State ladder: apprentice → journeyman → master

Vermont plumber license: requirements, reciprocity & renewal

Vermont Plumbers' Examining Board (Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Safety) runs plumbing licensing in Vermont. Below: the exact ladder, the transfer doors into Vermont from all 50 states, the renewal and lapse lines, and the master-of-record rule for opening a company — every figure from the board's own publications, checked October 22, 2026.

State ladder: apprentice → journeyman → master Checked in part Checked October 22, 2026

How you qualify in Vermont

• Certificate of Completion from the Vermont State Apprenticeship Council documenting at least 12,000 hours of on-the-job experience + pass the journeyman exam (75 questions, 3 hours, 70% to pass)
• Certified statement of licensure or completed apprenticeship from another state acceptable to the Board + exam
• Proof of successful completion of instruction, training and experience in or out of state acceptable to the Board, including at least 12,000 hours + exam

Registration, in the board’s terms: Work is performed as a registered apprentice employed by / under the direction of a master plumber; a journeyman may supervise an apprentice employed by a master plumber. Vermont's requirement is 12,000 hours — 50% more than the 8,000 hours most states require.

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Plumbing license reciprocity into Vermont

Vermont endorses journeyman licenses from: none. No named reciprocal states and no formal reciprocity agreements. Under the Board's rules a master, journeyman or specialist license issued by another state or municipality whose standards are at least equivalent to Vermont's may be recognized, and out-of-state apprenticeship/licensure statements are accepted case by case — so accepts is an empty list.

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