Department of Consumer and Business Services
Building Codes Division - Chapter 918
Division 695
PLUMBING LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION
918-695-0030
Journeyman Plumber Qualifications
Qualifications. The minimum qualifications to take the journeyman plumber's license examination are:
(1) Satisfactory completion of a minimum four-year plumbing apprentice program in Oregon; or
(2) By meeting the following academic training and on-the-job experience equivalency requirements:
(a) at least 576 hours of academic training generally in the following as it applies to plumbing:
(A) Materials, Tools, Equipment;
(B) Mathematics, Science;
(C) Soldering and Brazing;
(D) Plumbing and Related Codes;
(E) Drainage (DWV) Installations;
(F) Water Systems, Installations;
(G) Safety and First Aid;
(H) Blueprint Reading;
(I) Seismic Restraints.
(b) 7700 hours of on-the-job experience as an apprentice plumber, lawful journeyman plumber, or combination of both; that experience must meet the following minimum requirements:
(A) Sewerage: Sanitary and Storm Piping, Disposal:
(i) Residential — 300;
(ii) Commercial — 300.
(B) Drainage, Waste and Vent Piping (DWV):
(i) Residential — 1,300;
(ii) Commercial — 1,300.
(C) Soldering, Brazing, Welding:
(i) Residential — 200;
(ii) Commercial — 200.
(D) Water: Supply, Services, Mains, Appurtenances:
(i) Residential — 1,100;
(ii) Commercial — 1,100.
(E) Fixtures, Appliances, Trim and Supports:
(i) Residential — 700;
(ii) Commercial — 700.
(F) Miscellaneous Plumbing, Piping, Repair and Maintenance:
(i) Residential — 250;
(ii) Commercial — 250.
(G) Total Minimum Subject Hours:
(i) Residential — 3,850;
(ii) Commercial — 3,850.
(c) A person with more than the minimum on-the-job hours in any one specific item category may substitute up to 20 percent of the excess hours to meet the related minimum residential or commercial experience requirements in the same category.
(3) Journeyman plumber license applicants may alternatively submit verification of twice the amount of equivalent work experience in each category listed in section (2)(b) required for the license; this alternate requirement is also subject to the substitution option detailed in section (2)(c). Work experience must have been lawfully obtained while holding a license that includes the scope of work of an Oregon journeyman plumber license.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 693.060
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 693.060
History:
BCD 4-2022, amend filed 06/30/2022, effective 07/01/2022
BCD 13-2004, f. 9-7-04, cert. ef. 10-1-04
BCD 22-2000, f. 9-19-00, cert. ef. 10-1-00
BCD 6-1998, f. 3-2-98, cert. ef. 4-1-98