Steps to Get a Mechanical Contractor’s License

Calling all contractors! You’re needed! This world is in need of skilled workers. Contracting is a great field to go into. It pays well and you don’t have thousands of student loans to pay back. For this article, we wanted to talk about the steps to get a mechanical contractor’s license.

First off, what is a mechanical contractor? What does the job entail?  According to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, a mechanical contractor is a contractor who offers services that are unlimited in “the execution of contracts requiring the experience, knowledge, and skill to install, maintain, repair, fabricate, alter, extend, or design, if not prohibited by law, central air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating, and ventilating systems, including duct work in connection with a complete system if such duct work is performed by the contractor as necessary to complete an air-distribution system, boiler and unfired pressure vessel systems, lift station equipment and piping, and all appurtenances, apparatus, or equipment used in connection therewith, and any duct cleaning and equipment sanitizing that requires at least a partial disassembling of the system.”

For a mechanical contractor job, long-term, on-the-job training is essential because a lot of the systems, like HVAC system, are complex systems to work with. For the most part, employers prefer applicants with a postsecondary education and those who go through an apprenticeship.

In 2015, the average pay for a mechanical contractor is $45,110 a year. In 2014, there were 292,000 mechanical contractors in the United States. From 2014 to 2024, it is predicted that there will be a 14 percent increase in the number of mechanical contractor jobs available, which is a much faster and higher increase than the national average for other occupations and industries.

For this type of license, you have to show four years of experience under a licensed contractor or a combination of college and/or Military Service and experience, where at least 12 of those months are as a foreman, installing the following areas of the statute:

• Systems in excess of 25 tons of cooling and 500,000 BTU heating capacity (over one year of experience)
• Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Equipment
• Sheet Metal Ductwork
• Fabrication of Sheet Metal Ductwork
• Boilers/ pressure vessel systems
• Gas, air, vacuum, oxygen, nitrous oxide, ink, and chemical line piping
• Piping and installation of gasoline tanks
• Condensate piping
• Piping for lift stations
• Low temperature refrigeration
• Direct digital control wiring

Thinking about becoming a mechanical contractor? We can help. Our contractor licensing ompany can make obtaining a mechanical contractor’s license easy. We will pull together all the things needed to complete the mechanical contractor license application. We will let you know what courses, tests, exams, and experience you need or are missing.  Our goal is to make the process smooth and simple for you.

We are a Florida contractor licensing company. To get started on the process, click our contractor’s license page or our mechanical contractor license page call us at 239-777-1028.