Title 28
Labor and Labor Relations

Chapter 27
Mechanical Trades

§ 28-27-18.2. Credit for mechanical license exams.

(a) For licensing purposes, decisions by an apprenticeship sponsor to grant credit for prior learning or experience pursuant to § 28-45-9(2)(xii) or § 28-45-9.2 shall also require the written approval of the state mechanical board of the Rhode Island department of labor and training. Registered apprentices may receive credit for one hundred forty-four (144) hours of classroom training gained in a career and technical education program authorized by the board of education, or a maximum of two hundred eighty-eight (288) hours of classroom training gained over two (2) academic years (one hundred forty-four (144) hours per academic year), upon the successful completion of a course of study in a fully accredited trade school that has been approved by the Rhode Island office of postsecondary commissioner and by the Rhode Island department of labor and training apprenticeship council.

(b) For licensing purposes, on-the-job learning hours required as part of a registered apprenticeship program by license type are as follows:

(1) At minimum, a pipefitter I apprenticeship program shall include ten thousand (10,000) hours of on-the-job learning.

(2) At minimum, a pipefitter II apprenticeship program shall include four thousand (4,000) hours of on-the-job learning.

(3) At minimum, a refrigeration I apprenticeship program shall include ten thousand (10,000) hours of on-the-job learning.

(4) At minimum, a refrigeration II apprenticeship program shall include four thousand (4,000) hours of on-the-job learning.

(5) At minimum, a sprinkler fitter/fire protection apprenticeship program shall include ten thousand (10,000) hours of on-the-job learning.

(6) At minimum, a sheet metal worker I apprenticeship program shall include eight thousand (8,000) hours of on-the-job learning.

(7) At minimum, a sheet metal worker II apprenticeship program shall include four thousand (4,000) hours of on-the-job learning.

(8) All registered apprenticeship programs shall include one hundred forty-four (144) hours of related instruction, including, but not limited to, classroom training, provided concurrently with each two thousand (2,000) hours period of on-the-job learning.