pump to storage expansion pressure tank in one (1) and two (2) family residences only.

Water Pump Specialty

Permitted to install and connect water service piping from pump to storage expansion pressure tank in one (1) and two (2) family residences only.