R156-55c-302c. Qualifications for Licensure - Master Supervisory Experience and Education Requirements

  In accordance with Subsections 58-55-302(3)(a)(i)(A) and 58-55-302(3)(b)(i), the minimum supervisory experience qualifications for licensure as a master plumber and residential master plumber are established as follows:

  (1) An applicant shall demonstrate successful completion of 4000 hours of supervisory experience that includes each of the following categories and minimum number of hours:

  (a) supervising employees: 700 hours;

  (b) supervising construction projects: 700 hours;

  (c) cost/price management: 300 hours; and

  (d) miscellaneous construction experience: 300 hours in any one or more of the following: accounting/financial principles, contract negotiations, conflict resolutions, marketing, human resources and government regulation pertaining to business and the construction trades.

  (2) The following, or the substantial equivalent thereof, as determined by the Board in collaboration with the Commission, shall apply to the minimum supervisory experience qualifications established in Subsection (1):

  (a) supervisory experience shall be obtained while licensed in the proper license classification as either a journeyman plumber or a residential journeyman plumber;

  (b) supervisory experience shall be obtained as an employee of a licensed plumbing contractor, whose employer covers the applicant with workers compensation and unemployment insurances and deducts federal and state taxes from the applicant's compensation;

  (c) all supervisory experience shall be under the immediate supervision of the applicant's employer; and

  (d) no more than 2000 hours of experience may be earned during any 12-month period.

  (3) An associate of applied science or similar or higher educational degree, in accordance with Subsection 58-55-302(3)(a)(i)(B), shall fulfill 2000 hours of the 4000 hour supervisory experience requirement. Such an applicant shall complete the remaining minimum 2000 hour supervisory experience listed above in Subsection R156-55c-302c(1).

  (a) The degree shall be accredited by one of the following:

  (i) Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools;

  (ii) New England Association of Colleges and Schools;

  (iii) North Central Association of Colleges and Schools;

  (iv) Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities;

  (v) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; or

  (vi) Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

  (b) The degree shall be in one of the following courses of study:

  (i) accounting;

  (ii) apprenticeship;

  (iii) business management;

  (iv) communications;

  (v) computer systems and computer information systems;

  (vi) construction management;

  (vii) engineering;

  (viii) environmental technology;

  (ix) finance;

  (x) human resources; or

  (xi) marketing.