Florida Plumbing Contractor License: 12,000 Hours

Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB), Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) administers plumbing contractor licensing in Florida. Every figure below is verified against the board’s own official pages and dated. Who must personally hold a credential — the contractor, the business, or the individual worker — is set out under Requirements.

What it’s called

In Florida the state credential is a PLUMBING CONTRACTOR licence, not a plumber’s licence: DBPR’s Construction Industry Licensing Board issues a Certified Plumbing Contractor licence (occupation code CF, valid statewide) or a Registered Plumbing Contractor licence (occupation code RF, valid only in the jurisdictions whose local competency requirements the holder met). A search for a “Florida plumber’s license” or “Florida plumbing license” maps to one of those two contractor credentials. The words “certified” and “registered” are technical here and do not mean what they usually mean: “certified” is the higher, exam-based, statewide licence, while “registered” is the licence built on a local certificate of competency and limited to those localities. A JOURNEYMAN plumber licence exists in Florida but is issued by counties and municipalities under s. 489.1455, never by the state; a Florida journeyman card issued by one county or municipality must be recognised by the others. A plumber employed by a licensed plumbing contractor holds nothing from the state. “Plumbing contractor licence,” “CF licence,” “RF licence,” “state plumbing licence” and “plumber’s licence” are all used informally for these credentials. Separately, working on a medical gas system requires individual course-and-certificate credentials under s. 489.1136 that are not licences and are not issued by DBPR.

