Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
No person shall engage in pipefitting unless he or she is
licensed pursuant to M.G.L. c. 146, § 84. Licenses shall be carried on the
person at all times the licensee is engaged in pipefitting work and shall be
furnished for inspection by the licensee upon request by the Commissioner, the
Chief, or a District Engineering Inspector.
Every applicant shall file with the Department an application
on a form provided by the Department, accompanied by the appropriate fee. All
completed and approved applications for examination shall be filed with the
Department 30 days before the day of examination.
(1) In order to effectuate St. 2013, c. 3,
§ 52, a person who is currently licensed under M.G.L. c. 146, § 84 or
M.G.L. c. 142, § 3 and who has applied for a license within 180 days after
September 15, 2014 shall, upon payment of the applicable fee, be issued a
process piping pipefitter license.
A person who was not required to be licensed under M.G.L. c.
146, § 84 or M.G.L. c. 142, § 3 who submits satisfactory proof to the
Bureau that the person has been actively engaged in process piping for a period
of four years before September 15, 2014, and who has applied for a license
within 180 days after September 15, 2014 shall, upon payment of the applicable
fee, be issued a process piping pipefitter license. The criteria for the
determination as to whether an applicant has submitted "satisfactory proof" to
the Bureau shall include a letter of attestation listing at least five
different examples of work experience in the process piping industry for at
least a four year period as well as any other information required in an
application approved by the Bureau.
A person who was not required to be licensed under M.G.L. c.
146, § 84 and who has been engaged in process piping for a period of less
than four years before September 15, 2014, must pass a written examination and
must follow the pipefitter licensing process outlined in 528 CMR 11.02(2)
through (4).
(2)
Apprentice Pipefitter License. Each applicant for a
Pipefitter Apprentice License must be a high school graduate or possess a state
equivalency certificate. Furthermore, each applicant must be registered with
the Department of Labor Standards and DAS and be enrolled in an apprentice
program registered with the DAS. A copy of his or her Annual Apprentice ID card
issued by the DAS must be submitted to the Department of Public Safety along
with the application and appropriate fee. Each applicant is limited to two
renewals of his or her apprentice license, unless otherwise approved by the
Bureau.
(3)
Journeyman
Pipefitter License.
(a) Every
applicant for a Journeyman Pipefitter's License must be a high school graduate
or possess a state equivalency certificate. Furthermore, each applicant:
1.Shall have completed successfully 350 hours
of ASME Code requirements and shall have worked for not less than 6,000 hours
in Massachusetts as an apprentice before being eligible to take the
examination;
2.Shall have completed
successfully not less than 500 hours of study in a pipefitter's course approved
by the Department of which 250 hours are practical, shop-related work; in
addition, the applicant shall have completed satisfactorily 200 hours of the
ASME Code requirements at a state, municipal, or private school accredited by a
recognized accrediting agency or licensed by the Massachusetts Department of
Education. Furthermore, he or she shall have completed 4,000 actual working
hours as an apprentice, such work time to be verified by a licensed employer;
or
3.Shall have completed
successfully not less than 1,000 hours of study in a pipefitter's course
approved by the Department, of which 700 hours are practical, shop-related
work; in addition, the applicant shall have completed satisfactorily 200 hours
of ASME Code requirements at a state, municipal or private school accredited by
a recognized accrediting agency or licensed by the Massachusetts Department of
Education. Furthermore, he or she shall have completed 2,000 actual work hours
as an apprentice, such work time to be verified by a licensed
employer.
(b)
Verification of on-the-job training from an employer shall include the
following information:
1.Name, address, and
telephone number of the employer at which the applicant has worked;
2.The employer Master Pipefitter license
number; and
3.The total number of
hours of pipefitting work experience the applicant has received.
(c) No experience requirements
required by this section shall be allowed for individuals while working for
those entities exempted from these regulations under M.G.L. c. 146, § 87,
unless such experience is part of a properly registered and qualified
apprentice program.
(d) Candidates
approved for examination must pass a written examination and must correctly
answer 70% or more of the questions on the examination to qualify for a
license.
(e) The holder of this
license may not employ other journeyman or master pipefitters.
(f) A person who is licensed as a Journeyman
Pipefitter with a restricted classification is eligible to be examined for
another classification of Journeyman Pipefitter License. Upon successfully
passing the prescribed examination, a new license shall be granted listing all
of the classifications covered by his or her license.
For the purpose of computing the requirement for a student or
graduate of a pipefitter course approved by the Department and cited by a
recognized accrediting agency or licensed by the Massachusetts Department of
Education, the Registrar of the school shall verify the transcript of the
actual attendance and grades of the applicant on a Verification of Pipefitter
Course Hours form.
(4)
Master Pipefitter
License.
(a) Applicants for a
Master Pipefitter's license shall have one of the following: A Massachusetts
Journeyman Pipefitter's license for not less than a total of 2,000 hours and
shall have completed not less than 100 hours of additional pipefitter theory
and 100 hours of additional ASME Code requirements in a day or night course
approved by the Department, at a state, municipal or private school accredited
by a recognized accrediting agency or licensed by the Massachusetts Department
of Education before being eligible for examination;
(b) Candidates approved for examination must
pass a written examination and must correctly answer 70% or more of the
questions on the examination to qualify for a license.
(c) The holder of this license may be
self-employed or have a regular place of business and employ other Master
Pipefitters, Journeyman Pipefitters, or Apprentice Pipefitters.
(d) A Master Pipefitter, who has a regular
place of business by himself or herself, with other Master Pipefitters or with
Journeyman or Apprentice Pipefitters in his or her employ, must prominently
display his or her master pipefitter's license number on all commercial
vehicles, offers, invoices, installation drawings, and on all stationery used
in their business. The lettering of the license number required to be displayed
on all commercial vehicles used in the master pipefitter's business shall be
visible, legible and prominently displayed on vans, trucks, and doors of stake
body trucks.
(e) If any applicant
is denied examination by the Division for failure to meet the requirements of
528 CMR 11.00, the applicant
may be admitted for examination in Pipefitting by a majority vote of the
Bureau:
1.By possessing qualifications other
than those specified in
528 CMR 11.00;
2.By possessing a pipefitter's license or
certificate from any other state or foreign country without serving the
required time as an apprentice as specified in
528 CMR 11.00.
For the purpose of computing the requirement for a student or
graduate of a pipefitter course approved by the Department and cited by a
recognized accrediting agency or licensed by the Massachusetts Department of
Education, the Registrar of the school shall verify the transcript of the
actual attendance and grades of the applicant on a Verification of Pipefitter
Course Hours form.
