New Jersey is pushing continuing education for plumbers harder than ever, according to a full-time certified course instructor. The state’s Board of Master Plumbers is requiring five hours of classes to renew a plumber’s license.
The law, which went into effect January 1997, requires three hours of education on plumbing code changes and two hours on plumbing laws, according to Daniel O’Gorman, a certified continuing education instructor. If a plumber does not take the class by Dec. 31, he will not be legally able to perform plumbing work in New Jersey.