Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine January 2023

HVACR NewsMagazine January 2023

State National Chapter News

Additional education providers and classes are being added almost weekly. The most recent list is available at the Department of Labor and Licensing HVACR website https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/wp content/uploads/Approved-HVACR CEU-Provider-Classes-2023.pdf continuing

education with Board approval; however, only 2 or 4 CEs are needed and the excess does not roll over to the next renewal cycle. You noticed that we referred to 2 or 4 hours. A class may be approved for 2 hours of technical training or 2 hours of code or 2 hours of both technical and code. The decision is based on the content of the class. A class may have sufficient content in both areas to be approved for 2 hours of technical and 2 hours of code. That is a decision of the provider as approved by the Board. Bottom line is that 2 hours of technical and 2 hours of code are required. This is the first year of the requirement so there is a lot of confusion. The final authority is the Department of Labor and Licensing HVACR program. Lindsay Moore, Labor Section Manager, and Tony Woodard, State Chief Mechanical Inspector, make the decisions and work to facilitate a smooth implementation of the continuing education program. The program is already improving education.

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Just a reminder. Continuing Education units are only available for the upcoming license renewal. For example, if you have more than the 4 hours required, the excess cannot be carried over to the next license renewal. Continuing Education “ Units ” as they are called are generally awarded for every approximate hour of class. If your class was 6 hours long, the provider may award 6 hours of continuing