Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Qualifications for Mechanical Licensure, License and Registration Fees, Duration of License, Mechanical License Application, and Apprentice Registration › Section 158:50-9-5 - Apprentice registration

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) A
				person may register as a mechanical apprentice if the person does not meet the
				qualifications for licensure but wishes to learn or perform mechanical work. An
				individual licensed in any category shall be permitted to work as an apprentice
				in any category for which they are not licensed by complying with the
				requirements of this chapter for ratio and direct supervision.
(b) The apprentice will be registered for a
				one (1) year period if a completed application form with the application and
				registration fee listed in OAC
				158:50-9-2(b)
				is submitted to the Mechanical License Unit along with verification of
				enrollment in an approved school or training course or a statement of
				employment by the licensed mechanical contractor who arranged for employment of
				the apprentice.
(c) If a current
				apprentice re-registers within 30 days of the expiration of their current
				registration, the apprentice application fee is waived.
(d) The apprentice must perform mechanical
				work in the same category as the licensed mechanical person who is supervising
				the apprentice.
(e) An apprentice
				who participates in activities inconsistent with the provisions of the Act and
				the rules of this Chapter shall be subject to the sanctions described in OAC
				158:50-11-3.
(f) Apprenticeship registration is effective
				upon the posting of the application and evidence of such posting shall be a
				copy of the executed application form with proof of tender of the proper fee
				which may serve as evidence of registration for a period not to exceed thirty
				(30) days.
(g) Mechanical
				apprentices must be under the direct supervision of a licensed Mechanical
				contractor or journeyman when engaged in Mechanical work.
(h) A maximum of three (3) mechanical
				apprentices can work under the supervision of a licensed mechanical contractor
				or journeyman, unless otherwise provided by law.
(i) Registered apprentices interested in
				sitting for the journeyman examination for the HVAC limited category may apply
				for approval to sit for examination by meeting the following requirements:
(1) The applicant must be at least seventeen
				(17) years of age.
(2) The
				applicant must be a registered apprentice.
(3) The applicant must have completed a
				formal educational program approved by the Committee consisting of one thousand
				(1,000) or more hours, from a school approved by the Committee, with no grade
				lower than seventy (70) percent in all trade courses, and the applicant must be
				in good standing with the school.
(4) The applicant must present transcripts
				showing the Committee approved schools, the Committee approved formal
				educational program, courses, hours attended, grades, any certificates
				achieved, and a vocational diploma or certificate of completion for the
				specific formal educational program and school that has been approved by the
				Committee. The Administrator shall make the final determination on
				acceptability of the described supporting documentation.
(5) The applicant must submit a completed
				endorsed apprentice application form, all required supporting documentation,
				the apprentice application fee as set forth in OAC
				158:50-9-2,
				and the examination fee (unless the examination fee is paid directly to a
				testing provider) to the Construction Industries Board.