Apprentice Information

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An individual interested in becoming a plumbing apprentice should contact their employer (a registered plumbing contractor) about specific apprentice training. Once you begin working as an apprentice, your employer must complete the application for registration. Registration is a requirement to validate plumbing experience for licensure and to comply with state law. However, it is your responsibility to carry your state issued apprentice registration card at all times while you are working in the trade. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action against your record.

Apprentice Registration / Termination Process
When an apprentice is initially registered with the Board, they receive a card with a registration number. This number will remain the same throughout any employment changes.

Each time that an apprentice changes employers, a new registration application must be completed and submitted to this office to ensure the apprentice's registration is current and accurate. The current employer's name is printed on the new card. A fee is required for the registration and the printing of a new card.

It is the policy of the Examining Board of Plumbers that plumbing contractors notify the Board within thirty days after the termination of a plumbing apprentice by submitting a termination application. NOTE: The application to register an apprentice and terminate employment is the same application; however, there is no fee incurred to terminate an apprentice’s record.

Apprentice Information
In accordance with the State of Colorado Plumbing Statutes, any individual employed in the plumbing trade is considered an apprentice and must be registered until such time as the individual has obtained a Colorado plumber's license.

According to §12-58-102(6) of the Colorado Revised Statutes
"'Plumbing apprentice' means any person other than a master, journeyman, or residential plumber who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing."

Colorado law requires that the plumbing contractor notify this office and register all apprentices within thirty days of their date of hire as an apprentice.

According to §12-58-105(2) of the Colorado Revised Statutes
(a) "All plumbing apprentices working for plumbing contractors pursuant to this article and all apprentices working under the supervision of any licensed plumber pursuant to §12-58-117, C.R.S., shall, within thirty days after the date of initial employment, be registered with the board"
(b) "The employer of a plumbing apprentice shall be responsible for such apprentice's registration with the board."

Colorado law requires that the plumbing apprentice must be under the direct supervision of a licensed Colorado plumber:

According to §12-58-117 of the Colorado Revised Statutes
(1) "Any person may work as a plumbing apprentice for a licensed plumber but shall not do any plumbing work for which a license is required pursuant to this article except under the supervision of a licensed plumber. Supervision requires that the licensed plumber supervise apprentices at the job site."
(2) Any master, journeyman, or residential plumber who is the supervisor of any plumbing apprentice shall be responsible for the work performed by such apprentice. The license of any plumber may be revoked, suspended, or denied under the provisions of §12-58-110, C.R.S., for any improper work performed by a plumbing apprentice while under the supervision of such licensee.