How to get an HVAC contractor license in Florida: the official requirements

In Florida, the statewide HVAC license is a contractor license, issued by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Construction Industry Licensing Board. Florida's statewide HVAC licenses are contractor certificates: Class A air-conditioning contractor (unlimited), Class B air-conditioning contractor (limited to 25 tons of cooling and 500,000 Btu of heating in any one system) and mechanical contractor; Class C is limited to those who held it on October 1, 1988. No one may contract without being certified or registered in the proper classification. Journeyman HVAC and mechanical licenses are issued by counties and municipalities. Experience and training: Have at least 4 years of active experience in the trade as a skilled worker who learned it through an apprenticeship, or as a foreman, with at least 1 year as a foreman. Other routes combine a related 4-year degree with 1 year of experience, or foreman and skilled-worker years with accredited college credits. A full year counts as at least 2,000 person-hours. Licensing exam: Pass the appropriate examination approved by the Construction Industry Licensing Board and certified by the Department to establish competency for statewide contracting. How to apply: Apply to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in writing; you must be 18. Before the certificate is issued, file an affidavit that you have workers' compensation, public liability and property damage insurance as the board requires.