New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 3 / February 8,
2022
TITLE
14 HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 6 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LICENSING
PART 6 CLASSIFICATIONS AND SCOPES
14.6.6.1 ISSUING AGENCY: The Construction Industries Division (CID) of
the Regulation and Licensing Department.
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14.6.6.2 SCOPE: This rule applies to
any person who engages in contracting pursuant to the Construction Industries
Licensing Act (CILA) Section 60-13-3NMSA 1978, in New Mexico.
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14.6.6.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Section 60-13-9 NMSA 1978.
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14.6.6.4 DURATION: Permanent.
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14.6.6.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 2022, unless a later date is cited
at the end of a section.
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14.6.6.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this rule is to set forth
the classifications of licenses and certificates issued by CID.
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14.6.6.7 DEFINITIONS:
See
Section 60-13-3 NMSA 1978 and 14.5.1.7 NMAC for definitions.
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[See Sections 60-13-2 and 3 NMSA
1978 of the act.]
14.6.6.8 GENERAL INFORMATION:
A. Any
license issued pursuant to the CILA and Title 14 NMAC authorizes contracting only
in the scope of work authorized by the classification(s) of the issued license. Work performed outside that scope constitutes
a violation of the CILA and its rules and constitutes grounds for disciplinary
action.
B. Bidding as a
prime contractor:
(1) A
validly licensed person may bid and contract as the prime contractor of a
project only if the major portion of the work, based on dollar amount, is
authorized by the classification of the prime contractor’s license. Any work outside the scope of the prime
contractor’s license classification(s) must be subcontracted to a validly
licensed contractor.
(2) A
GB-98 contractor may bid and contract as the prime contractor of a mechanical,
plumbing or electrical project as determined in Paragraph (1) above that includes
work authorized by the GB-98 license classification, regardless of the
percentage of GB-98 work. Work outside
the scope of the prime contractor’s license classification(s) must be
subcontracted to an entity validly licensed in the appropriate
classification(s).
(3) A
GB-98 contactor shall not bid and contract as the prime contractor of an entire
project if the major portion of the work to be performed, based on dollar
amount, is covered by the scope of any GA classification or any of the
following GF classifications: GF-1, GF-2,
GF-3, GF-4, GF-6, GF-8, and GF-9.
C. All work
subcontracted by a prime contractor shall be performed by an entity that is
validly licensed in the classification(s) of the work that is to be performed.
D. Contractors
are assigned identifying symbols, as letters and numbers, indicating the
license classification in which the licensee is authorized to engage.
(1) The
field is designated by a letter and shall be the first letter of the
identifying symbol, for example:
(a) G
indicates General Construction.
(b) E
indicates Electrical.
(c) M
indicates Mechanical/Plumbing.
(2) The
type of work designation shall be the second letter of the identifying symbol,
for example
(a) A
indicates asphalt.
(b) B
indicates building.
(c) F
indicates fixed works.
(d) S indicates
specialties.
(3) The
number following the letters designates the specific trade, for example:
Classification GB-2 indicates the contractor is licensed in the General
Construction field (G), Building Construction type of work (B), Residential
Building (2).
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14.6.6.9 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION
CLASSIFICATIONS:
A. GA.
Asphalt, bitumen and concrete construction:
Applies to surfaces used by vehicular traffic, not airborne craft;
construction or maintenance of unpaved private rural roads or rural unpaved
parking areas that are located on private property not intended for use by the
general public and for which there is no public access is exempt from licensing
requirements.
(1) GA-1. Streets, roads and highways,
including tunnels, parking lots, alleys, seal coat and surfacing. Requires two years’
experience. Clear, align, fill,
compress, compact, build up or remove earth and do all work necessary to
prepare, within the assigned rights-of-way, the land to accept a streets,
roads, highways including culverts and tunnels, and alleys; includes parking
lots, sidewalks or driveways; place and finish concrete or bituminous materials
and apply sealcoat. This classification
includes the scopes of work authorized by GA-2 and GA-3.
(2) GA-2. Maintenance and repair. Requires two years’ experience. Fix, maintain, repair, patch, mend, cover,
fill or replace with materials of like substances to that currently existing on
streets, roads, highways, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks and alleys; apply seal coat to driveways and parking
lots. Install rumble strips.
(3) GA-3. Curbs, gutters and driveway culverts. Requires two years’
experience. Form, place and finish
concrete curbs, gutters, driveway culverts, public sidewalks and bituminous ridge
curbs for the deflection of water.
(4) GA-4. Striping. Requires two years’ experience. Paint directional stripes on paved roads, streets,
highways, alleys and parking lots; install auto parking bumpers or stops and
highway lane markers/reflectors.
(5) GA-5.
Highway signs and guard rails. Requires two years’ experience. Erect and stabilize signs and guard rails
along public highways, streets, roads and alleys, which are used for the
direction and safety of vehicular traffic. Electrical signs must be installed by a
properly licensed electrical contractor.
(6) GA-98. Asphalt, bitumen and concrete construction. Indicates licensure
in classifications GA-1 through GA-5; and covers all work authorized in those
classifications.
B. Residential and commercial building.
(1) GB-2.
Residential.
Requires two years’ of foreman level practical or related trade experience.
