Trade license requirements by state

Utah

• Utah electrician license requirements

  Utah has five electrician license classifications: Apprentice, Journeyman, Master, Residential Journeyman and Residential Master.

• Utah plumber license requirements

  Utah has five plumber license classifications: Apprentice, Journeyman, Master, Residential Journeyman and Residential Master.

• Utah HVAC license requirements

  Utah has no individual HVAC technician license. HVAC is licensed only as the H100 HVAC Contractor classification. The individual-level credentials are DOPL certification as an H100 Qualifier (the person who qualifies an H100 contractor) and, for gas appliance, gas piping and venting work, Certified Natural Gas Technician status.

Utah contractor license requirements

Check a license: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Idaho

• Idaho electrician license requirements

  Idaho licenses or registers apprentice, residential, provisional journeyman, journeyman and master electricians, plus limited electrical installers and limited electrical installer trainees.

• Idaho plumber license requirements

  Idaho has three plumbing classifications (contractor, journeyman, apprentice) and three specialty classifications (specialty contractor, specialty journeyman, specialty apprentice).

• Idaho HVAC license requirements

  Idaho certifies HVAC contractors, journeymen and apprentices, plus specialty contractors, specialty journeymen and specialty apprentices.

Idaho contractor license requirements

Check a license: https://edopl.idaho.gov/OnlineServices/?link=PubSearch

Colorado

• Colorado electrician license requirements

  Colorado licenses master electricians, journeyman electricians and residential wiremen; electrical apprentices are registered with the Board.

• Colorado plumber license requirements

  Colorado licenses residential plumbers, journeyworker plumbers and master plumbers; apprentices are registered with the Board.

Colorado contractor license requirements

Check a license: https://apps.colorado.gov/dora/licensing/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx

Arizona

• Arizona electrician license requirements

  Arizona's contractor law licenses and regulates only contractors (businesses with a qualifying party); it has no individual journeyman or master license.

• Arizona plumber license requirements

  Arizona's contractor law licenses and regulates only contractors (businesses with a qualifying party); it has no individual journeyman or master license.

• Arizona HVAC license requirements

  Arizona's contractor law licenses and regulates only contractors (businesses with a qualifying party); it has no individual journeyman or master license.

Arizona contractor license requirements

Nevada

• Nevada electrician license requirements

  NSCB licenses contracting businesses by classification; the license belongs to the business, not to its qualifying individual.

• Nevada plumber license requirements

  NSCB licenses contracting businesses by classification; the license belongs to the business, not to its qualifying individual.

• Nevada HVAC license requirements

  NSCB licenses contracting businesses by classification; the license belongs to the business, not to its qualifying individual.

Nevada contractor license requirements

Check a license: https://app.nvcontractorsboard.com/Clients/NVSCB/Public/ContractorLicenseSearch/ContractorLicenseSearch.aspx

Wyoming

• Wyoming electrician license requirements

  Wyoming licenses master electricians, journeyman electricians, low voltage technicians and limited technicians, and registers apprentice electricians and apprentice technicians.

• Wyoming plumber license requirements

  There are no state apprentice, journeyman or master plumber levels; any plumber license classes are set by the city, town or county that issues them and may differ from place to place.

• Wyoming HVAC license requirements

  The state's LM-H limited technician license is an electrical license, not an HVAC trade license. It covers electrical work on heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems on the load side of the equipment disconnect.

Wyoming contractor license requirements

Check a license: https://wyelectrician.imagetrendlicense.com/lms/public/portal#/lookup

Montana

• Montana electrician license requirements

  Montana licenses master, journeyman and residential electricians, plus electrical contractors.

• Montana plumber license requirements

  Montana licenses journeyman plumbers and master plumbers, and issues a separate medical gas piping installation endorsement.

Montana contractor license requirements

Check a license: https://ebizws.mt.gov/PUBLICPORTAL/searchform?mylist=licenses

New Mexico

• New Mexico electrician license requirements

  New Mexico certifies journeyman electricians by classification: EE-98J (residential and commercial), ER-1J (residential wiring), EL-1J (distribution and transmission lines), plus specialty journeymen for signs, cathodic and lightning protection, low-voltage systems, telephone systems and water well pumps. Separately, an individual can hold a Qualifying Party certificate, which qualifies a business for a contractor license.

• New Mexico plumber license requirements

  New Mexico certifies plumbing-trade journeymen as journeyman plumber (JP), journeyman gas fitter (JG), journeyman plumber and gas fitter (JPG) and journeyman pipe fitter (JPF). Holders of those certificates can add a journeyman medical gas (JMG) endorsement.

• New Mexico HVAC license requirements

  HVAC workers are certified under New Mexico's mechanical journeyman classes. The HVAC-specific certificates are journeyman refrigeration (JR) and journeyman sheet metal (JSM), which work under an MM-3 or MM-98 contractor. Journeyman pipe fitter (JPF) and gas fitter (JG) certificates can also work under an MM-3 license.

New Mexico contractor license requirements

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