(a) Requirements. An applicant for license as an fire Suppression Installers apprentice shall be made in writing in the name of the person applying there for on the forms provided by the Chief Building Official and which have been approved by the Massillon Examining Board. The applicant also shall submit appropriate proof and documentation that the applicant presently is engaged in learning the Fire Suppression trade by being indentured in a training program registered and approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of apprenticeship and training (form ETA 671 or its replacement), and the applicant is presently learning and being instructed in the plumbing, or Fire suppression trade by working under the direct supervision of a Fire Suppression contractor or journeyman Fire Suppression Installer 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 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 the application fee and ten dollars ($10.00) for the license fee in order to secure a Fire Suppression Installer apprentice license. Such registration shall be renewed annually upon the payment of ten dollars ($10.00) on or before February 28th of each year without the necessity of a formal reapplication. A ten dollar ($10.00) late fee shall be assessed for Fire Suppression Installer’s apprentice license renewals that occur after February 28th.
(b) No person shall engage in the work of a registered apprentice without first obtaining a license from the City pursuant to this Chapter. An application for registration as a plumbing or fire suppression apprentice shall be made in writing in the name of the person applying therefore on forms prescribed and provided by the Building Official, and shall contain such information as shall be required by the rules and regulations of such Department.
(c) If an applicant for a Fire Suppression Installers Application is already qualified through another municipality or entity then in the sole discretion of the Chief Building Official, said applicant may be granted a registration and the fee required for application may be waived. (Ord. 123-2010. Passed 12-6-10.)