§ 321.105. Definitions.

Within the building code of this Ordinance Code:

(a)

Apprentice or helper means a person employed in a trade or craft specified in Section 342.110 or Section 321.107 for the purpose of learning that trade or craft through practical experience under the direction and supervision of a certified master or journeyman craftsmen.

(b)

Board means the Construction Trades Qualifying Board.

(c)

Contractor means a person who engages in business, under express or implied contract, in the performance of those construction trades specifically included in Section 342.110 or Section 321.107, who undertakes, offers to undertake or purports to have the capacity to undertake or who submits a bid to, or does himself or by or through others, engage in the business of doing the construction trade. Neither a person who only furnishes material, supplies or equipment without consuming them in the work of a contractor nor a person who engages in the activities herein regulated as an employee with wages as his sole compensation is a contractor.

(d)

Contractor certificate means a certificate of competency issued by the Board which certifies that its holder has met this Chapter's and the Board's requirement to engage in business as a contractor in the category indicated on the certificate. A contractor certificate is not an occupational license.

(e)

Craftsman certificate means a certificate of competency issued by the Board which certifies that its holder has met this Chapter's and the Board's requirements and is competent to perform the trade or craft indicated on the certificate. A craftsman certificate does not qualify the holder to engage in business as a contractor.

(f)

Journeyman craftsman means a person who has been examined by the Board and found to have the required skill, knowledge and experience to do the work in the performance of a particular trade or craft and who holds a current valid journeyman craftsman certificate issued by the Board.

(g)

Maintenance craftsman means a person holding a valid certificate as a journeyman or master craftsman who is employed full time for the purpose of maintaining and making minor repairs to systems, apparatus and equipment, provided the work is limited to the premises at one location or one address owned or occupied by his employer. Premise is defined as a single building, or a cluster of buildings such as a facility or complex within a defined geographical area. One address is defined as the address of a single building or the rental or business office address of a cluster of buildings within a defined geographical area. For the purpose of this Section, maintenance and minor repairs shall mean maintaining or replacing existing apparatus, equipment, electrical components or wiring; but shall not include adding any additional apparatus, equipment, electrical component or wiring.

(h)

Master craftsman means a person who has been examined by the Board and found to have the required skill, knowledge and experience to plan, lay out, supervise and do the work of a particular trade or craft and who holds a current valid master craftsman certificate issued by the Board.

(i)

Qualifying agent means a person who holds a current master craftsman certificate issued by the Board and possesses the requisite skill, knowledge and experience, and has the responsibility, to supervise, direct, manage and control the contracting activities of the business entity for whom he is a qualifying agent with which he is connected; who has the responsibility to supervise, direct, manage and control construction activities on a job for which he has obtained the permit; and whose technical and personal qualifications have been determined by investigation and examination as provided in this Chapter, as attested by the Board. However, an applicant for a contractor's certificate of competency as a general, building or residential contractor, a commercial, residential or swimming pool servicing contractor, a roofing contractor, a sheet metal contractor, carpentry subcontractor, or irrigation contractor, need not hold a master certificate of competency in those categories, but will be considered as the qualifying agent for the respective contracting entity and is subject to all the rules and regulations applicable to all qualifying agents, unless specifically exempted.

(j)

Trade and craft means occupations in the construction field which require skill, knowledge, manual ability and experience to perform and include only those specific occupations provided in Section 342.110 or Section 321.107.

(k)

Servicemen craftsman means a person who has been examined by the Board and found to have the required skill, knowledge and experience to do the work in the performance of a particular trade or craft and who holds a current valid installer certificate issued by the Board.

(l)

Installer craftsman means a person who has been examined by the Board and found to have the required skill, knowledge and experience to do the work in the performance of a particular trade or craft and who holds a current valid installer certificate issued by the Board.

(m)

Specialty subcontractor means a person who specializes in one of the specialty trades specifically included in Section 342.110 or Section 321.107, and whose scope of work is so limited under that certificate of competency as issued by the Board and who undertakes, offers to undertake or purports to have the capacity to undertake or who submits a bid to, or does himself or by or through others, engage in the business of doing the specialty subcontracting and who engages in business under express or implied contract. Such specialty subcontractors shall only subcontract with a qualified contractor or other permit holder.

(n)

Specialty contractor means a person not registered with the state, who specializes in one of the specialty trades specifically included in Section 342.110 or Section 321.107, and whose scope of work is so limited under that certificate of competency as issued by the Board and who undertakes, offers to undertake or purports to have the capacity to undertake or who submits a bid to, or does himself or by or through others, engage in the business of doing the specialty contracting and who engages in business under express or implied contract. Such specialty contractors must comply with all permitting requirements.

(Ord. 2001-1160-E, § 1)