License types & fees

Who does NOT need this license — exemptions

Florida’s exemptions are exemptions from PART I OF CHAPTER 489 as a whole — the certification and registration requirement that produces the CF and RF plumbing contractor licences. Section 489.103 opens “This part does not apply to:” and then lists twenty-four items, reproduced here in full because several of them decide whether a particular plumbing job needs a licensed contractor at all. (1) “Contractors in work on bridges, roads, streets, highways, or railroads, and services incidental thereto,” with the board and the Department of Transportation to define “services incidental thereto” by rule for that subsection only. (2) THE EMPLOYEE EXEMPTION — “Any employee of a certificateholder or registrant who is acting within the scope of the license held by that certificateholder or registrant and with the knowledge and permission of the licenseholder.” It is conditional: “(a) If the employer is not a certificateholder or registrant in that type of contracting, and the employee performs any of the following, the employee is not exempt: 1. Holds himself or herself or his or her employer out to be licensed or qualified by a licensee; 2. Leads the consumer to believe that the employee has an ownership or management interest in the company; or 3. Performs any of the acts which constitute contracting,” and “(b) The legislative intent of this subsection is to place equal responsibility on the unlicensed business and its employees for the protection of the consumers in contracting transactions.” The statute then defines the term: “For the purpose of this part, ‘employee’ is defined as a person who receives compensation from and is under the supervision and control of an employer who regularly deducts the F.I.C.A. and withholding tax and provides workers’ compensation, all as prescribed by law.” This is the exemption that lets a plumber employed by a licensed plumbing contractor work with no state credential. (3) “An authorized employee of the United States, this state, or any municipality, county, irrigation district, reclamation district, or any other municipal or political subdivision, except school boards, state university boards of trustees, and community college boards of trustees, unless for the purpose of performing routine maintenance or repair or construction not exceeding $200,000 to existing installations, if the employee does not hold himself or herself out for hire or otherwise engage in contracting except in accordance with his or her employment,” with an express anti-splitting rule: “If the construction, remodeling, or improvement exceeds $200,000, school boards, state university boards of trustees, and community college boards of trustees shall not divide the project into separate components for the purpose of evading this section.” (4) “An officer appointed by a court when he or she is acting within the scope of his or her office as defined by law or court order,” who must employ or contract with a licensee for construction projects not underway at the time of appointment. (5) “Public utilities, including municipal gas utilities and special gas districts as defined in chapter 189, telecommunications companies as defined in s. 364.02(13), and natural gas transmission companies as defined in s. 368.103(4), on construction, maintenance, and development work performed by their employees.” (6) “The sale or installation of any finished products, materials, or articles of merchandise that are not fabricated into and do not become a permanent fixed part of the structure, such as awnings. However, this subsection does not exempt in-ground spas and swimming pools that involve excavation, plumbing, chemicals, or wiring of any appliance without a factory-installed electrical cord and plug. This subsection does not limit the exemptions provided in subsection (7).” (7) THE OWNER-BUILDER EXEMPTION — “(a) Owners of property when acting as their own contractor and providing direct, onsite supervision themselves of all work not performed by licensed contractors: 1. When building or improving farm outbuildings or one-family or two-family residences on such property for the occupancy or use of such owners and not offered for sale or lease, or building or improving commercial buildings, at a cost not to exceed $75,000, on such property for the occupancy or use of such owners and not offered for sale or lease. In an action brought under this part, proof of the sale or lease, or offering for sale or lease, of any such structure by the owner-builder within 1 year after completion of same creates a presumption that the construction was undertaken for purposes of sale or lease. 2. When repairing or replacing wood shakes or asphalt or fiberglass shingles on one-family, two-family, or three-family residences for the occupancy or use of such owner or tenant of the owner and not offered for sale within 1 year after completion of the work and when the property has been damaged by natural causes from an event recognized as an emergency situation designated by executive order issued by the Governor… 3. When installing, uninstalling, or replacing solar panels on one-family, two-family, or three-family residences, and the local permitting agency’s county or municipal government is participating in a ‘United States Department of Energy SunShot Initiative: Rooftop Solar Challenge’ grant. However, an owner must utilize a licensed electrical contractor to effectuate the wiring of the solar panels… 4. When completing the requirements of a building permit, where the contractor listed on the permit substantially completed the project as determined by the local permitting agency, for a one-family or two-family residence, townhome, or an accessory structure… or an individual residential condominium unit or cooperative unit,” subject to prior approval from the local permitting agency. Subsection (7)(b) limits it: “This subsection does not exempt any person who is employed by or has a contract with such owner and who acts in the capacity of a contractor. The owner may not delegate the owner’s responsibility to directly supervise all work to any other person unless that person is registered or certified under this part and the work being performed is within the scope of that person’s license. For the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘owners of property’ includes the owner of a mobile home situated on a leased lot.” Subsection (7)(c) requires the owner to “personally appear and sign the building permit application” and to satisfy local requirements proving understanding of the statutory disclosure statement (with a narrow electronic-submission carve-out for SunShot solar projects), and provides that on violation “the local permitting agency shall withhold final approval, revoke the permit, or pursue any action or remedy for unlicensed activity against the owner and any person performing work that requires licensure under the permit issued.” The disclosure statement itself is set out in the statute in twelve numbered paragraphs, including “4. I understand that I may build or improve a one-family or two-family residence or a farm outbuilding. I may also build or improve a commercial building if the costs do not exceed $75,000,” “5. I understand that, as the owner-builder, I must provide direct, onsite supervision of the construction,” “6. I understand that I may not hire an unlicensed person to act as my contractor or to supervise persons working on my building or residence,” and “8. I understand that I may not delegate the responsibility for supervising work to a licensed contractor who is not licensed to perform the work being done. Any person working on my building who is not licensed must work under my direct supervision and must be employed by me, which means that I must comply with laws requiring the withholding of federal income tax and social security contributions under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) and must provide workers’ compensation for the employee.” (8) “Any construction, alteration, improvement, or repair carried on within the limits of any site the title to which is in the United States or with respect to which federal law supersedes this part.” (9) THE UNDER-$2,500 EXEMPTION — “Any work or operation of a casual, minor, or inconsequential nature in which the aggregate contract price for labor, materials, and all other items is less than $2,500, but this exemption does not apply: (a) If the construction, repair, remodeling, or improvement is a part of a larger or major operation, whether undertaken by the same or a different contractor, or in which a division of the operation is made in contracts of amounts less than $2,500 for the purpose of evading this part or otherwise. (b) To a person who advertises that he or she is a contractor or otherwise represents that he or she is qualified to engage in contracting.” (10) “(a) Any construction or operation incidental to the construction or repair of irrigation and