Requirements, license levels, and the issuing authority, sourced from Virginia's official board.
Virginia certifies individual elevator mechanics through the Board for Contractors' Tradesmen Program at the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, which issues a Certified Elevator Mechanic credential alongside the electrical, plumbing and HVAC trades.
| Requirements | 18VAC50-30-43 sets three qualification pathways for elevator mechanic certification: three years of practical experience in the construction, maintenance, and service or repair of elevators, escalators, or related conveyances plus 144 hours of formal vocational training and passage of a written examination administered by the board (additional experience may substitute for training at a ratio of 1 year to 40 hours, up to 120 hours); three years of that practical experience plus a certificate of completion of the elevator mechanic examination of a training program determined to be equivalent to the board's requirements; or successful completion of an elevator mechanic apprenticeship program approved by the Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement or registered with the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, together with the board's written examination. The Board's own Certified Elevator Mechanic application (form A501-2718CERT) sets the application fee at $130.00 and lists sliding experience and training combinations: 3 years plus 144 hours, 5 years plus 104 hours, 6 years plus 64 hours, or 7 or more years plus 24 hours of formal vocational training. Note that the application form and the current regulation state the experience and training combinations differently; the regulation text at 18VAC50-30-43 is the narrower of the two. |
| Reciprocity | The Certified Elevator Mechanic application allows a current elevator mechanic license, certification, or registration issued by another state or United States territory to be used to qualify the applicant for the Virginia examination, and the application offers a Board Equivalence route. DPOR's Tradesmen program page also lists a Universal License Recognition application covering Elevator Mechanic. The text of 18VAC50-30-43 itself contains no reciprocity or endorsement provision. |
| Renewal | Under 18VAC50-30-120, the elevator mechanic certification expires two years from the last day of the month in which it was issued. Certified elevator mechanics must satisfactorily complete 8 hours of continuing education relating to the provisions of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code pertaining to elevators, escalators, and related conveyances as a condition of renewal. The regulation's fee schedule lists a $110 elevator mechanic certification renewal fee. |
| Notes | Virginia certifies individual elevator mechanics through the Board for Contractors' Tradesmen Program at the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, which issues a Certified Elevator Mechanic credential alongside the electrical, plumbing and HVAC trades. |
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