No person shall work in Refrigeration unless he or she is
licensed pursuant to M.G.L. c. 146, § 85. Licenses shall be carried on the
person at all times the licensee is engaged in refrigeration work and shall be
furnished for inspection by the licensee upon request by the Commissioner, the
Chief, or a District Engineering Inspector.
Every applicant shall file with the Division, an application on
a form provided by the Division, accompanied by the appropriate fee. All
completed and approved applications for examination shall be filed with the
Division 30 days before the day of examination.
(1)
Refrigeration Apprentice
License. Each applicant for a Refrigeration Apprentice license
must be at least 18 years of age and be a high school graduate or possess a
state equivalency certificate. Furthermore, he or she must be registered with
the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, DAS and enrolled in an
apprentice program registered with the DAS. A copy of his or her Annual
Apprentice ID card issued by the DAS must be submitted to the division along
with the application and appropriate fee.
Each applicant will be limited to two renewals of his or her
apprentice license unless otherwise approved by the Bureau.
(2)
Journeyman Refrigeration
Technician's License. Every applicant for a Journeyman
Refrigeration Technician's license must be a high school graduate or possess a
state equivalency certificate. Furthermore, each applicant:
(a) shall have successfully completed not
less than 250 hours of study in a refrigeration technician course, approved by
the Department, of which 100 hours are of
522 CMR 9.00:
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems and 150 hours of
527 CMR 12.00:
2014
Massachusetts Electrical Code (Amendments) training before being
eligible to take the examination. Furthermore, the applicant shall have
obtained an EPA Section 608 Universal certification and completed 6,000 actual
work hours as an apprentice, such work time to be verified by a licensed
employer; or
(b) shall have
successfully completed not less than 500 hours of study in a refrigeration
technician course, approved by the Department, of which 250 hours are
practical, shop-related work; 100 hours of
522 CMR 9.00:
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems; training from 522
CMR:
Board of Boiler Rules and 100 hours of
527 CMR 12.00:
2014
Massachusetts Electrical Code (Amendments) training before being
eligible to take the examination. Furthermore, the applicant shall have
obtained an EPA Section 608 Universal certification and completed 4,000 actual
work hours as an apprentice, such work time to be verified by a licensed
employer; or
(c) shall have
successfully completed not less than 1,000 hours of study in a refrigeration
technician course, approved by the Department, of which 700 hours are
practical, shop-related work; 100 hours of
522 CMR 9.00:
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems; training from 522
CMR:
Board of Boiler Rules and 100 hours of
527 CMR 12.00:
2014
Massachusetts Electrical Code (Amendments) training before being
eligible to take the examination. Furthermore, the applicant shall have
obtained an EPA Section 608 Universal certification and completed 2,000 actual
work hours as an apprentice, such work time to be verified by a licensed
employer;
(d) may be admitted for a
technician examination by possessing a refrigeration technician license, master
technician's license or equivalent from any other jurisdiction and by
demonstrating that they meet all other work experience and certification
requirements of 528 CMR
11.03.
For the purpose of computing the requirement for a student or
graduate of a refrigeration technician course at a state, municipal or private
school approved by the Department and accredited by a recognized accrediting
agency or licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Registrar
of the school shall verify the transcript of the actual attendance and the
grades of the applicant on a Verification of Refrigeration Course Hours
form.
Verification of on-the-job training from an employer shall
include the following information:
1.Name, address, and telephone number of the
employer at which the applicant has worked;
2.The employer's Refrigeration Contractor
license number; and
3.The total
number of hours of refrigeration work experience the applicant has received.
No experience requirements required by 528 CMR 11.03 shall be
allowed for individuals while working for those entities exempted from
528 CMR 11.00 under M.G.L. c.
146, § 88, unless such experience is part of a properly registered
apprenticeship program.
Candidates for examination must pass a written examination and
must correctly answer 70% or more of the examination questions to qualify for a
license.
(3)
Master Refrigeration
Technician's License. Applicants for a Master Refrigeration
Technician's license shall have a Massachusetts Journeyman Refrigeration
Technician's license for not less than 2,000 hours and shall have completed not
less than 100 hours additional training in a refrigeration technician day or
night course approved by the Department, at a state, municipal, or private
school accredited by a recognized accrediting agency or licensed by the
Massachusetts Department of Education before being eligible for examination.
Candidates for examination must pass a written examination and
must correctly answer 70% or more of the examination questions to qualify for a
license.
A master Refrigeration Technician who has a regular place of
business by himself or herself, with other master Refrigeration Technicians or
with journeyman or apprentice Refrigeration Technicians in his or her employ,
must prominently display his or her master Refrigeration Technician's license
number on all commercial vehicles, offers, invoices, installation drawings, and
on all stationery used in their business. The lettering of the license number
required to be displayed on all commercial vehicles used in the Master
Refrigeration Technician's business shall be visible, legible and prominently
displayed on vans, trucks, and doors of stake body trucks.
If any applicant is denied examination for failure to meet the
requirements of 528 CMR 11.03, the applicant may be admitted for examination in
Refrigeration by a majority vote of the Bureau:
(a) By possessing qualifications other than
those specified in
528 CMR 11.00;
(b) By possessing a Refrigeration
Technician's license or certificate from any other state or foreign country
without serving the required time as an Apprentice as specified in
528 CMR 11.00.
For the purpose of computing the requirement for a student or
graduate of a refrigeration technician course at a state, municipal or private
school approved by the Department and accredited by a recognized accrediting
agency or licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Registrar
of the school shall verify the transcript of the actual attendance and the
grades of the applicant on a Verification of Refrigeration Course Hours
form.