Plumbing Contractor
- Hours on the job
- 6,400
- Exam
- $100
- Fee
- $50
The Plumbing Contractor license requires 6,400 hours on the job. You also need 576 classroom hours.
About the exam: “Multiple choice, open book and computer-based: 90 questions in 180 minutes, 70% to pass”
The application fee is $50. The Plumbing Contractor license costs $100.
You must pass the exam named "Indiana Plumbing Contractor". The exam costs $100.
You renew the Plumbing Contractor license every 2 years. The renewal costs $100.
You need 6,400 hours on the apprenticeship route or the experience route. The third route is 4 years in a plumbing business under a licensed plumbing contractor.
The 576 classroom hours are part of the 4-year apprenticeship. The other 2 routes have no classroom hours.
The $100 fee covers the full two-year license. If your license is issued in an odd year, it costs $50, because it runs for 1 year.
The official wording of the requirement
Plumbing Contractor“An Indiana resident must have completed at least four years in an apprenticeship program approved by the commission, or present a notarized statement of at least four years of experience in the plumbing trade in employment as set forth in IC 25-28.5-1-32(2), 32(6) or 32(7), or have worked in a plumbing business under the direction of a licensed plumbing contractor for at least four years. A non-resident who holds a licence in a state with no reciprocity agreement with Indiana presents that licence to be eligible for the examination.”