Erect, alter, repair or demolish
residences and apartment houses accommodating not more than four family units,
Groups R-1, R-2 and R-3, as those groups are defined in 14.7.2 NMAC; items
included in Group U, as defined in 14.7.2 NMAC, when incidental to these
structures; includes all work described by the GS specialty classifications,
provided the work is limited to residential construction as defined under this
provision.
(2) GB-98.
General building. Requires
four years of foreman level practical or related trade experience of
which at two years must be commercial experience. Erect, alter, repair or demolish residential
and commercial buildings, and certain structures; includes all work authorized
by the GB-2, GF-5, GF-7 and GS classifications; seal coating and
striping of driveways and parking lots; excludes those structures covered by
the EE, MM, GA or GF classifications.
C. Fixed works. Construct, alter or repair fixed or public works
facilities; provided, however, that work in any trade or craft that is
authorized by any one, or a combination of, the mechanical, electrical, or general
building or LP Gas classifications must be performed by an entity validly
licensed in the appropriate classification.
Except as may be expressly provided in a specific classification
description, fixed works licensees may not construct buildings that are
primarily for the use and occupancy of the general public, but may bid and
contract for such buildings when they are incidental to a fixed works project;
however, such work must be subcontracted pursuant to Subsection B of 14.6.6.8
NMAC, above. Incidental storage buildings used exclusively for storage and not
for occupancy are allowed within these classifications.
(1) GF-1. Airports. Requires two years’ experience. Construct, alter and repair airports, including
excavating, grading, compacting, sub-surfacing, surfacing (dirt or
bitumen and concrete), marking and other work on surfaces to be used for
aircraft traffic, landing, take-off and taxi.
(2) GF-2.
Bridges.
Requires two years’ experience.
Erect, construct, alter, repair or demolish any bridge, overpass or
underpass, culvert or ramp, generally used for vehicular traffic.
(3) GF-3.
Canals, reservoirs, dams and irrigation systems. Requires two years’
experience. Construct, erect, alter,
repair, or demolish canals, dams, reservoirs irrigation systems; excavate,
ditch, fill, compact and place pre-cast components, waterproof membranes and
liners, concrete reinforcement, abutments and buttresses in connection
therewith; install tanks, pumps, pipelines and substations incidental to the
project; irrigation activities and piping when applicable solely to the
production of agriculture or maintenance of livestock on a farm or ranch,
excluding electrical work, are exempt from licensing requirements.
(4) GF-4.
Drainage or flood control systems. Requires two years’ experience. Construct, erect, install, repair and alter
drainage or flood control systems; dig, excavate, fill, prepare embankments for
such purposes, place pre-cast components, concrete reinforcement and perform
all other work incidental to these projects.; install storm
sewers, including trenching, boring, shoring, backfilling, compacting, and
paving.
(5) GF-5.
Recreation areas. Requires
two years’ experience. Construct,
prepare, clear, repair or alter facilities for use as recreation areas,
including but not limited to golf courses, driving ranges, water parks, tennis
courts, playgrounds, outdoor athletic facilities, miniature golf courses, pitch-and-putt
golf courses; prepare the area by
excavation, fill, including foundations, retaining walls, sprinkler systems,
rest benches, shade and rain shelters and foot bridges relative to recreation
areas; public campgrounds and parks or similar facilities, including toilet
facilities and lean-tos.
(6) GF-6.
Railroad and tunnel construction. Requires two years’ experience. Construct railroad lines, including clearing,
filling, shaping, compacting, placing rip-rap, stabilizing, setting roadbeds,
ties, tie plates, rails, rail connectors, frogs, switch plates, switches, and
all appurtenances necessary for an operational railroad line, including
bridges, culverts, tunnels, retaining walls, dikes, gates, tool sheds and
landing or parking platforms for equipment.
Includes welding operations necessary for rail construction.
(7) GF-7. Tanks and towers. Requires two years’
experience. Construct or fabricate on
site and install tanks for the storage of solids or liquids, above or below
ground, and towers such as radio, television and telecommunications towers,
including all necessary site-work, excavation and construction of concrete tanks,
pads and foundations, cutting, welding, placement of structural members,
engineered structural support systems for elevated tanks, and engineered or
prefabricated towers; includes the repair and placement of liners in tanks, and
incidental storage buildings.
(8) GF-8.
Transmission lines, tanks and substations (non-electrical). Requires two years’ experience. Build, construct and place lines for the
transmission or conveyance of natural gas or petroleum, water and other
fluid substances, including the application of protective coatings, trenching,
boring, shoring, backfilling, compacting, paving and surfacing necessary and
incidental to the completion of the installation of such facilities. Includes incidental buildings, tanks, and
substations required for the project; construct, alter or repair industrial
plants, including, but not limited to, refineries and power generation plants.
(9) GF-9.
