§ 22-183. Experience requirements.

(a)

As a prerequisite to, and as a requirement for, the issuance of a Collier County or city certificate of competency, an applicant shall submit satisfactory evidence of experience in the trade for which he/she desires certification.

(1)

Contractors' experience shall be in that particular trade, with at least one year of said experience being as a supervisor.

(2)

Masters' experience shall be as journeymen.

(3)

Journeymen's experience shall be as apprentices or trainees, having completed an apprenticeship program registered with the department of labor and employment security and demonstrates four years verifiable practical experience in those particular trades, or demonstrates six years verifiable practical experience in those particular trades, except as may be authorized by apprentice programs approved by the bureau of apprenticeship training, division of labor, employment and training of the department of labor and employment security, which are hereby incorporated by reference as the required apprentice experience.

(b)

To determine if the applicant possesses the experience required by this section, the contractor licensing supervisor or his/her designee shall consider the following forms of proof of experience:

(1)

Affidavits from former employers with specifics as to the number of years of experience, work performed and any other relevant information;

(2)

Copies of other certificates of competency, if any, held by the applicant in other counties or cities;

(3)

Affidavits from any building director in locations where the applicant has worked;

(4)

Affidavits from any union organization of which the applicant has been a member relating to the trade for which the applicant has made application;

(5)

Affidavits from any other source within the trade applied for.

(c)

Education at an accredited school may be presented to satisfy a portion of the experience requirements of this section. Specifically, each full year of school-level work in the trade for which application is made shall be credited to the applicant as 0.75 years experience, but such credit shall be for no more than one-half of the total experience required by this section.

(Ord. No. 90-105, § 1.8; Ord. No. 92-61, § 1; Ord. No. 94-34, § 1; Ord. No. 97-68, § 1, 10-28-97; Ord. No. 99-45, § 1.8—1.8.2, 6-8-99)