Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine March 2024

News Magazine March 2024

FEATURE STORY

class, the CEU number, the date taken, and the instructor. • Licensees should keep the certificate where they can easily find it, whether as a hard copy or on their computer. • At renewal, the licensee will send a copy of the CE certificate to the Department of Labor and Licensing. • The process will change at some point. Hopefully, the program will institute software that can be reported to by the providers and then looked up by department. Will certainly make things easier but the technology is not quite ready. So, keep your copies and submit when you renew. • Several distributors, colleges, and manufacturers are scheduling classes for 2024. Licensees should contact their distributor or manufacturer or college about their schedule. Make sure that the class has a CE# so you can get credit for the class at licensing. • The Association has 8 code classes scheduled for March and again next October. This will be a regular schedule for the Association. The Association classes are offered during the regular Chapter meetings and are open to members and non-members. A non-member is charged a small fee but the class is free to members. A meal is also furnished with the class. When will the classes begin? How will I know when the classes are? • Contact your distributor, college, manufacturer, or the Association.

• You can also take classes online. Google, Arkansas HVACR Continuing Education for links. Be careful to register for those classes for Arkansas. Some online providers offer classes for several states and you need to be sure that you enroll in a class for Arkansas.

When should I get my continuing education?

Prior to your license renewal.

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• Give yourself a few months of buffer in case you forget or get busy or have an emergency.

What happens if I forget and don’t get all 4 hours of required continuing education before my license needs to renew? You will not be able to renew your license; however, The program is extending a short grace period for now. How long is the grace period? Well, it is about 90 days now, but that is not an