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 158:50-9-1 - Qualifications for mechanical licensure

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Application.
A person desiring to be licensed under this Chapter,
				unless otherwise provided in this Chapter, shall file an application with the
				application fee, examination fee (unless the examination fee is paid directly
				to a testing provider), and the initial License fee to the Administrator. The
				fees must be received no less than three (3) working days before the
				examination date. If the applicant fails to meet the minimum qualifications to
				take the examination, the application fee will be forfeited.
(b)
Experience.
All persons
				applying for a license must provide proof of experience in the mechanical
				trade. Applicants for mechanical license examinations who are not licensed and
				wish to include experience gained in Oklahoma must maintain an apprentice
				registration on file with the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board for all
				experience obtained in Oklahoma. The Construction Industries Board will not
				consider experience obtained in or outside of Oklahoma as verifiable experience
				for periods in which an apprentice is unregistered, except for experience
				lawfully obtained according to any applicable federal or state laws, and must
				be comprised of mechanical work as defined under the Act and in this Chapter.
(1) Applicants for a journeyman license must
				be at least eighteen (18) years of age and have:
(A) three (3) years of verifiable experience
				in the mechanical trade in the category for which he or she is applying, or
(B) an associate's degree or
				vocational diploma certifying completion of a formal mechanical educational
				program approved by the Committee, consisting of one thousand (1,000) hours or
				more from a school approved by the Committee, which exhibits knowledge of the
				trade in the category of license applied for and one (1) year of verifiable
				experience in the mechanical trade, or
(C) a vocational diploma certifying
				completion of a formal mechanical educational program approved by the
				Committee, consisting of five hundred (500) or more hours from a school
				approved by the Committee, which exhibits knowledge of the trade in the
				category of license applied for, and two (2) years of verifiable experience in
				the mechanical trade, or
(D) a
				vocational diploma certifying completion of a a formal mechanical educational
				program approved by the Committee, consisting of a minimum of three hundred and
				seventy five (375) or more hours from a school approved by the Committee, which
				exhibits knowledge of the trade and in the category of license applied for, and
				two and one-fourth (2 1/4) years of verifiable experience in the mechanical
				trade, or
(E) a vocational diploma
				certifying completion of a formal mechanical educational program approved by
				the Committee, consisting of a minimum of three hundred and thirty four (334)
				or more hours from a school approved by the Committee, which exhibits knowledge
				of the trade and in the category of license applied for, and two and one-third
				(2 1/3) years of verifiable experience in the mechanical trade, or
(F) a vocational diploma certifying
				completion of a formal mechanical educational program approved by the
				Committee, consisting of a minimum of two hundred and fifty (250) or more hours
				from a school approved by the Committee, which exhibits knowledge of the trade
				and in the category of license applied for, and two and one-half (2 1/2) years
				of verifiable experience in the mechanical trade, or
(G) equivalent, verifiable experience in the
				mechanical trade while serving in the U.S. military, or
(H) experience sufficient to obtain the
				special certification required for the mechanical category sought by the
				tendered application, such as Ground Source Piping and Medical Gas, or
(I) a verifiable out-of-state
				license in the mechanical classification for which the applicant is applying
				may expedite processing of the requirements or be considered for reciprocity
				under OAC
				158:50-9-6
				if there is a written reciprocity agreement with that state. The license must:
(i) be current,
(ii) be in good standing, and
(iii) meet qualifications listed in (A)
				through (F) above.