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Plumber continuing education classes and requirements
- New continuing education requirements.
- Continuing education classes available for plumbers.
- Providers of plumbers continuing education courses: Get your course reviewed now.
New continuing education requirements
All journeyman and residential specialty plumbers must obtain 16 hours of continuing education within a two-year renewal cycle. Plumber trainees must complete 8 of the required 16 hours every year. All of these required courses must be taken within the renewal cycle. Classes must be from the approved course list.
Within each two-year cycle, you must complete:
- A minimum of 8 hours of Plumbing Code (Code), plus
- A minimum of 4 hours of Industry-Related Electrical (IRE), plus
- 4 additional hours from Code, IRE or Industry-related Plumbing (IRP)
All Pump and Irrigation and Domestic Pump Plumbers must obtain 24 hours of continuing education within a three-year renewal cycle. These 24 hours of continuing education can be from any category of our approved course list.
Plumber, Electrician & Pump Installer Continuing Education Requirements (63 KB PDF)
Matrix of Continuing Education Requirements for licensing.
Combination Course List (63 KB PDF)
If you do not complete the required continuing education by the time of
your renewal, your certificate will not be renewed. Working with an
expired license is not allowed by law, and you and your employer may be
assessed an infraction for this violation. Plumbers who have not completed
the requirements by the time of their renewal will be subject to a double
fee. Retesting will be required if the training is not completed within
90 days of expiration. Trainees will not receive credit for hours
while the card remains in an expired status.
NOTE: WAC 296-400A-028(2) states "an individual will not be given credit for the same approved continuing education course taken more than once in the two years prior to the renewal date."
Continuing education classes for plumbers
Approved
Plumbers Continuing Education Class list (182 KB
PDF)
The dates listed in this document are the dates the course is approved
for, not the dates they are offered. Many of the course sponsors
offer their classes in several locations around the state. You must contact
the course sponsor for course schedules.
The Department of Labor and Industries also offers continuing education correspondence courses. If you are interested in obtaining these courses, please contact the Plumber Certification Program at 360-902-5207.
Contractor
Training Days
These courses have been approved for 4 hours of industry related plumbing continuing education. There are also two, 2-hour plumbing code classes available that you can take on the same day. These classes have been approved for continuing education credit for pump & irrigation and domestic pump combination licenses.
Providers of Plumbing Continuing Education courses
— Get your course reviewed now
Plumbing continuing education courses must be approved by L&I for plumbers and plumber trainees to get credit.
If you would like to have your course reviewed at this time, please submit the Plumber Continuing Education Course Application form (227 KB PDF), the fee, and 4 copies of all documentation to the Department of Labor and Industries Plumber Program, PO Box 44470, Olympia, WA 98504. Forms are available on our Web site.
For information regarding forms and applications, please call 360-902-4768 or e-mail sprb235@LNI.wa.gov.
Note: A very limited number of continuing education courses have been submitted for the combination plumber/electrician category. We encourage the industry to submit classes to accommodate the requirement for renewal of the combination license.