Utility lines and systems (sewage, water, natural gas and underground
telephone cables). Requires two
years’ experience. Construct, install,
alter or repair utility lines and utility systems for the transmission of
sewage, natural gas and water, including excavating, grading, trenching,
boring, shoring, backfilling, compacting, paving and surfacing; includes tanks, pumps, lift-stations and
substations incidental to the project; construct,
alter, or repair treatment plants and facilities incidental thereto; install direct burial communications cable by
trenching, direct plowing or pulling direct burial cable through existing
raceways and install vaults as directed by the telecommunications utility; associated excavating, trenching, boring,
shoring, backfilling, compacting, paving and surfacing. Shall not perform
installation of electrical raceways including directional boring or pipe
jacking methods, splicing, termination, installation of load pots, installation
of integrated services digital network cross connect equipment, installation of
VoIP switching technology equipment, overhead cabling work, or other activities
considered under the scope of the ES-7, EL-1, ES-3 or EE-98 electrical
classifications.
(10) GF-98.
Construct, alter or repair fixed works facilities. Requires four years’
experience; indicates licensure in classifications GF-1 through GF-9 and
authorizes all work described in these classifications.
D. General Specialty classifications. General construction
includes numerous specialties.
Therefore, CID has established the GS classification series to enable
entities that perform this kind of work to be licensed in their respective
areas of expertise. The most common of these specialties are described below. Any
classification not listed below and regulated by CID shall be issued a GS-29.
(1) GS-1. Acoustical insulation and insulation. Requires two years’ experience.
Install any insulating material, including urethane foam and approved
waterproof membranes and coatings, in or on buildings, structures and on piping
for the purpose of energy conservation, temperature and sound control, and
fireproofing. Does not include the installation of urethane roof systems.
(2) GS-2. Awnings and canopies. Requires two years’ experience. Construct, erect and install awnings and
canopies, attached to buildings and structures or free standing, including, but
not limited to carports and service station canopies, and including necessary
excavation and foundation work. All
electrical work shall be performed by a properly licensed electrical
contractor.
(3) GS-4.
Concrete, cement, walkways and
driveways. Requires two years’
experience practical trade experience, one year of which must be foreman
level. Mix, pour, place, and finish
concrete,; includes all necessary preparatory work
including excavation, form work, and placing of reinforcement materials; includes the installation on private property
of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and driveway culverts; may not perform
this work in public rights-of-way unless subcontracted to a validly licensed GA
licensee.
(4) GS-5. Demolition. Requires two years’ experience. Demolish all or any portion of a buildings
and structures authorized by the GB-98 classification, including demolition to
portions of buildings and structures allowing additions and alterations to be
completed to the remaining portions of the building or structure.
(5) GS-7. Drywall installation and texture. Requires two years’ experience. Installation
of gypsum wallboard, and gypsum sheathing; includes taping, bedding and
coating the surfaces of the wallboard and sheathing with gypsum joint systems,
tape and drywall mud, or a combination of other materials to create a permanent
surface or coating and of walls and ceilings; install steel or wood stud systems
(non-structural) and channel iron work to provide a base for the application of
drywall.
(6) GS-8. Earthmoving, excavating and ditching. Requires two years’ experience. Perform earthwork associated with or
incidental to construction projects regulated by CID, using hand or power
tools, machines that use air, fluids, or other material under pressure, or
heavy equipment, in such a manner that cutting, filling, excavating, grading,
trenching, backfilling, boring and any similar excavating activity can be
executed; earthmoving, excavating and ditching activities applicable to the
preparation and production of agriculture or maintenance of livestock on a farm
or ranch are exempt from licensing requirements.
(7) GS-9. Elevators, escalators, and related machinery
(non-electrical). Requires two years’
experience. Erect, install or repair
elevators, escalators and related machinery, including sheave beams, sheaves,
cable and wire rope, guides, cab, counterweights, doors, including sidewalk
elevators, automatic and manual controls, signal systems and all other devices,
apparatus, machinery and equipment (including fabrication on job site)
essential to the safe and efficient installation and operation of electrical,
hydraulic and manually operated elevators and escalators and conveyors designed specifically for the transportation
of people.
(8) GS-13. Framing.
Requires two years of foreman level practical or related trade experience;
cut, join, install wood, metal or other products approved by the
division and utilized for the framing of a structure or building, including
bearing and non-bearing walls, rafters, headers, trusses, joists, studs, door
and window rough frames, and roof decks, including repair to any of the above.
(9) GS-14. Windows, doors and skylights. Requires two years’ experience. Fabricate and install windows and doors in
buildings and structures, including the necessary installation of window, door and
skylight framing, and the installation of necessary hardware; cut, assemble and
install glass work, and execute the glazing of frames, panels, sash and doors; fabricate
and install storm doors, windows, and skylights including flashing; does not
include structural alterations to enlarge any opening.
(10) GS-15. Caissons, piers and pile driving. Requires two years’ experience. Install piers, caissons and pilings through
the use of pile driving equipment and machinery, including necessary
excavation, grading and clearing for site preparation for pile driving
activities; cut, weld, join and fabricate caissons or piles; install all necessary concrete and
reinforcing steel within the caissons to create a structural member; soil
stabilization and rock-fall mitigation.
(11) GS-16. Masonry.
Requires two years’ experience.
Install or erect brick and other baked clay products, rough cut and
dressed stone, artificial stone and pre-cast blocks, structural glass brick or
block adobe, laid at random or in courses, with or without mortar, to form
masonry walls,
anchored stone or masonry veneer,
including building walls, freestanding walls six feet or higher from ground
level and retaining walls measuring thirty-six inches or more measured from the
bottom of the footing; does not include the execution, fabrication and erecting
of poured cement and concrete, except as a foundation for a wall.