drainage ditches; (b) Regularly constituted irrigation districts or reclamation districts; or (c) Clearing or other work on the land in rural districts for fire prevention purposes or otherwise except when performed by a licensee.” (11) “A registered architect or engineer acting within the scope of his or her practice or any person exempted by the law regulating architects and engineers, including persons doing design work as specified in s. 481.229(1)(b); provided, however, that an architect or engineer shall not act as a contractor unless properly licensed under this chapter.” (12) “Any person who only furnishes materials or supplies without fabricating them into, or consuming them in the performance of, the work of the contractor.” (13) “Any person who is licensed pursuant to chapter 527 when such person is performing the work authorized by such license” — the LP gas licensing chapter, which matters to plumbers because s. 489.105(3)(m) separately provides that the plumbing definition “does not require certification or registration under this part as a category I liquefied petroleum gas dealer, or category V LP gas installer, as defined in s. 527.01, who is licensed under chapter 527 or an authorized employee of a public natural gas utility or of a private natural gas utility regulated by the Public Service Commission when disconnecting and reconnecting water lines in the servicing or replacement of an existing water heater.” (14) “Any person who sells, services, or installs heating or air-conditioning units which have a capacity no greater than 3 tons or 36,000 Btu, which have no ducts, and which have a factory-installed electrical cord and plug.” (15) THE WATER-CONDITIONING EXEMPTION, which is a preemption of local plumbing licensing in its own right — “The installation and maintenance of water conditioning units for domestic, commercial, or industrial purposes by operators of water conditioning services. No municipality or county may adopt an ordinance, rule, or regulation which requires such an operator to become licensed, certified, or registered as a plumber or which otherwise prevents the installation and maintenance of such water conditioning units by an operator.” (16) “An architect or landscape architect licensed pursuant to chapter 481 or an engineer licensed pursuant to chapter 471 who offers or renders design-build services which may require the services of a contractor certified or registered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, as long as the contractor services to be performed under the terms of the design-build contract are offered and rendered by a certified or registered general contractor in accordance with this chapter.” (17) “Contracting for repair, maintenance, remodeling, or improvement by any person licensed under part I of chapter 475 while acting as the owner’s agent pursuant to that license, where all work requiring a contractor is performed by a contractor who has a current, valid certificate or registration issued under this part to perform such work, and where the aggregate contract for labor, materials, and all other items is less than $5,000; however, this exemption does not apply: (a) If the maintenance, repair, remodeling, or improvement is a part of a larger or major operation… or in which a division of the operation is made in contracts of amounts less than $5,000 for the purpose of evading this part or otherwise. (b) To a person who advertises that he or she is qualified to engage in contracting.” (18) “Any one-family, two-family, or three-family residence constructed or rehabilitated by Habitat for Humanity International, Inc., or its local affiliates,” which must “(a) Obtain all necessary building permits. (b) Obtain all required building code inspections. (c) Provide for supervision of all work by an individual with construction experience.” (19) “A disaster recovery mitigation organization or a not-for-profit organization repairing or replacing a one-family, two-family, or three-family residence that has been impacted by a disaster when such organization: (a) Is using volunteer labor to assist the owner of such residence in mitigating unsafe living conditions at the residence; (b) Is not holding itself out to be a contractor; (c) Obtains all required building permits; (d) Obtains all required building code inspections; and (e) Provides for the supervision of all work by an individual with construction experience.” (20) “The sale, delivery, assembly, or tie-down of prefabricated portable sheds that are not more than 250 square feet in interior size and are not intended for use as a residence or as living quarters,” an exemption that “may not be construed to interfere with the Florida Building Code or any applicable local technical amendment to the Florida Building Code, local licensure requirements, or other local ordinance provisions.” (21) “The sale, delivery, assembly, or tie-down of lawn storage buildings and storage buildings not exceeding 400 square feet and bearing the insignia of approval from the department showing compliance with the Florida Building Code.” (22) “A person licensed pursuant to s. 633.304(1)(d) or (3)(b) performing work authorized by such license” — fire protection system contractor licensing, relevant because s. 489.105(3)(m) puts “fire line standpipes and fire sprinklers if authorized by law” inside the plumbing scope. (23) THE APARTMENT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN EXEMPTION, which reaches water heaters — “An employee of an apartment community or apartment community management company who makes minor repairs to existing electric water heaters or to existing electric heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems if: (a) The employee: 1. Does not hold himself or herself or his or her employer out to be licensed or qualified by a licensee. 2. Does not perform any acts, other than acts authorized by this subsection, that constitute contracting. 3. Receives compensation from and is under the supervision and control of an employer who deducts the FICA and withholding tax and who provides workers’ compensation, as prescribed by law. 4. Holds a current certificate for apartment maintenance technicians issued by the National Apartment Association and accredited by the American National Standards Institute,” whose requirements must include at least “a. One year of apartment or rental housing maintenance experience. b. Successful completion of at least 90 hours of courses or online content that covers electrical maintenance and repair; plumbing maintenance and repair; heating, ventilating, or air-conditioning system maintenance and repair; appliance maintenance and repair; and interior and exterior maintenance and repair. c. Completion of all examination requirements.” The equipment conditions in (b) require that it “[i]s already installed on the property owned by the apartment community or managed by the apartment community management company,” “[i]s not being modified except to replace components necessary to return the equipment to its original condition,” “[i]s a type of equipment commonly installed in similar locations,” and “[i]s repaired with new parts that are functionally identical to the parts being replaced”; (c) caps it at replacement parts costing no more than $1,000 per individual repair, bars a repair “so extensive as to be a functional replacement,” and forbids splitting a larger project into parts to avoid the restriction; (d) applies it only where the property “includes at least 100 apartments.” The subsection closes by preserving local authority: “This subsection does not limit the authority of a municipality or county to adopt or enforce an ordinance, rule, or regulation requiring licensure, certification, or registration of a person employed as an apartment maintenance technician or apartment repair worker or in any position that includes any part of the scope of work described in this subsection.” (24) “A member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida or the Seminole Tribe of Florida when constructing chickees as described in s. 553.73(10)(i).” Section 489.103 was last amended by s. 1, ch. 2021-22, Laws of Florida. Two related provisions sit outside s. 489.103 and are easy to mistake for exemptions. First, the supervised-subcontractor allowance in s. 489.113(2) is NOT available for plumbing: it applies only where “the subcontractor being supervised is not engaged in construction work that would require a license as a contractor under any of the categories listed in s. 489.105(3)(d)-(o),” and plumbing is (m). Second, s. 489.117(4)(a)1. is a preemption rather than an exemption — it bars a local government from requiring a licence for job scopes that do not substantially correspond to the s. 489.105(3)(a)-(o) and (q) categories or to the journeyman licences authorized in s. 489.1455(1), and its illustrative list (painting, flooring, cabinetry, handyman services, plastering, pressure washing, stuccoing, caulking and others) does not include plumbing.

