08-10438 Trade License Classification(Published in the Salina Journal on February 4q, 2008)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 08-10438
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 3, SECTION
8-187 OF THE SALINA CODE PERTAINING TO CLASSIFICATION OF TRADE
LICENSES AND REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 8-187.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the city of Salina, Kansas:
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Section 1. That Section 8-187 of Chapter 8, Article III, Division 3 of the Salina Code is
o hereby amended and reads as follows:
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"Sec. 8-187. Classification of trade licenses.
Trade licenses shall be classified as follows:
Master. A master shall provide written certification of passage of the standard trade exam
for Master as prescribed by the State of Kansas with a minimum score of 75%. An applicant
for a master's license must certify a minimum of four (4) years of field experience in the
trade for which they seek licensure, doing the type of work they will be required to perform,
supervise or direct, under the direct supervision of a person holding a valid journeyman or
master certificate.
Journeyman. A journeyman shall provide written certification of passage of the standard
trade exam for journeyman as prescribed by the State of Kansas with a minimum score of
75%. An applicant for a journeyman's license must certify a minimum of two (2) years of
field experience in the trade for which they seek licensure, doing the type of work they will
be required to perform, under the direct supervision of a person holding a valid journeyman
or master certificate.
Sheetmetal Journeyman. A sheetmetal, journeyman shall provide written certification of
passage of a standard trade exam for sheetmetal journeyman as promulgated by a nationally
' recognized testing agency with a minimum score of 75%. An applicant for a sheetmetal
journeyman's license must certify a minimum of two (2) years of field experience in HVAC
sheetmetal work under the direct supervision of a person holding a valid sheetmetal
journeyman, mechanical journeyman or mechanical master certificate.
Solid fuel appliance installer. A solid -fuel appliance installer shall provide written
certification of passage of the Woodburning Specialist and the Pellet Specialist examinations
administered by the National Fireplace Institute or any other approved fireplace hearth
certification test developed by an independent and nationally recognized testing organization
or educational institute approved by the department in order to be licensed.
Apprentice. Any person earning his livelihood as a solid -fuel appliance installer, plumber,
electrician, or HVAC mechanic but who has not acquired the necessary longevity of
experience to be eligible to become a journeyman, or who with the necessary longevity of
experience has not passed the required journeyman or solid -fuel appliance installer
examination, is hereby classified as an apprentice. An apprentice shall not labor at the trade
in which they are apprenticing except when under the dramediate supervision and direction
of.a licensed journeyman or master, properly licensed by the City of Salina. Effective
March 1, 2008, one (1) certified journeyman or master shall directly supervise no more than
three (3) apprentices at a time. Apprentices shall be directly supervised by the presence of
the requisite number of journeymen or masters on the job at all times, except that
apprentices performing service work for which no permit is 'required need not be
accompanied by a journeyman or master. No person who has had his license revoked for
cause shall be allowed to work as an apprentice."
Section 2. That the exiting Section 8-187 is hereby repealed
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption
and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: February 11, 2008
Passed: February 25, 2008
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Alan E. Jilka, yor
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Lie�lsey, CMC, (Pity Clerk