(12) GS-21. Roofing. Requires two years of foreman level practical
or related trade experience.
Install, alter or repair roof systems on new or existing roof
decks to create a weatherproof and waterproof
protective membrane, with or without insulation, using asphalt, pitch, tar,
sealants, felt, shakes, shingles, roof tile, slate, urethane or any other
approved materials including the preparatory work necessary to bring a roof
deck or an existing roof to a condition where roofing can be installed, and
sealed or repaired; includes cutting,
shaping, fabricating, and installing of sheet metal such as cornices, flashing,
skylights (excluding alterations to structural framing),
roof coatings, gutters, leaders, rainwater downspouts, pans, prefabricated
chimneys, at or near roof lines, metal flues, or doing any part of any
combination thereof, which relate to and are incidental to roofing projects.
(13) GS-23. Sign construction (non-electrical). Requires two years’ experience. Fabricate on site, install and erect signs of
wood, steel, plastic or any material, or any combination of materials, which
are to be embedded in the earth, in concrete or other base material, or
attached to buildings or structures using anchors, attached cables, bars or
similar devices and appurtenances; electrified signs shall only be installed by
contractors holding an ES-1 or an EE-98 classification.
(14) GS-24.
Structural steel erection. Requires
two years of foreman level practical or related trade experience. Fabricate on site and erect structural steel
shapes and plates, of any profile, perimeter or cross-section that may be used
as structural members for buildings and structures, including riveting and
welding; does not authorize construction of concrete foundations or complete
buildings.
(15) GS-25.
Swimming pools (non-plumbing, mechanical or electrical). Requires two years’ experience. Construct and repair swimming pools including
excavation, installation of reinforcing steel or mesh, application of concrete
and special coatings; shall not perform any scope of work which is authorized
by a plumbing, mechanical, electrical or LP Gas classification.
(16) GS-30. Plastering, stucco and lathing. Requires two years’ experience. Prepare wall and ceiling surfaces, interior
or exterior, with wood, metal lath, wallboard or other properly prepared
surfaces which will accept and hold a mixture of sand, plaster (including
gypsum plaster), lime and water, or sand and cement with water or any combination
of materials to create a permanent surface coating; these coatings may be
applied manually or mechanically on surfaces which will support such coating; install
steel or wood or other division approved stud systems (non-structural), channel
iron work and affix lath or any other materials or products, prepared or
manufactured to provide a base for such coatings.
(17) GS-31.
Siding. Requires two years’
experience. Apply, replace, or repair siding
consisting of slate, gypsum, wood, plastics or other products, including the
application of furred up networks on which the siding can be installed.
(18) GS-32.
Miscellaneous sheet metal. Requires
two years’ experience. Fabricate on site
and install sheet metal (galvanized iron) such as cornices, flashing,
gutters, leaders, rainwater downspouts, pans, and prefabricated chimneys; shall
not install heating, ventilation & air conditioning (HVAC) duct systems,
vents, grease hoods, or other appurtenances that are authorized by mechanical or
plumbing classifications.
(19) GS-34.
Concrete coring, drilling and slab sawing.
Requires two years’ experience. Coring,
boring, drilling, cutting, and sawing concrete, including the removal or
demolition of the material; does not include the installation of electrical wiring
or plumbing in such bored, drilled, cut or sawed concrete.
(20) GS-29
specialties. Requires up to four
years’ experience as determined on a case-by-case basis. The GS-29
classification is a sub-category of the general specialty classifications. It is a miscellaneous classification that is
used to identify specific specialties on a case-by-case basis.
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14.6.6.10 ELECTRICAL CLASSIFICATIONS:
A. General
information. May bid and contract as the prime contractor of an entire
project provided the electrical contractor’s portion of the contract, based on
dollar amount, is the major portion of the contract.
(1) A
journeyman certificate of competence in the appropriate trade classification is
required of all individuals performing electrical wiring; provided however,
that an apprentice, as defined in Section 60-13-2 NMSA 1978, may work under the
direct supervision of a validly certified journeyman, as defined in Section 60-13-2
NMSA 1978. Journeyman certification shall be issued such that the certificates
parallel the electrical license classification numbers and scopes. A journeyman may
engage in the trade authorized by the certificate of competence issued to the
journeyman only when employed by an entity: (1) that is validly licensed to
perform the type of work for which the journeyman is certified; or, (2)
holding a valid annual permit authorizing the entity to engage in the type of
work for which the journeyman is certified.
(2) The ratio of certified journeyman to apprentices
must not exceed:
(a) one
journeyman supervising and overseeing
the work of two apprentices on commercial or industrial work;
(b) one
journeyman supervising and overseeing the work of two apprentices on commercial
or industrial special systems low-voltage work;
(c) one
journeyman supervising and overseeing the work of three apprentices on
residential work.
(3) Raceway
installation: All raceway installations
within, or on, buildings shall be performed by a contractor holding an EE-98
license. Specialty electrical license
holders (ES-1, 2, 3, 7, 10R and 10) shall not install raceways within, or on,
buildings.