Fees

Read the live DBPR application, not only the fee rule — the two disagree, by exactly the statutory unlicensed-activity surcharge. WHAT DBPR ACTUALLY CHARGES (DBPR CILB 5-M and CILB 2 applications, and DBPR’s own fee dialog on each application page, checked July 29 2026): Certified Plumbing Contractor as an Individual — $245 when applying for initial certification between May 1 of an EVEN year and August 31 of an ODD year, or $145 between September 1 of an ODD year and April 30 of an EVEN year; DBPR’s dialog on July 29 2026 read “The current fee for this application is $245. If you submit this application after August 31, 2027 the fee will be $145.” Registered Plumbing Contractor as an Individual — $305 when applying for initial registration between May 1 of an ODD year and August 31 of an EVEN year, or $205 between September 1 of an EVEN year and April 30 of an ODD year; the dialog on July 29 2026 read “The current fee for this application is $305! If you submit this application after August 31, 2026 the fee will be $205.” Biennial renewal, from DBPR’s live CE-and-renewal table for Plumbing Contractor: “$205 (+$50 per qualified business).” WHAT THE FEE RULE SAYS (Rule 61G4-12.009, F.A.C., effective 10/30/2017): the application-and-examination fee for certification is $335, nonrefundable, covering both application processing and examination administration, of which the applicant pays $135 directly to the Department or its examination development vendor on scheduling the tests, $80 to the Department or its assigned vendor “to cover examination administration costs for each test administered,” and $40 to the Department “for processing of the application after they have successfully passed the examination”; the application fee for registration is $100; the initial certification or registration fee is $200, “However, any initial certification or registration fee for registrants remitted within the second year of a biennium shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00)”; the biennial renewal fee for certification and registration is $200 ($50 inactive); business-organisation application and initial issue $50 and biennial renewal $50; delinquency fee $25; status-change processing $50; reactivation of an inactive licence $100; transfer of a licence between business entities $50; duplicate licence $25; examination review $75; certification of a registered contractor under s. 489.118 $100; reinstatement of a null and void licence $100. For an unsuccessful examinee, or an approved applicant who failed to appear, the next test fee is again $135 plus $80 per test administered, all nonrefundable. RECONCILING THE TWO: the live figures are the rule’s figures plus $5, the fee s. 455.2281 obliges the department to add — “the department shall impose, upon initial licensure and each subsequent renewal, a special fee of $5 per licensee, in addition to all other fees imposed, to fund efforts to combat unlicensed activity” (subject to a waiver where the profession’s unlicensed-activity account balance exceeds twice its prior two years of enforcement spending). So $200 initial certification + $40 application processing + $5 = $245; $100 registration application + $200 initial registration + $5 = $305; $200 renewal + $5 = $205. STATUTORY CEILINGS (s. 489.109(1)): for a certificate applicant the initial application fee may not exceed $150, and if an examination cost is included in the application fee the combined amount may not exceed $350, while the initial certification fee and the renewal fee may not exceed $250 each; for a registration applicant the initial application fee may not exceed $100 and the initial registration fee and renewal fee may not exceed $200 each; business-organisation application and renewal fees “shall be $50”; inactive-status renewal may not exceed $50. COSTS DBPR DOES NOT PUBLISH AS A DOLLAR FIGURE, and which are therefore real but unpriced here: the Livescan fingerprinting fee (set and collected by the FDLE-registered Livescan provider; s. 489.115(9) puts the cost on “the person subject to the background screening”), the credit report from a board-approved nationally recognised agency, the 14-hour financial responsibility course required if the FICO-derived score is below 660, and the public liability and property damage insurance premiums ($100,000 / $25,000 minimum for plumbing per the CILB 5-M application). Examination fees are paid to Professional Testing, Inc. and Pearson VUE, not with the licence application. Military veterans, their spouses and Florida National Guard members “may be eligible for a fee waiver, fee reimbursement, and/or fee discount” (DBPR checklist; see DBPR Military Services).

