(1) A tradesperson with at least five years
of experience in the trade for which the license is being applied immediately
prior to the date the application is filed. Credit may be given for time in
active military service to meet this requirement. Pursuant to rule
4101:16-3-01
of the Administrative Code, the tradesperson shall provide
the appropriate section with documentation demonstrating that the individual
has spent a majority of the required employment period as a
tradesperson;
(2) A currently
registered engineer in the state of Ohio with three years of business
experience in the construction industry trade for which they are applying to
take the examination;
(3) Have
other experience acceptable to the section of the board that authorizes
issuance of the type of license sought. Such acceptable
experience may include:
(a) Five years of
experience in the trade for which the individual is applying, even when such experience is not during the five
years preceding the application, under the following conditions:
(i) Three years of the five years of
experience must be obtained by performing construction work on commercial or
residential projects in the licensed trade for which
the individual is applying;
(ii)
Education programs, other than an apprentice program approved by the state of
Ohio, may be submitted in lieu of work experience by the applicant
up to a maximum of one year of the five years of experience
necessary;
(iii) An engineer not
currently registered in the state of Ohio must have at least five years of
business experience in the construction industry in the licensed trade for
which application is made;
(iv)
Experience doing maintenance or repair work may be considered as applicable to
the five years experience so long as it was maintenance and repair work done on
construction projects in the licensed trade for which the individual is
applying and subject to the rules promulgated by the Ohio board of building
standards pursuant to Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code.
All other
maintenance and repair experience on projects or structures not subject to the
rules of the Ohio board of building standards promulgated
pursuant to Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code shall not be considered
applicable experience.
(v) The
individual shall provide documentation,
such as W-2s or obtained permits, as the
appropriate specialty section requires to demonstrate that the individual
has spent a majority of the required five
-year experience period in the licensed trade for
which the individual is applying.
(b) Five years experience as an Ohio
government inspector in the trade for which the individual is
applying.
(c) For the five years
immediately prior to the filing of the application, the individual is the full-time
owner, partner, or employee of a licensed
commercial contracting company in the trade for which the individual is
applying.
(d) Such acceptable
experience does not include:
(i)
Job experience in the construction industry as an inventory worker, counter
salesperson, manufacturer representative, purchasing agent, secretary, clerk,
or bookkeeper.
(ii) General
contractor experience that is not directly related to the trade for which the
individual is applying.