Sec. 342.112. - Craftsman certificates for installers, servicemen, journeymen, master maintenance craftsmen, property maintenance craftsmen, specialty contractors and subcontractors.

A craftsman certificate for an installer, serviceman, journeyman, master, property maintenance craftsman, specialty contractor or subcontractor may be obtained in the following manner: (a) The applicant shall apply on a form prescribed by the Board. The Board shall retain the application and supporting papers as a permanent record as long as the certificate issued thereon is valid and then in accordance with the records retention requirements of Part 2, Chapter 124 . (b) To be eligible for a journeyman certificate, the applicant shall have and shall include in his application evidence of at least four years of practical experience as an apprentice or helper in the trade or craft concerned, or such other relevant experience or training hours as may be approved by the Board. (c) To be eligible for a master electrician certificate, the applicant shall have and shall include in his application evidence of at least four years of practical experience as a journeyman in the electrical trade or craft under a valid craftsman or contractor certificate issued by an agency acceptable by the Board. To be eligible for a master plumber or master HAR certificate, the applicant shall have and shall include in his application evidence of at least two years of practical experience as a journeyman in the trade or craft concerned under a valid craftsman or contractor certificate issued by an agency acceptable by the Board. Practical experience for master plumber and master HAR must include a minimum total of six years in the trade or craft concerned. The Board may accept one of the following in lieu of journeyman experience if it is in a field which would qualify the applicant in the trade or craft concerned: (1) A bachelor or equivalent degree in engineering from an accredited college or university and two years of proven experience in the trade requested. (2) Registration by the State as a professional engineer and two years of proven experience in the trade requested. (3) The demonstration of six years of acceptable experience as determined by the Board for a master plumber or HAR certificate. The demonstration of at least eight years of acceptable experience for a master electrician as determined by the Board. (4) Not less than one year of experience in the installation of water treatment equipment the supervision of a master water treatment installer, or other acceptable experience as approved by the Board, which may be acceptable only in that category. (d) Each applicant shall successfully pass an examination as provided in Section 342.113 . (e) To be eligible for a maintenance craftsman certificate, the applicant shall have and shall include in his application, evidence of holding a valid certificate of competency as a master or journeyman craftsman or a Certificate of Registration as a journeyman issued by the Board and must include the name of his employer, his place of employment, and written confirmation from the property owner or his agent that the craftsman has been employed for that purpose as stated in Section 342.103 (g) and must appear before the Board for a determination that the craftsman is fully aware of his responsibilities. (f) To be eligible for a installer or serviceman certificate the applicant shall have and shall include in his application evidence of at least two years of practical experience as an apprentice or helper in the trade or craft concerned. (g) To be eligible for a certificate of competency as a carpentry subcontractor, the applicant shall have and shall include in his application, evidence of at least four years of practical experience in the trade and no less than two years of which must be in a supervisory or managerial position. In lieu of the practical experience, up to two years can be substituted for an equal time spent in a trade or vocational school. (h) To be eligible for a certificate of competency as an irrigation contractor, the applicant shall have and shall include in his application, evidence of at least four years of practical experience in the trade with no less that two of these years being either in a supervisory position, managerial position or under an irrigation contractor. (i) To be eligible for any classification of pool specialty subcontractor, the applicant shall have and shall include in his application, evidence of at least three years of practical experience in the trade classification for which they have applied with no less than one of these years being either in a supervisory or managerial position under a certified pool contractor or pool specialty subcontractor. (j) To be eligible for a certificate of competency as a property maintenance craftsman, the applicant shall have and shall include in the application verifiable evidence of at least one year practical experience in performing minor repairs to systems, apparatus and equipment as the owner or as a regular employee of a multifamily property owner, business, governmental agency or other business requiring maintenance and minor repairs to such systems, apparatus and equipment. (Ord. 68-61-113; Ord. 70-650-526; Ord. 71-397-181; Ord. 72-751-351, § 2; Ord. 72-218-140, § 1; Ord. 73-1286-647, § 1; Ord. 74-699-474, § 3; Ord. 77-287-115, § 5; Ord. 80-139-110, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 84-1240-655, § 3; Ord. 85-1201-663, § 13; Ord. 90-1043-562, § 6; Ord. 90-1159-567, § 4; Ord. 91-521-310, § 1; Ord. 93-723-755, § 3; Ord. 93-1980-1115, § 1; Ord. 94-194-123, § 4; Ord. 96-507-287, § 3; Ord. 97-809-E, § 4; Ord. 1999-10-E, § 2; Ord. 2000-674-E, § 1; Ord. 2001-732-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-193-E, § 1; Ord. No. 2010-714-E, § 1)