(a) Exception
1: ER Licensees and journeymen may install raceways that are incidental to
residential wiring;
(b) Exception
2: ES-1 licensees and journeymen may install raceways that are required to
connect to sign or outline lighting circuit. Not to exceed 10 feet.
(4) Electrical
contracting defined: The definition of
contracting is set forth in Section 60-13-3 NMSA 1978, of the CILA, and nothing
in this rule shall be construed to conflict with that definition. However, for the purposes of clarity in this
rule, contracting is understood to include installations, alterations, repairs,
servicing and maintenance involving electrical systems. Refer to Section
60-13-32 NMSA 1978, for the definition of electrical wiring in reference to
these classifications.
(5) Electrical
customer-owned distribution systems are subject to all adopted codes, standards,
and regulations. Customer-owned
distribution systems include all (non-utility owned or operated) overhead or
underground primary or secondary voltage electrical power line construction,
installation, alteration, repairs, and maintenance.
B. License
classifications.
(1) Residential and commercial.
(a) EE-98. Residential, and
commercial and industrial electrical wiring 5000 volts, nominal or less. Requires four years’
experience. Includes all electrical systems
and wiring methods operating at 5000 volts, nominal, or less; electrical
systems and wiring methods identified in electrical specialty classifications
ES-1, ES-2, ES-3 and ES-7 ES-10R, or ES-10 residential electrical systems and wiring
methods identified in classification ER-1; trenching and ductwork
associated with classification EL-1; associated excavating, trenching, boring,
shoring, backfilling, compacting for all electrical systems and wiring methods
of 5000 volts, nominal or less. Does not
include electrical wiring defined in the EL-1 classification other than
trenching and duct work as specified above.
(b) ER-1. Residential electrical wiring
5000 volts, nominal or less. Requires two years’ experience. Includes electrical
systems and wiring methods of 5000 volts, nominal or less at residential one
and two-family dwelling units; multi-family dwellings when all such units are
all on the ground floor with no occupancies above or below, as set forth in
14.10.4 NMAC. Does not include wiring
for commercial use, such as motels, hotels and similar occupancies. May not contract for more than four dwelling
units in any single building or structure.
(c) EL-1. Electrical distribution and transmission
systems over 5000 volts, nominal.
Requires four years’ experience.
Includes all electrical systems and wiring methods operating at over
5000 volts, nominal; overhead or underground electrical distribution and
transmission circuits, equipment,; associated towers,
tower foundations and other supporting structures; associated excavating, trenching,
boring, shoring, backfilling, compacting and ductwork; sub-stations and
terminal facilities. Does not include
any electrical wiring specified or other electrical classifications EE-98, ER-1,
ES-1, ES-2, ES-3, ES-7, ES-10R or ES-10.
(2) Electrical Specialty licenses.
(a) ES-1.
Electrical signs and outline lighting. Requires two years’ experience. Installation at commercial locations only. Outline
lighting is an arrangement of LED, incandescent lamps, or gaseous tubes to
outline and call attention to certain features such as the shape of a building
or the decoration of a window and may or may not contribute to the general
illumination of an area. Includes commercial electrical wiring methods of 5000 volts,
nominal or less required to complete the installation of the sign or outline
lighting where a “sign circuit” or outline lighting circuit has been
provided within 10 feet of the roof or wall of the structure supporting the
sign or outline lighting; concrete for the foundation of poles; build
structures for the support of such signs associated excavating, trenching,
boring, shoring, backfilling, compacting; installation of underground
electrical wiring methods of 5000 volts, nominal or less required to complete
the installation of the “sign circuit” not to exceed 10 feet from the
foundation of the sign.
(b) ES-2. Cathodic protection and
lightening protection systems. Requires two years’ experience. Includes interior and exterior cathodic
protection and lightening protection systems at commercial and residential
locations; electrical wiring methods of 5000 volts, nominal or less required to
complete a cathodic grounding protection system only; electrical wiring methods
of 5000 volts, nominal or less required to complete a lightening protection
system only. May not install the service riser, main service or service
grounding.
(c) ES-3.
Low voltage special systems (under 50 volts). Requires two years’
experience. Interior and exterior
special systems, cabling and interconnections at commercial and residential
locations, privately and publically owned operating at 50 volts or less;
includes telecommunications systems; fire alarm systems, CATV systems; audio
and visual systems; security systems; door and gate operated control circuits;
temperature control circuits, other low voltage specialty systems operating at
50 volts or less; low voltage special systems cables installed in plenum or
non-plenum rated walls or ceilings; low voltage special systems cables in
existing raceways installed by others as defined at Paragraph (2) of Subsection
A of 14.6.6.10 NMAC; direct burial low voltage special systems cables; overhead
low voltage special systems cabling to structures; terminations and splicing of
low voltage special system conductors; associated excavating, trenching,
boring, shoring, backfilling, compacting; installation of underground
electrical wiring methods required to complete any of the special systems
listed above. An installer of television
receive-only (TVROs) (dishes) is not required to have a contractor’s license
when the installation is in a single-family dwelling and does not require the
use of 120 volts for tracking. Does not include interior or exterior wiring of
circuits operating above 50 volts which requires an EE-98 or ER-1 classification.
(d) ES-7. Telephone communication
systems.
