California Licensing

watersystemsguy

License Guru, I've been reading through these forums and have gotten a lot of great information from your posts over the last few months and now I have my own question.

I took and passed the CA license exams about a month ago, submitted all the necessary documents, and have been waiting since then for my license to be issued.

When I checked my application status today, there was a note that said "CODING REJECT FROM ISSUANCE UNIT"

I can't seem to get a hold of anyone at the CSLB on the phone to find out more information. What does this mean exactly for my application and what do I need to do to fix it??

Thanks so much for your help.

License Guru

If you'd like to email your application number to me, I'll look into it.

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Update...

watersystemsguy sent me his app number. I called a friend at the cslb and she told me that he just had a biz name issue on some of his docs. I gave him a name and number of someone to call so he could get it squared up and issued.

Another happy CT member.

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watersystemsguy

Yes, License Guru has come to the rescue again! Thanks once again.

TeamPowers

Hi,

I've been watching this site and this is exactly the question I am trying to get answered.

I hold an A license and I've been asked to do some remodel work. It generally includes plumbing and may include concrete... it appears that I can be the prime on anything that includes plumbing and/or concrete.

Thoughts?

By the way, thanks for all your effort on this site... it is a big help to the community.

License Guru

I started a new thread to answer this question and to make it easier to find. Look for "A license doing B work"

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TeamPowers

Thanks... will head there now.

lower48

I've been a self employed journeyman carpenter since 1972. I'd like to join the modern world and get my California B license. I have several general contractors who are willing to sign my work experience certification. In attempting to recreate the last 10 years of job (from_______to_____) dates, I'm at a loss as it would require dozens separate work-cert forms and I can't accurately recall the dates anyway. I'm now considering submitting one Work Certification form claiming 10 years of part time which will be signed by a general contractor. Does anyone know If this is a good/bad idea? Much thanks in advance.

License Guru

Hi lower48, welcome to CT.

That is perfectly acceptable. That will give you a total of 5 years.

You may not have seen the post where I offer a free app review to CT members. Click on my name below to get my fax or email address.

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lower48

I appreciate your informed response. I'm far better at carpentry than I am at record keeping.

buckleyclan

Because License Guru is:

1. kind enough to review our apps for free,
2. Damn good at what he does
3. Has awesome study guides for sale (which I used)

I passed both tests on the first try.

Thanks License Guru--I couldn't have done it without you!!!

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lower48

License Guru, Would it be acceptable for me to use my full name on it's own as my business name? "MY NAME" If I want to add a descriptive word to my name such as "MY NAME BUILDERS" can builders be used in the plural as I have no employes?

Thanks, I know it's a little off topic.

License Guru

Do you mean something like:

John J. Smith Builders ?

That is acceptable.

The only time I've seen a plural business name be an issue is with a partnership with "& Sons" If it's a partnership between father and son, then "SonS" could be an issue.

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4gene

I have my sole gen.contr. license
Also i am RMO in a corporation. If something bad (customers complain, documentation fault or unfinished project...) come to the corporation, what is responsibilities of RMO. Am I only one who responsible for everything? Will it influence my own sole license?
Thank you,
gene

License Guru

Hello 4Gene,

If you are listed on more than one license, and one of those is subject to a judgement or lien or suspension/revocation, every license you are listed on will be affected.

If you have an unpaid judgement on one license and your other license is up for renewal, you will be unable to renew that license until the judgement is taken care of.

If one license is subjected to administrative action, the complaint disclosure link will be placed on your other license telling the public that you received an admin action on a license you are listed on.

Your responsibilities as the licensed qualifier on the job are covered under CA Contractor License Law. You could possibly protect yourself further with your contract, but others on this site would have a better idea of protecting yourself with your contract.

If a lawsuit is brought against the license, it should/would be the corporation that would take the hit. Depending on if it's a C or S corp. A corp lawyer would have more info on this.

Of course, if a lawsuit is brought I'm sure you would be named and would be held responsible for codes/plans/specs, etc.

I hope this helps.

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4gene

Thanks a lot for detail explanation
gene

semper fi

Can a plumber in California work on water wells, can they pull and replace submersible pumps, pull power and install the electrical devices, tanks, booster pumps ect. associated with getting the water from the well to where ever its needed, can they get involved with water treatment? Thanks in advance for any answers you might provide.

License Guru

Hello semper fi.

The work you described falls more in the C57 classification:

A well drilling contractor installs and repairs water wells and pumps by boring, drilling, excavating, casing, cementing and cleaning to provide a supply of uncontaminated water.

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semper fi

Thanks for the quick reply...we currently have a d21 lic. We would like to get into water treatment, however our d21 lic. doesn't allow us to. We were thinking about starting a new company with an RMO who has a C36, so we can install UV Lamps, chlorinators, ect. Plumbers in our area do this type of work, however we can't seem to find any information that confirms that a C36 contractor can install water treatment devices or if they're allowed to do the type of electrical work needed to get these systems running. We do quite a bit of referral work with the drillers in our area and would rather not have a drilling lic., they can get touchy about competition, are you saying that a C36 cannot do the type of work we want to do.

License Guru

The C55 covers water treatment. The class does not specify residential (i.e. hard to soft water) or commercial.

A water conditioning contractor installs water conditioning equipment with the use of only such pipe and fittings as are necessary to connect the water conditioning equipment to the water supply system and to by-pass all those parts of the water supply system within the premises from which conditioned water is to be excluded.

The C36 may be able to do water treatment as long as it is part of the overall project.

The C36 decsription does not cover water treatment at all.

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