Or. Admin. Code § 812-006-0250 - Pre-Licensure Training Subjects

(1) The agency may evaluate and approve pre-licensure training based on written evaluation criteria approved by the Training and Education Committee and made available to pre-licensure training providers. The agency may revoke a pre-licensure training provider's right to offer pre-licensure training if a pre-licensure training provider's training does not meet the approved criteria.

(2) The hours of pre-licensure training required under OAR 812-006-0150 shall consist of the following topics:

(a) Construction Contractors Board:

(A) Role and authority, licensing requirements, application procedures and major divisions and functions;

(B) Dispute resolution processes;

(C) Business entities;

(D) Mandatory consumer notices;

(E) Rights and responsibilities of consumers and contractors;

(F) Independent contractor requirements;

(G) Exempt and non-exempt contractors;

(H) License endorsements and requirements for bonds and insurance;

(I) Special licenses;

(J) Written contract requirements;

(K) Warranty and maintenance schedule requirements;

(L) Enforcement program; and

(b) Employer requirements and employee's rights:

(A) State agencies that regulate workplace issues;

(B) Information and resources on employer requirements, employee's rights, workers' compensation insurance, and required workplace postings;

(C) Civil rights;

(D) Title VII, child labor, and important state and federal wage and hour laws;

(E) Current minimum wage rate requirements;

(F) Prevailing wage rate law; and

(G) Employees and independent contractors.

(c) Taxes, record keeping and business practices:

(A) Required employment forms;

(B) Identification numbers;

(C) Cost of employees;

(D) Importance of good record keeping;

(E) Ways to organize records;

(F) Required tax forms and reporting times;

(G) Professional help;

(H) Profit and cash flow; and

(I) Requirements for business licenses.

(d) Building codes:

(A) Applicable codes;

(B) Building codes books;

(C) Code revisions;

(D) Specialty licenses and inspections;

(E) Required and exempt permit work;

(F) Permit applications permit violation penalties;

(G) Required inspections;

(H) Inspection procedures;

(I) Final inspections and occupancy permits; and

(J) Red tag/stop work orders.

(e) Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division:

(A) OR-OSHA regulations, job site inspections and resources;

(B) Equipment basics and maintenance;

(C) Job site record keeping;

(D) General safety practices; and

(E) Responsibilities and relationships among contractors and subcontractors on a job site.

(f) Sound environmental practices and laws:

(A) Environmental friendly materials;

(B) Good recycling, reduction and reuse methods;

(C) Hazardous waste and special waste found in new and old construction;

(D) Laws and regulations governing environmental hazards, proper handling and disposal methods of environmental hazards and job site debris;

(E) Governmental agencies that regulate environmental conditions at a job site;

(F) Environmental violation penalties;

(G) Site preparation including construction activities that impact rivers;

(H) Soil erosion; and

(I) Wetlands, water quality, sewage and underground storage/heating oil tanks.

(g) Contract law:

(A) Clear and concise contracts;

(B) Four elements of contract law;

(C) Three elements of a construction contract;

(D) Breach of contract;

(E) Minor and major breach of contract;

(F) Written and verbal contracts and change orders;

(G) Contractor responsibilities for work of self and others;

(H) Partnering, negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation; and

(I) Buyer's Right to Cancel.

(h) Oregon construction lien law:

(A) Purpose;

(B) Required notices;

(C) Lien law procedures;

(D) Steps and timelines to perfect a lien and foreclose; and

(E) Important lien law differences of other states.

(i) Project management, estimating and scheduling:

(A) Importance of project management and consequences for failing to do so;

(B) Simple written budgets that include cost, overhead and profit; and

(C) Simple project schedules and consequences of improper job scheduling.

(j) Building Exterior Shell Training (BEST):

(A) Need for BEST;

(B) Contractor's responsibility to construct weather-resistant building exterior shell;

(C) Purpose of building exterior shell;

(D) Primary components of building exterior shell;

(E) Basic moisture management concepts;

(F) Exterior wall assemblies; and

(G) Best practices for building exterior shell construction.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 812-006-0250

CCB 1-1992, f. 1-27-92, cert. ef. 2-1-92; CCB 2-1992, f. & cert. ef. 4-15-92; CCB 1-1993, f. & cert. ef. 2-1-93; CCB 4-1993, f. 8-17-93, cert. ef. 8-18-93; CCB 5-1993, f. 12-7-93, cert. ef. 12-8-93; CCB 1-1994, f. 6-23-94, cert. ef. 7-1-94; CCB 2-1994, f. 12-29-94, cert. ef. 1-1-95; CCB 2-1995, f. 6-6-95, cert. ef. 6-15-95; CCB 3-1997, f. & cert. ef. 10-3-97; CCB 3-1998, f. & cert. ef. 2-26-98; CCB 4-2000, f. & cert. ef. 5-2-00; CCB 7-2000, f. 6-29-00, cert. ef. 7-1-00; CCB 2-2001, f. & cert. ef 4-6-01; CCB 8-2001, f. 12-12-01, cert. ef. 1-1-02; CCB 2-2003, f. & cert. ef. 3-4-03; CCB 7-2004, f. 8-26-04, cert. ef. 9-1-04; CCB 6-2006, f. 5-25-06, cert. ef. 6-1-06; Renumbered from 812-006-0050, CCB 10-2006, f. 9-5-06, cert. ef. 10-1-06; CCB 9-2008, f. 6-11-08, cert. ef. 7-1-08; CCB 1-2011, f. 2-28-11, cert. ef. 3-1-11; CCB 1-2013, f. 4-30-13, cert. ef. 5-1-13

Stat. Auth.: ORS 670.310 & 701.235

Stats. Implemented: ORS 701.122