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2012 Indiana
Plumbing Examination Program
Once an apprentice has completed
the apprenticeship program and the school has certified he/she
has passed the practical examination, an application to sit for
the exam is sent to the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency.
Once they approve the application, they notify ICC and the
candidate is assigned a number. That number is used to go
online and the candidate will register to take the exam.
There is a Candidate Information Bulletin which is designed to
answer your questions about the test. That bulletin is
available at www2.safe.org/contractor.
If you have further questions contact ICC at 866-750-2579.
Where to apply: Indiana
Plumbing Commission, 402 W. Washington St., Room W072,
Indianapolis, IN 46204 and their telephone no. is (317)
234-3022. Once approved, you will receive notice that you
are authorized to schedule and pay for your examination.
The Indiana Professional
Licensing agency has outsourced the written section of the
Journeyman and Plumbing Contractors exam to the International
Code Council (ICC). The ICC Indiana Exams are all offered
by computer at a network of testing centers across the State
operated by ICC testing partner PROV. The exams
are being given at IUSB South Bend, IN on Tuesdays and Thursday
at 8:30 am. Please call ICC at 866-750-2579 to schedule a
test date.
The computer system is easy to
use and allows candidates to take their test using either the
keyboard or mouse. The Cost of the Plumbing Contractor
examination is $150 and the cost of the Journeyman Plumber
examination is $130.
All of the Indiana Plumbing exams
are delivered in an Open Book format. Open book means that
you are permitted to bring in certain references to use during
your test event. Each book that you bring in will be
checked prior to the start of your exam. You may bring the
1999 Indiana Plumbing Code and the Indiana Contractors Business
Law Reference.
Things that you should bring to
the testing center include the following:
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Identification (A current and
valid photo bearing identification):
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Driver's License
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Passport
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Military ID
2. Approved References:
3. Eye
Glasses:
4. Calculator:
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You are permitted to bring a
simple four function (add, subtract, multiply and divide)
calculator to you testing session. Simple typically
means that the calculator is non-programmable, does not have
special features that do the calculations for you, does not
produce any tape, and is self-powered.
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Note: Cell phones or MP3
players may NOT be used as calculators.
When you complete your test, the
proctor will print out and provide you with a score report.
This score report will be your official score letter from ICC
although passing candidates can return to ICC's scoring website
to print additional copies of score results from the following
web link:
www.icctesting.com/iccscorecheck.htm
To access your passing
results, you will need to provide your candidate ID and Last
Name. You candidate ID will be either your ICC ID provided
on your original score letter, or your SSN (if provided).
Statewide
Energy Stimulus Program
The state's energy conservation
proposal to use nearly $132 million in federal stimulus funding
to help more than 30,000 low-income Hoosier house holds has been
approved by the U.S. Department of Energy.
This new program, combined with
annual weatherization programs operated by the Indiana Housing
and Community Development Authority (IHCDA), will be 11 times
the current annual weatherization programs. Within the
next two weeks, energy auditors will begin evaluations of
households to determine energy needs. To date, the state
has trained 190 energy auditors and 483 contractors. The
state will have exceeded its training goals by the end of
September.
Eligible house holds, which must
be at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level, will be
notified of their participation. Following the audit,
homeowners may receive energy savings equipment such as
programmable thermostats, insulation, new furnaces or hot water
heaters. A state quantity purchasing plan will be used to
purchase those materials in bulk using the state's Buy Indiana
initiative, to the extent allowable by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act legislation.
Expenditures of up to $5,000 per
household will be made. It is expected that about 2,000
contractors will be used to complete the work in Indiana
households. Go to
www.ivytech.edu/weatherization for more information.
IMPORTANT
NOTICE FROM THE INDIANA PLUMBING COMM.
Online Renewal
Information for Journeyman Plumbers and Plumber Contractors
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You may renew your license(s)
online 24 hrs. a day/7 days a week with the IPLA online renewal
service, paying with your Visa, Discover or MasterCard credit or
debit card. To expedite the renewal process, we recommend
that you renew online.
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Your login ID will be your
license number - including both letters and numbers. Your
password will be your Social Security Number without spaces or
dashes.
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The renewal fee for a
Journeyman Plumber is $30. Additional online
processing fees apply.
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The renewal fee for a Plumber
Contractor is $100. Additional online processing fees
apply.
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You may update your address,
email, & phone numbers during the online renewal process.
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The online renewal process
takes only minutes to complete and your renewal will be
processed and available for verification the next business day.
Online Renewal
Information for Plumbing Corporations
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You may renew your license(s)
online 24 hrs. a day/7 days a week with IPLA online renewal
service, paying with your Visa, Discover or MasterCard credit or
debit card. To expedite the renewal process, we recommend
that you renew online.
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Your login ID and password will
be your Plumbing Corporation license number - including both
letters and numbers.
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The renewal fee for a Plumbing
Corporation is $100. Additional online processing fees
apply.
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The online renewal process
takes only minutes to complete and your renewal will be
processed and available for verification the next business day.
If you have any questions, you
may contact the IPLA by email at
pla10@pla.IN.bov or
visit them at www.pla.in.gov.
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