Requires two years’ experience. Interior
and exterior telecommunications cabling and interconnections at commercial and
residential locations, in publicly or privately owned buildings; includes
telecommunication cables installed in plenum or non-plenum rated walls or ceilings;
telecommunication cables in existing raceways installed by others as defined at
Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of 14.6.6.10 NMAC; direct burial telecommunication
cables; overhead telecommunication cabling to structures; terminations and
splicing of communication conductors; associated excavating trenching, boring,
shoring, backfilling, compacting, installation of underground electrical wiring
methods required to complete the installation of telecommunications systems;
terminal facilities; installation of integrated services digital network cross
connect equipment; installation of VoIP switching technology equipment,
repeaters, including the installation of instruments at their terminating
locations. Does not include Interior or exterior wiring of circuits operating
above 50 volts which requires an EE-98 classification.
(e) ES-10R. Residential water well pump installer. Requires two years’
experience. Residential water well pumps, 120/240 volts or less, single phase
15 HP or less. Includes the installation,
maintenance, repairing or replacement of electrical equipment, wiring,
and accessories directly associated with water well pump systems; single phase
variable frequency drives; subpanels, luminaires, and receptacle outlets
installed within the well pit or well enclosure; branch circuit or feeder
conductors from the service equipment or panel board to the well pump location;
incidental excavation, trenching; solar photo-voltaic arrays 5 kW or less when
dedicated to pumping equipment; does not include electrical systems over 240
volts, pumps over 15 HP, electrical services, building wiring or any other
electrical wiring.
(f) ES-10. Water well pump installer. Requires two years’
experience. Commercial water well pumps, 600 volts or less, single or three
phase. Includes the installation,
maintenance, repairing or replacing electrical equipment, wiring, and
accessories directly associated with water well pump systems; variable
frequency drives; subpanels, luminaires, and receptacle outlets installed
within the well pit or well enclosure; branch circuit or feeder conductors from
the service equipment or panel board to the well pump location; incidental excavation and trenching; solar
photo-voltaic arrays 5 kW or less when dedicated to pumping equipment. Does not include systems over 600 volts,
electrical services, building wiring or any other electrical wiring.
C. Journeyman
classifications.
(1) EE-98J. Journeyman residential and commercial electrical. Requires four years’
experience. Can
work under EE-98, ER-1 and all electrical specialty licenses. If working under
an ER-1 or a specialty license the journeyman holding this certification may
perform work only within the scope of the contractor’s license.
(2) ER-1J. Journeyman residential wiring. Requires two years’
experience.
Can work under an EE-98 or an ER-1 license.
(3) EL-1J. Journeyman electrical distribution systems,
including transmission lines. Requires four years’ experience. Can work under an
EL-1 license.
(4) ES-1J. Journeyman electrical signs
and outline lighting.
Requires two years’ experience. Can work under an ES-1 or an EE-98
license.
(5) ES-2. Journeyman cathodic protection
and lightening protection systems. Requires two years’ experience. Can work under an
ES-2 or an EE-98 license.
(6) ES-3J. Journeyman sound, intercommunication,
electrical alarm systems, and systems 50 volts and under. Requires two years’
experience. Can
work under an ES-3, ER-1 or an EE-98 license.
(7) ES-7J. Journeyman telephone
communication systems and telephone interconnect systems. Requires two years’
experience.
Can work under an ES-7, ER-1 or EE-98 license.
(8) ES-10RJ. Journeyman residential water
well pump installer.
Requires two years’ experience. Can work under an ES-10R, ER-1 or EE-98
license.
(9) ES-10J. Journeyman water well pump
installer.
Requires two years’ experience. Can work under an ES-10, ER-1 or EE-98
license.
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14.6.6.11 MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING
CLASSIFICATIONS:
A. General information.
(1) A
journeyman certificate of competence in the appropriate trade classification is
required of all individuals performing mechanical and plumbing work; provided
however, that an apprentice, as is defined in Section 60-13-2 NMSA 1978,
may work under the direct supervision of a validly certified journeyman as that
term is defined in Section 60-13-2 NMSA 1978. Journeyman certificates are
classified according to the type of work the journeyman is certified to
perform. A journeyman may engage in the trade authorized by the certificate of
competence issued to the journeyman only when employed by an entity: (1) that
is validly licensed to perform the type of work for which the journeyman is
certified or, (2) that holds a valid annual permit authorizing the entity to
engage in the type of work for which the journeyman is certified.
(2) Ratio
of unregistered apprentices. The ratio
of certified journeyman to unregistered apprentices must not exceed:
(a) one
journeyman supervising and overseeing the work of two unregistered apprentices
on commercial or industrial work;
(b) one
journeyman supervising and overseeing the work of three unregistered apprentices
on residential work.
(3) Contracting
of mechanical or plumbing work includes installations, alterations, repairs,
servicing and maintenance which clarifies Section 60-13-3 NMSA 1978.
(4) Refer to
Section 60-13-32 NMSA 1978, for the definitions of plumbing, fixtures and gas-fitting
in referenced to these classifications.
B. License
classifications. Residential and
commercial.
(1) MM-1.
Plumbing.
Requires four years’ experience.
