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Vermont Division of Fire Safety:
Central Office
1311 U.S. Route 302 – Suite 600
Barre, VT 05641
802-479-7561 or 1-800-640-2106
Fax: 802-479-7562
Michael Desrochers
Division Executive Director
802-479-7539
Joseph Benard
Deputy Director
802-479-7566
Application Type and Fees:
Electrical:
Master – $150.00 3 year license fee
Journeyman – $115.00 3 year license fee.
Specialist – $115.00 (per field) 3 year license fee
Plumbing:
Limited Licensure; Specialists ( P1 and P2): Application Fee – $50.00 per Specialty Field
Limited Licensure; Specialists ( P3): Application Fee – $50.00 per Specialty Field
Journeyman: Application Fee – $90.00
Master: Application Fee – $120.00
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Commission Application: $150.00
(2) “Master plumber” means any person, licensed under this chapter, that as a business, installs plumbing systems, hires or employs a person or persons to do plumbing work, or supervises journey plumbers, or apprentice plumbers in completion of their work.
(3) “Journeyman plumber” means any person licensed under this chapter who installs plumbing and water treatment or heating specialties under the direction of a master plumber. A journeyman plumber may supervise an apprentice employed by a master plumber and under the master plumber’s direction. A journeyman plumber shall not act as a master plumber.
(4) “Apprentice plumber” means any person, employed by a master plumber or under the direction of a master plumber or a journeyman plumber, who is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing and water treatment or heating specialties under an apprenticeship program properly registered with the Vermont apprenticeship council. An apprentice plumber shall be supervised on the job by either a master or a journeyman plumber.
(5) “Plumbing” is the art of installing pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus for bringing in the water supply and removing liquid and water carried wastes and drainage venting systems within or on any building or structure.
3.1 MASTER ELECTRICIAN
(a) To be eligible for licensure as a master electrician, an applicant shall:
(1) have been licensed as, and working as, a journeyman electrician under this chapter for at least two years; or (2) have had comparable experience and training, within or without this state, acceptable to the board; and (3) pass an examination to the satisfaction of the board. (b) Upon successful completion of the examination and payment of the required fee, the applicant shall receive a master electrician’s license in the form of a wallet-size card. This license shall be carried by the master electrician at all times while performing his or her trade and shall be displayed upon request. Upon the request by the licensee and upon payment of the required fee, the board shall issue a license certificate suitable for framing. (c) A person licensed under this chapter as a master electrician is entitled to design, install, repair, maintain and replace electrical installations including work in the specialty fields designated in Section 3.3 of these rules, as his or her principal business or in the course of another business conducted by him or her, and may employ other persons licensed under this chapter or electrician’s helpers to perform work in connection with electrical installations under his or her direction. In the case of an apprentice or helper, “under his or her direction” means either that the master is physically present on the work site and is immediately available to direct and supervise that apprentice or helper, or that a journeyman under the master’s direction is immediately available to direct and supervise that apprentice or helper.
3.2 JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN
(a) To be eligible for licensure as a journeyman electrician an applicant shall:
(1) provide verification by the Vermont apprenticeship council of completion of an apprenticeship in electrical wiring which included both instruction and practice in work processes; or (2) have had equivalent training and acceptable to the board; and (3) pass an examination to the satisfaction of the board. (b) The board may approve an applicant who has completed the instruction portion of the apprenticeship program to take the examination prior to completion of the practice in work experience. Where an applicant has successfully completed the examination, but not the practice in work experience, a license shall not be issued until the practice in work experience portion of the apprenticeship program has been completed. (c) Upon successful completion of the examination and payment of the required fee, the applicant shall receive a journeyman electrician’s license in the form of a wallet-size card. This license shall be carried by the journeyman at all times while performing his or her trade and shall be displayed upon request. Upon request by the licensee and payment of the required fee, the board shall issue a license certificate suitable for Framing. (d) A person licensed under this chapter as a journeyman electrician is entitled to perform electrical installations under the direction of a master electrician or a type-s journeyman in connection with that specialty field, and may supervise an apprentice electrician or an electrician’s helper employed by a master electrician under the master electrician’s direction. In the case of an apprentice or helper, “supervise” means that the journeyman is physically present on the work site and is immediately available to direct and supervise that apprentice or helper.
3.3 TYPE-S JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN
(a) To be eligible for licensure as a Type-S Journeyman an applicant shall:
(1) Complete an accredited training and experience program recognized by the board; or (2) Have had training and experience, within or without this state, acceptable to the Board; and (3) Pass an examination to the satisfaction of the board in one or more of the following fields:
(A1) Automatic gas or oil heating, including geo-thermal;
(B2) Outdoor advertising;
(C3) Refrigeration or air conditioning;
(D4) Appliance and motor repairs;
(E5) Well pumps;
(F6) Farm Equipment;
(G7) Any miscellaneous specified area of specialized competence. This class includes:
(G7)c Commercial fire alarm systems
(G7)g Gas pump installation, including electrical work involving a canopy over gas pumps, and bulk plant Work
(G7)k Electrical lock installation including delayed egress and access control
(G7)l Lightning rod installation
(G7)s Solar Installation
(b) Upon successful completion of the examination and payment of the required fee for each field in which a license is to be issued, the applicant shall receive a license in the form of a wallet-size card which shall be carried at all times while performing his or her trade and shall be displayed upon request. Upon request of the licensee and upon payment of the required fee, the board shall issue a license certificate suitable for framing. (c) A person licensed under this Chapter as a Type-S Journeyman Electrician is entitled to design, install, repair, maintain and replace electrical installations as an employee or an independent contractor only in connection with the specialty field designated on the person’s license, and may only install branch circuits from the existing electrical service. A Type-S Journeyman Electrician may employ other persons licensed under this chapter and may supervise an apprentice or an Electrician’s helper. In the case of an apprentice or helper, “supervise” means that the Type-S journeyman is physically present on the work site and is immediately available to direct and supervise that apprentice or helper. (d) No person, other than a licensed master electrician, shall engage in the business of installing lightning rods, fire alarms or fire detection equipment or systems for another unless that person holds an appropriate type-s journeyman electricians’ license, issued by the Board under this section.
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation:
Drinking Water Systems:
Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division
Phone: 802-828-1535 Fax: 802-828-1541
Environmental Assistance Hotline: 1-800-974-9559
Well Driller License: $140 Fee
Vermont Department of Motor Vehicle:
Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles
120 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05603-0001
General Information
Phone: 802 828-2000
Toll-Free: 888 99-VERMONT (888 998-3766)
TTY/TDD: 711 or 1-800-253-0191
Fax: 802 828-2098 (located in Montpelier Call Center)
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