Monroe County has a licensing and registration board that is responsible for testing, registration and licensing of electrical contractors doing work in the county.
And the state of Indiana has a plumbing commission that administers a plumber’s license.
But those two professional trades don’t come close to covering the full range of work that is done in the construction industry.
At their Wednesday work session, Monroe County commissioners heard a pitch for enacting the kind of comprehensive licensing program for building trades that is used by Evansville and Vanderburgh County.
Giving the pitch was John Bates, who is the business manager for UA Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 136, which has locations in Evansville, as well as a training facility in Bloomington, on Bloomfield Road.
Bates stressed how that licensing program covers all aspects of construction work. He put it like this: “Anything that you pick up a tool to do work for in Vanderburgh County is under that licensing.” Continue reading “Licensing for building trades pitched to Monroe County by plumbers and steamfitters union”