Any individual who performs plumbing work in the City as a journeyman plumber shall comply with the requirements of this section:
(a) Examination. All individuals seeking a journeyman plumber’s license from the City shall successfully pass an examination. This examination shall be prescribed and administered by the Canton Construction Board. Such examinations shall be conducted at least once every two months, provided there is an applicant therefor. An applicant who fails the examination for a journeyman plumber’s license on two occasions within the preceding twelve months shall be prohibited from obtaining such a license, whether through further examinations or through reciprocity, for a period of one year from the date of the last examination. (Ord. 242-2007. Passed 12-17-07.)
(b) Qualifications. All individuals seeking a license as a journeyman plumber shall provide proof to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official or his designee and at least one member of the Plumbing Section of the Canton Construction Board that such applicant has worked as a plumber for a minimum of four years. Evenly divided opinions shall be resolved by the entire Board. By way of example and not limitation, this requirement may be satisfied by proof of a combination of practical experience and technical training from a plumber’s trade school approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. An applicant may appeal an adverse decision under this requirement to the entire Canton Construction Board.
(c) Acknowledgement. All individuals seeking a license as a journeyman plumber shall acknowledge in writing receipt of the list of requirements imposed by the City that are in addition to the requirements of the Ohio Plumbing Code.
(Ord. 81-2004. Passed 5-10-04.)
(d) Application. An application for a journeyman plumber’s license shall be made in writing by the person applying for such license. Said application shall be on forms prescribed by the Canton Construction Board.
(Ord. 242-2007. Passed 12-17-07.)
(e) Application Fee. Applicants for a journeyman plumber’s license shall pay a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), which shall include fifteen dollars ($15.00) for a license fee and twenty dollars ($20.00) for the application fee.
(f) Proof of Exam. An applicant for a journeyman plumber’s license shall present to the Chief Building Official or his designee proof that he has successfully passed the examination referred to in subsection (a) hereof.
(g) Renewal. Licenses shall be renewed annually upon the payment of fifteen dollars ($15.00) on or before February 28 of each year without the requirement of reapplication. A twenty dollar ($20.00) late fee shall be assessed for license renewals after February 28. (Ord. 81-2004. Passed 5-10-04.)
(h) Reciprocity. In lieu of the requirement to successfully pass an examination administered by the Canton Construction Board, an applicant for a journeyman plumber’s license shall receive such license from the City of Canton Building Department if all of the first three conditions, or the fourth condition, are met:
(1) The applicant presents a valid and current journeyman license issued by a political subdivision within Stark County, Ohio; and
(2) The license from the other subdivision must have been issued after the applicant successfully passed an examination in such political subdivision to obtain the license, provided however, that the Plumbing Section of the Canton Construction Board must have determined that the qualifications and examination of such other political subdivision are the same or the equivalent of the qualifications and examination which would be required in the City of Canton; and
(3) The applicant presenting the license from another political subdivision must not have previously taken and failed the examination for a journeyman plumber’s license administered by the City of Canton and/or Canton Construction Board twice within the preceding twelve months; or
(4) The applicant presents a current, valid State of Ohio plumbing contractor’s license obtained through an examination.
(Ord. 242-2007. Passed 12-17-07.)
(i) Requirements. An application for registration as plumbing apprentice shall be made in writing in the name of the person applying therefor on forms provided by the Chief Building Official which have been approved by the Canton Construction Board. The applicant also shall submit appropriate proof and documentation that the applicant presently is engaged in learning the plumbing and pipefitting trade by being indentured in a training program registered with and approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (Form ETA 671 or its replacement), and that the applicant is presently learning and being instructed in the plumbing trade by working under the direct supervision of a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber as defined by this chapter. The applicant may not establish his/her participation in such approved training program by presenting documentation that the applicant has been issued a registration and/or license by another political subdivision within the State of Ohio or elsewhere. The applicant shall be required to pay a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), which shall include ten dollars ($10.00) for an application fee and ten dollars ($10.00) for a registration fee in order to secure a plumbing apprentice registration. Such registration shall be renewed annually upon the payment of ten dollars ($10.00) on or before February 28 of each year without the necessity of a formal reapplication. A ten dollar ($10.00) late fee shall be assessed for plumbing apprentice registration renewals that occur after February 28. (Ord. 81-2004. Passed 5-10-04.)