2023 New York Laws › LAB - Labor › Article 33 - Elevators and Other Conveyances; Licensing › 954 - Qualifications, Training, and Continuing Education.

§  954.  Qualifications,  training,  and  continuing  education. 1. No
license or application for renewal shall be granted to any  business  or
person  who  has  not paid the required application fee and demonstrated
his or her qualifications and abilities, training,  and  any  applicable
continuing  education, by obtaining and maintaining in good standing the
industry certifications and continuing education identified or  required
in this section.
(a)  Applicants  for  an  elevator  mechanic's  license must possess a
current industry certification issued by  the  National  Association  of
Elevator Contractors (NAEC) as a Certified Elevator Technician (CET), or
equivalent certification recognized by the commissioner.
(b)  Applicants  for  an  accessibility  lift  technician license must
possess  a  current  industry  certification  issued  by  the   National
Association  of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) as a certified accessibility
and private residence lift technician (CAT)  program  or  an  equivalent
certification recognized by the commissioner.
(c)  Applicants  for  an  elevator  inspector's license must possess a
current  industry  certification  issued  by  the   Qualified   Elevator
Inspector  Training  Fund  (QEITF)  or  by  the  National Association of
Elevator Safety Authorities (NAESA) as a  qualified  elevator  inspector
(QEI) or an equivalent license recognized by the commissioner.
2. Applicants for an elevator contractor's license must demonstrate to
the commissioner that such elevator contractor employs licensed elevator
mechanics  who  perform  elevator  and conveyance work and have proof of
compliance with the insurance requirements of this article.
3. Applicants for an elevator  inspection  contractor's  license  must
demonstrate  to the satisfaction of the commissioner that such applicant
is  a  certified  elevator  inspector,  or  employs  certified  elevator
inspectors,  or both, to perform elevator and conveyance inspections and
have proof  of  compliance  with  the  insurance  requirements  of  this
article.
4.  Alternative  qualifications. Applicants for an elevator mechanic's
license or accessibility lift technician's license who  do  not  possess
the  industry  certifications  identified  above  may  demonstrate their
qualifications and abilities,  training,  and  continuing  education  by
providing acceptable proof of:
(a)  a  certificate  of successful completion and successfully passing
the mechanic examination of a nationally recognized training program for
the elevator industry  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the  national
elevator  industry  educational  program or its equivalent, supplemented
with continuing education as may be required by this section; or
(b) a certificate of successful completion  of  the  state  registered
apprenticeship  programs  for  the  apprenticeable  trades  of  Elevator
Servicer Repairer, including the joint apprentice and training committee
of the elevator industry of local 3, IBEW, EE division training program,
or equivalent registered apprenticeship program for elevator  mechanics,
having   standards   substantially  equivalent  to  those  programs  and
registered  with  the  bureau  of  apprenticeship  and  training,   U.S.
department of labor or a state apprenticeship council, supplemented with
continuing education as may be required by this section; or
(c)  work  on elevator construction, maintenance or repair with direct
and immediate supervision in this state for a period of  not  less  than
four  years  immediately  prior  to  the  effective date of this article
supplemented with continuing education and testing as may be required by
this section; or
(d) successful completion of an examination  established  by  the  New
York  state  civil  service  commission  or  a  municipal  civil service
commission having jurisdiction as defined by subdivision four of section

two of the civil service  law,  subsequent  appointment  to  a  position
related  to  work  on  elevator  construction,  maintenance,  mechanics,
inspection, or repair as may be properly classified by the  commissioner
of  civil  service  or  a  municipal  civil  service  commission  having
jurisdiction, and work on elevator construction, maintenance, mechanics,
inspection, or repair, with direct and  immediate  supervision  in  this
state  for a period of not less than four years immediately prior to the
effective date of this article supplemented with continuing education as
may be required by this section.
5. Continuing education. The renewal of all licenses granted under the
provisions of subdivision four of this section shall be conditioned upon
acceptable proof of completion  of  a  course  designed  to  ensure  the
continuing  education  of licensees on new and existing national, state,
and  local  conveyances  codes  and  standards  and  on  technology  and
technical  education  and  workplace  safety, provided the applicant was
notified of the availability  of  such  courses  when  the  license  was
previously  granted  or  renewed.  Such course shall consist of not less
than eight contact hours (.8 CEU) annually and completed  preceding  any
such  license renewal. The commissioner shall establish requirements for
continuing education and  training  programs,  and  shall  approve  such
programs  and providers, as well as maintain a list of approved programs
which shall be made available to license applicants, permit  applicants,
renewal  applicants  and  other  interested  parties  upon  request. The
commissioner may promulgate rules  and  regulations  setting  forth  the
criteria for approval of such programs, the procedures to be followed in
applying  for  such  approval,  and  other  rules and regulations as the
commissioner deems necessary and proper to effectuate  the  purposes  of
this section.
6.  Examinations.  The  board shall determine, if after the successful
completion of the first renewal, if an examination  is  warranted  as  a
condition of a subsequent renewal provided the applicant was notified of
the  availability  of  such  examination when the license was previously
granted or renewed. The board shall  take  into  consideration  previous
years' experience, training, and previous relevant examinations that the
applicant has already completed.