Install, alter, repair, service, and maintain plumbing, plumbing
fixtures, and piping, includes incidental concrete supports, and excavating,
trenching and backfilling; includes hot water heating systems not exceeding 30
p.s.i. or 400,000 b.t.u./hour input; piping for fuel, oil and gasoline; piping
and appurtenances for solar thermal energy systems; potable water irrigation
sprinkler systems; swimming pools and spas; includes pneumatic or electric
controls and control wiring not greater than 24 volts; septic tanks, manholes
and sewer lines; does not include installation of natural gas fired appliances
or natural gas piping; piping and agricultural sprinkler irrigation system
installation and maintenance on farm or ranch property that moves water for
livestock use or irrigation purposes from a privately owned well or pipeline,
not connected to a public potable water supply are exempt from licensing
requirements. When connected to a potable water source all connections must be
downstream of an approved back flow prevention device. If a backflow prevention
device is required it shall be permitted and installed by a properly certified
journeyman employed by an appropriately licensed contractor.
(2) MM-2. Natural gas fitting. Requires four years’
experience. Install, alter, repair,
service and maintain natural gas piping and fittings; install hot water heating
systems not exceeding 30 p.s.i. or 400,000 b.t.u./hour input; steam and hot
water boilers; may connect water to existing valved outlets; warm air heating
systems including chimney connections, flues, refractories, burners, fittings
valves, thermal insulation, accessories and incidental piping; warm air
appliances and other listed gas appliances; incidental controls and control
wiring, pneumatic control systems; includes all required excavating, trenching
and backfilling. May not install LP Gas
systems.
(3) MM-3. Heating, ventilation & air
conditioning (HVAC).
Requires four years’ experience.
Install, alter, repair, service and maintain HVAC air handling and
refrigeration equipment and piping, including fans, coils, condensing units,
self-contained packaged air conditioning or heating units, evaporative cooling
units, and ductwork and accessories including solar air heating and cooled
mechanical air handling and ventilation applications; may connect water to
existing valved outlets, and install controls, and control wiring not to exceed
24 volts; may bid and contract for structural alterations, electrical wiring
and other work incidental to this scope of work, provided such work is
performed by a validly licensed contractor.
(4) MM-4.
Heating, cooling and process piping. Requires four years’ experience. Install, alter, repair, service and
maintain hydronic heating, cooling and process piping, piping and
appurtenances for steam and hot water systems of any temperature or pressure
range, chilled water systems, condensing water systems and other process piping
systems; includes air handling equipment, pressure vessels, heat exchangers,
boilers, refrigeration water chillers, cooling towers, fuel oil tanks and fuel
oil piping; electric controls and control wiring not to exceed 24 volts; install
high pressure and process piping solar thermal energy systems of any temperature
or pressure range conveying gas or fluids other than potable water; water based
fire protection sprinkler systems, dry chemical fire protection systems.
(5) MM-98. Mechanical. Requires four years’
experience. Indicates licensure in
individual classifications MM-1 through MM-4 and covers all work described in
these classifications, as well as work described in the MS-3, MS-6, MS-12 and
MS-14.
C. Mechanical Specialty classifications:
(1) MS-3. Septic tanks & sewer. Requires two years’
experience. Install, alter, repair,
service or maintain septic tanks and private sewage disposal systems, manholes
and sewer lines, beginning at a connection to a public or private utility and
ending at a point five feet beyond the outside wall of a building or structured;
excavate, trench, backfill and grade as necessary; install or repair incidental
plug-in type electrical control panels, controls and control wiring not to
exceed 24 volts.
(2) MS-6. Lawn sprinklers. Requires two years’
experience. Install, alter, repair,
service or maintain potable water sprinkler systems; excavate, trench,
backfill and grade as necessary; backflow prevention devices incidental plug-in
type electrical control panels, controls and control wiring not to exceed 24
volts.
(3) MS-12. Fire protection sprinkler
systems.
Requires four years’ experience.
Install alter, repair, service or maintain water-based fire
protection systems required pressure or storage tanks, controls and control
wiring up to 24 volts; excavate and backfill and install piping from structure
to off-site water supply adjacent to fire protection system property; bid
or contract for structural alterations, electrical wiring, etc., incidental to
the system installation, provided such work is performed by a validly licensed
contractor.
(4) MS-14. Dry chemical fire protection. Requires four years’
experience. Install, alter, repair,
or service or maintain gaseous or chemical based fire protection systems
including carbon dioxide (CO), or clean agents; pressurized storage
tanks, valves, temperature sensing devices, solenoid or safety shut-off devices
and other incidental controls and control wiring up to 24 volts; bid or contract
for structural alterations, electrical wiring, etc., incidental to the system
installation, provided such work is performed by a properly licensed
contractor.
D. Journeyman classifications. Requires two years’
experience.
(1) JP.
journeyman plumber. Can work
under a MM-1 or MM-98 license.
(2) JPF.
journeyman pipe fitter. Can
work under a MM-1, MM-2, MM-4 or MM-98 license.
(3) JG.
journeyman natural gas fitter. Can
work under an MM-2 or MM-98 license.
(4) JPG.
journeyman plumber and natural gas fitter. Can work under a MM-1, MM-2 or MM-98 license.
(5) JR.
journeyman refrigeration. Must demonstrate compliance with environmental
protection agency (EPA) recovery requirements prior to a certificate being
issued. Can work under an MM-3 or MM-98.
