§ 6-238. Application; examination; issuance of master's, journeyman's, maintenance personnel's and apprentice's certificate.

A certificate of competency for masters, journeymen, maintenance personnel and apprentices shall be obtained in the following manner:

(1)

Any person required or desiring to be qualified as a master, journeyman, maintenance personnel or apprentice shall make an application on a form prescribed by the building department at the office of the building official. The application shall be retained by the department together with all supporting papers.

(2)

The building official of the building department shall notify the applicant of the next examination.

(3)

The following shall apply to temporary certificates:

a.

Any person who has in his possession a current license or certificate as a master or journeyman issued by any state, county, or municipality in the United States certifying that the holder has been examined and found competent to perform the work of a master or journeyman and who does not hold a reciprocal certificate under other sections of this chapter shall, after making application for the next examination, or for a reciprocal certificate, be issued a temporary certificate by the building official of the building department, authorizing such master or journeyman to work in the capacity of a journeyman. Such certificate shall be issued only upon written request of the employing contractor. Failure to take or pass the examination or to obtain a reciprocal certificate within 30 days shall automatically terminate such certificate, and the employing contractor shall return the certificate to the building official of the building department. No further certificate shall be issued to the applicant unless he shall take and pass an examination or obtain a reciprocal certificate.

b.

Any person who applies to take a test for a journeyman license and who can prove that he has at least three years' experience in the trade for which he is applying for a temporary journeyman license may obtain a temporary journeyman license that shall expire at the end of one year or after the administration in the county of three consecutive examinations for a permanent journeyman license, whichever is longer. Application for such a temporary journeyman license under this subsection shall only be permissible through March 31, 1995.

(Code 1979, § 6-60; Ord. No. 16-1975, § 13; Ord. No. 13-1993, § 2; Ord. No. 31-1994, § 1; Ord. No. 54-1995, § 1)