Exam

Two tests for a Certified Plumbing Contractor, none for a Registered Plumbing Contractor. Because plumbing is a Division II category, DBPR’s Examinations at a Glance requires “two examinations: Business and Finance and General Trade Knowledge” (Division I — General, Building, Residential — sits three). Rule 61G4-16.001(12) fixes the plumbing trade test at 20% Drainage, 20% Water Distribution, 15% Natural Gas Piping, 20% Medical Gas Piping, 10% Industrial Piping, 5% Swimming Pools/Wells/Irrigation, 5% Solar and 5% Fire Protection, plus “five plumbing isometric drawings,” each worth up to 10 points and graded independently by three graders with at least two having to agree on each criterion; weights may vary ±3% (61G4-16.001(36)). Format (Examinations at a Glance, updated June 2024): Business & Finance — 120 scored questions, 6.5 hours, daily computer-based testing; Plumbing — 110 scored questions (45 AM, 65 PM) plus 5 isometric drawings in the AM session, 4.5 hours per session, paper and pencil, AM and PM. All construction examinations are open book and multiple choice. Passing score is “no less than a percentage of seventy (70%) out of one hundred percent (100%) on each of the required tests” (61G4-16.001(37)). Candidates apply directly to the department’s vendor, Professional Testing, Inc. (floridaexam.com, 407.264.0562), and “[c]ompleted applications and appropriate fees must be received by Professional Testing, Inc., no later than 30 days prior to the examination date”; computer-based parts are then scheduled with Pearson VUE (888.204.6230) once PTI approves the candidate (eligibility to schedule opens within 72 hours of approval). DBPR’s live examinations page lists the 2026 plumbing trade-knowledge administrations as April 14-15, June 2-3, August 11-12, October 12-13 and December 8-9, 2026, all at Osceola Heritage Park, Exhibition Building, Kissimmee. NOTE A PUBLISHED CONFLICT: the Examinations at a Glance PDF (updated June 2024) says the paper/pencil examinations “are currently administered on one day and in one location: Orlando,” with a 4.5-hour AM session reporting at 7:00 AM and a 4.5-hour PM session reporting at 1:00 PM, “normally take place on a Tuesday or Wednesday during the following months: February, April, June, August, October, and December” — while the live 2026 schedule names Kissimmee and lists no February 2026 date. Both are DBPR sources; the dated schedule page is the operative one for booking. Score validity: a passing grade is valid only four years from the date of the most recently passed portion (61G4-16.005), and all tests must be passed within four years of the first attempt or every past score becomes invalid (61G4-16.009(1)(b)2.); a failing candidate retakes only the failed parts. An applicant who has “received a baccalaureate degree in building construction from an accredited 4-year college, or a related degree as approved by the board by rule, and has a grade point average of 3.0 or higher… is only required to take and pass the business and finance portion of the examination” (s. 489.113(1)); for the plumbing classification the board-approved degrees are Mechanical Engineering or Sanitary Engineering (61G4-15.001(4)(c)). An oral examination may be petitioned for by a failing applicant in any category except general and building, on proof of lack of comprehension of written examinations plus 10 documented years in the craft and written competency recommendations, once per year (s. 489.113(7)). For REGISTRATION there is no state test at all: “An examination is not required for registration” (s. 489.117(1)(a)); the applicant instead files evidence of the local jurisdiction’s competency and licensing requirements.