(6) JS.
journeyman sprinkler. Can
work under a MS-6, MM-1 or MM-98 license.
(7) JSM.
journeyman sheet metal. Can
work under a MM-3 or MM-98 license.
(8) JW.
journeyman welder. Must obtain either a JP, JG, JPG, JPF
or JSM certification and demonstrate compliance with the American society of
mechanical engineers (ASME) section 9 certification. Can work under an MM-1, MM-2, MM-3, MM-4 or
MM-98 license when holding the appropriate journeyman certification for the
license classification.
(9) JMG. journeyman medical gas installer. Must obtain either JP, JG, JPG or JPF certification and demonstrate
compliance with medical gas certification as referenced in 14.9.5 NMAC. Can
work under an MM-1, MM-2, MM-4 or MM-98.
(10) MS-12J. journeyman fire protection sprinkler
systems. Requires four years’ experience Can work under a MS-12, MM-4
or MM-98 license.
(11) MS-14J. journeyman dry chemical fire protection. Requires four years’
experience. Can work under a MS-14, MM-4 or MM-98 license.
(12) BO1. journeyman boiler operator. Low
pressure only. Requires six months’ experience. Can be employed by an
institution that has a boiler; cannot perform construction or repair of a boiler.
(13) BO2. journeyman boiler operator. Low
and high pressure. Requires six months’ experience. Can be employed by an
institution that has a boiler; cannot perform construction or repair of a boiler.
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History
of 14.6.6 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC
History:
Material
in this part was derived from that previously filed with the commission of
public records - state records center and archives as:
CIC 70-2,
General Construction Classifications, filed 11/25/1970;
CIC 72-4,
General Construction Classifications, filed 2/16/1972;
CIC 76-2,
Rules And Regulations, filed 5/5/1976;
CID 78-2,
Rules And Regulations, filed 12/5/1978;
CID 79-1,
Rules And Regulations, filed 6/6/1979;
CID 82-1,
Construction Industries Rules And Regulations, filed 4/14/1982;
CID 85-1,
Construction Industries Rules And Regulations, filed 2/4/1985;
CID 90-1,
Construction Industries Rules And Regulations, filed 5/31/1990.
History of Repealed Material:
14 NMAC
5.6, Housing and Construction - Construction Industries General Provisions -
Classifications and Scopes (filed 9/2/1997), repealed effective 12/1/2000.
14.5.6
NMAC, Housing and Construction - Construction Industries General Provisions -
Classifications and Scopes (filed 10/16/2000), repealed 7/1/2004.
14.6.6
NMAC, Housing and Construction - Construction
Industries Licensing - Classifications and Scopes (filed 5/27/2004), repealed 2/1/2006.
14.6.6
NMAC, Housing and Construction - Construction
Industries Licensing - Classifications and Scopes (filed 1/3/2006), repealed 1/1/2014.
14.6.6 NMAC, Housing and
Construction - Construction Industries Licensing - Classifications and Scopes
(filed 12/2/2013), repealed 1/1/2014.
Other History:
That
portion of CID 90-1, Construction Industries Rules And Regulations, filed 5/31/1990
- renumbered, reformatted and amended to 14 NMAC 5.6, Housing and Construction -
Construction Industries General Provisions - Classifications And Scopes,
effective 9/14/1996.
14 NMAC
5.6, Housing and Construction - Construction Industries General Provisions -
Classifications And Scopes (filed 9/03/1996) replaced by 14 NMAC 5.6, Housing
and Construction - Construction Industries General Provisions - Classifications
and Scopes, effective 9/23/1997.
14 NMAC
5.6, Housing and Construction - Construction Industries General Provisions -
Classifications and Scopes, filed 9/2/1997 replaced by 14.5.6 NMAC, Housing and
Construction - Construction Industries General Provisions - Classifications and
Scopes, effective 12/1/2000.
14.5.6
NMAC, Housing and Construction - Construction Industries General Provisions -
Classifications and Scopes (filed 10/16/2000), replaced by 14.6.6 NMAC, Housing
and Construction - Construction Industries Licensing -
Classifications and Scopes, effective 7/1/2004.
14.6.6
NMAC, Housing and Construction - Construction
Industries Licensing - Classifications and Scopes (filed 5/27/2004), replaced
by 14.6.6 NMAC, Housing and
Construction - Construction Industries Licensing - Classifications and
Scopes, effective 2/1/2006.
14.6.6
NMAC, Housing and Construction - Construction
Industries Licensing - Classifications and Scopes (filed 1/3/2006), replaced by
14.6.6 NMAC, Housing and Construction -
Construction Industries Licensing - Classifications and Scopes,
effective 1/1/2014.
14.6.6 NMAC, Housing and Construction - Construction
Industries Licensing - Classifications and Scopes (filed 12/2/2013), replaced
by 14.6.6 NMAC, Housing and
Construction - Construction Industries Licensing - Classifications and
Scopes, effective 1/1/2014.
14.6.6 NMAC, Housing and Construction - Construction
Industries Licensing - Classifications and Scopes (filed 1/1/2014), replaced by
14.6.6 NMAC, Housing and Construction -
Construction Industries Licensing - Classifications and Scopes,
effective 3/10/2022.