How to Get an Underground Utility and Excavation Contractor License 

All types of contractors are currently in high demand. There is a shortage of skilled workers, so now is a great time to enter this career field. Contractors get paid well, work in different environments, use problem-solving skills, work with a team, get to meet lots of different people, learn new valuable skills, work with new technology, and much more.  

As a Florida contractor licensing company, our team at Licenses, Etc. wanted to talk about the contracting career of an underground utility and excavation contractor. This contractor’s work involves the construction, installation and repair of main sanitary sewer collection systems, main water distribution systems, and storm sewer collection systems.  

An underground utility contractor and excavation contractor works with the continuation of utility lines from main systems to the point of termination and including the meter location for individual occupancy facilities, sewer collection systems at property lines on residential or single occupancy properties, or on multiple occupancy properties. This contractor installs empty underground conduits in easements, platted rights-of-wat in new site developments, sleeves for parking lots crossings, and rights-of-way. However, this contractor is not allowed to install any piping part of a fire protection system. 

Excavation contractors prepare sites and do grading, trenching, and other tasks with the soil. They operate heavy equipment and machinery. With proper equipment, this type of contractor removes soil in order to place a new foundation; he or she will make sure the soil is firm through different compaction tests. He/she backfills around the new foundation after the footers and stem wall have been placed. 

To become an underground utility and excavation contractor, you need a Florida contractor’s license. 

Here are the requirements to get a Florida underground utility and excavation contractor license: 

• Be at least 18 years of age to be qualified. 
• Be the recipient of a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college in the field of engineering, architecture or building construction and has one year of experience in the business. 
• Or, have a total of four years of active experience as an apprentice. 

• Or, have a combination of no less than one year of experience as a foreman and no less than three years of credits from college. 

If you’re interested in this type of contractor work, let us help you get your underground utility and excavation contractor license today.  

We are a contractor licensing company based in Florida, but also help people get their licenses in other states. We make the process easy, simple, and fast. To start the process, call 239-777-1028 or click our Florida contractor license  page to learn more.