Georgia Conditioned Air Contractor

License Requirements

• Pre-approval from the state is required to sit for the examination.
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• Please note that a separate Georgia Business and Law exam is NOT required to be passed to obtain your contractor’s license. It is incorporated into the Conditioned Air examination.
• There are 2 levels of Conditioned Air Contractor Licenses offered in Georgia. The experience requirements are listed below:
  
  • Applicants must document experience and submit three letters of reference.
  • Class 1 – Restricted – Applicants must document a minimum of four years experience.
  • Class 2 – Unrestricted – Applicants must show five years of experience and must have documented experience with installations of conditioned air systems, which exceed 175,000 BTU (net) of heating and 60,000 BTU of cooling.
  • Experience for Class I shall consist of two years of installation as a lead mechanic, one year as a service technician or service supervisor (to include an Environmental Protection Agency license), one year of residential supervisory experience, and a Board approved heat loss and gain and duct design.
  • Experience for Class II shall consist of two years of installation as a lead mechanic with at least one of the years being commercial only, one year as a service technician or service supervisor (to include an Environmental Protection Agency license), two years of commercial supervisory experience and a Board approved heat loss and gain and duct design course.
  • Education may be applied toward the experience requirements as follows:
  • (a) Completion of a diploma program of a technical school in engineering or engineering technology may be credited as no more than 2 years experience.
  • (b) Completion of a certificate program of a vocational-technical school may be credited as no more than 1-year experience.