Requirements, license levels, and the issuing authority, sourced from Vermont's official board.
Vermont licenses individual elevator mechanics through the Division of Fire Safety and the Elevator Safety Review Board, and anyone who erects, constructs, wires, alters, replaces or maintains a conveyance in a Vermont public building must hold an elevator mechanic or lift mechanic license unless working under the direct on site supervision of a license holder.
| Requirements | Any person who erects, constructs, wires, alters, replaces or maintains a conveyance located in a public building must be licensed as an elevator or lift mechanic. An apprentice or helper may perform that work only when a license holder is physically present and immediately available to direct and supervise. An elevator mechanic applicant must demonstrate an acceptable combination of documented experience and education credits including not less than four years of work experience in the elevator industry in construction, maintenance and service or repair as verified by current and previous employers; or a certificate of completion and passage of the mechanic's examination of a nationally recognized elevator training program approved by the department such as NEIEP, the NAEC Certified Elevator Technician program, the Canadian elevator industry education program or their equivalent, or Certified Elevator Technician (CET); or a certificate of completion of an elevator mechanic apprenticeship program with standards substantially equal to the chapter and registered with the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, the NAEC Certified Lift Technician program, or the Vermont State Apprenticeship Council. Every applicant must also pass a written examination administered by the department on the most recently adopted codes and standards, delivered by a national testing service whose exam fee is paid separately by the applicant; a person enrolled in an apprenticeship or training program may not sit for the examination until the program is complete. A lift only mechanic needs not less than two years of work experience in the platform lift industry, or a lift mechanic apprenticeship certificate plus Certified Accessibility Technician (CAT), and must pass the written examination. An elevator inspector needs not less than four years of elevator industry work experience, a valid Qualified Elevator Inspector (QEI) 1 certification, and insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $3,000,000 general aggregate, and must avoid conflicts of interest. Application fees are $75.00 for elevator mechanic, $50.00 for lift mechanic and $150.00 for elevator inspector. Applications must be notarized and are acted on at scheduled board meetings. |
| Reciprocity | The Vermont Elevator Safety Rules do not provide a general reciprocity or endorsement route for out of state license holders. The only out of state provision is the temporary emergency license under Section 3.9: during a natural or man made disaster or a work stoppage, when the number of Vermont license holders is insufficient, a person with a valid out of state elevator license must seek a temporary emergency license from the Board within five business days of commencing licensed work, the company must furnish proof of competency, the license is valid for 30 days from the date of the emergency, and no fee is charged. The license application also asks applicants who currently hold a valid license in another state to attach a photocopy of it. |
| Renewal | A license issued under the Vermont Elevator Safety Rules is valid for two years and expires the last day of the month of the license period. Renewal requires evidence of completion of eight hours of board approved related instruction during the preceding 24 month licensing period, plus the child support, tax and fine or penalty certifications and the renewal fee, all returned before the license expires. Renewal fees are $75.00 for elevator mechanic, $50.00 for lift mechanic and $150.00 for elevator inspector. A license not renewed within one year of expiration requires a new application and the full licensing procedure, though the Board may waive reexamination for undue hardship. A holder who cannot complete the instruction may request an exemption, and an approved temporary exemption extends the expiration date by 90 days. |
| Notes | Vermont licenses individual elevator mechanics through the Division of Fire Safety and the Elevator Safety Review Board, and anyone who erects, constructs, wires, alters, replaces or maintains a conveyance in a Vermont public building must hold an elevator mechanic or lift mechanic license unless working under the direct on site supervision of a license holder. |
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