Renewal & continuing education

Biennial, and the year parity depends on which credential you hold — this is the detail most easily got wrong. Section 489.115(4)(a): “Each certificateholder or registrant who desires to continue as a certificateholder or registrant shall renew the certificate or registration every 2 years.” DBPR’s CILB page states the two cycles separately: for Certified Contractors, “Licenses expire August 31st every even year,” and for Registered Contractors, “Licenses expire August 31st every odd year.” DBPR’s CE-and-renewal table repeats it per category, and for Plumbing Contractor gives “Registered: 8/31/ODD YEAR / Certified: 8/31/EVEN YEAR.” DBPR states the current deadline directly: “Before midnight EST on August 31, 2026, you will need to complete the following requirements to renew your license: Complete the continuing education requirement; and Pay the renewal fee” — that is the CERTIFIED cycle now running. For the registered cycle DBPR notes an administrative extension in the last round: “Licenses expire August 31st every odd year. However, because the 31st falls on a Sunday this year, and September 1st is a holiday, the deadline has been extended to September 2nd,” and “Before midnight EST on September 2, 2025, you will need to complete the following requirements.” DBPR sends the renewal notification 90-120 days before expiration, by email only. Renewal also carries forward the insurance affidavit in s. 489.115(5)(a), which applies “[a]s a prerequisite to the initial issuance or the renewal of a certificate or registration.” Inactive and delinquent status are governed by s. 489.116; the inactive biennial renewal fee is $50 (Rule 61G4-12.009(3)(b)), the delinquency fee is $25 (61G4-12.009(11)(a)), reactivation of an inactive licence is $100 (61G4-12.009(6)), and reinstating a null and void licence is $100 (61G4-12.009(14)). 14 hours per biennial renewal, with five named single-hour topics for plumbing. Section 489.115(4)(b)1. requires proof “that the certificateholder or registrant has completed at least 14 classroom hours of at least 50 minutes each of continuing education courses during each biennium since the issuance or renewal of the certificate or registration,” and provides that “[a] person who has been licensed for less than an entire biennium must not be required to complete the full 14 hours of continuing education.” Rule 61G4-18.001(1) restates it as “at least 14 classroom or interactive distance learning hours of continuing education in one or more courses from a continuing education provider approved by the Board.” Rule 61G4-18.001(2) sets the mandatory hours: of the fourteen, one hour each in (a) a specialized or advanced module course approved by the Florida Building Commission or the Board; (b) workplace safety; (c) business practices; (d) workers’ compensation; and (e) laws and rules regulating the construction industry — plus, for named categories only, one hour of wind mitigation methodologies (General, Building, Residential, Roofing, Specialty Structure, Glass and Glazing), one hour of pool electrical requirements (the pool/spa categories), and one hour of cementitious cladding, stucco, plastering and lath (General, Building, Residential, Specialty Structure). PLUMBING IS IN NONE OF THOSE THREE ADDITIONAL GROUPS, and DBPR’s own renewal table confirms it, listing for Plumbing Contractor: “14 hours of CE – minimum of 1 hour specialized or advanced module, 1 hour workplace safety, 1 hour business practices, 1 hour workers’ compensation, 1 hour laws and rules, and the remaining hours can be any board approved construction related instruction.” Up to four of the fourteen hours may be earned by attending a Board meeting at which disciplinary cases are considered, with at least seven days’ advance notice, sign-in and sign-out, and the first complete hour satisfying the laws-and-rules requirement — but not when the licensee attends as a party to a disciplinary action (Rule 61G4-18.001(1)). A licensee holding both a Part I and a Part II (electrical) licence may apply the Part II workers’ compensation, workplace safety and business practices hours to the Part I requirement (s. 489.115(8)). For plumbing contractors doing medical gas work, the 6-hour NFPA 99C / brazing course required by s. 489.1136(1)(a) is taken “as part of the contractor’s continuing education requirement, at least once during the holding of such license.”

How to apply

Applications are handled by Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB), Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR). Start at the official application page .