A. For a journeyman oil burner technician license, a person must present satisfactory evidence to the board of at least one year's licensed practical experience as an apprentice oil burner technician, or 6 months of licensed practical experience and completion of an oil burner technician course at a Maine technical community college, regional applied technology center, applied technology region or comparable institute from Maine or another state consisting, at a minimum, of 160 hours of study of which at least 75 hours are made up of laboratory work on oil burner equipment and related systems. An out-of-state applicant must present satisfactory evidence to the board of experience in installing, cleaning, servicing, altering and repairing oil burning equipment.

Sec. 120. 32 MRSA §3501, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 386, Pt. L, §6, is further amended to read:

B. A minimum of 2,000 hours of work in the field of plumbing installations as a journeyman-in-training under the supervision of a licensed master plumber, as long as the work experience is obtained within 4 years of the date upon which the applicant was issued a journeyman-in- training license. A journeyman-in-training license must be issued upon sworn application to any person who has satisfactorily completed one academic year of instruction in plumbing at a board-approved technical community college and who has obtained a passing grade, as determined by the board on the journeyman's examination.

Sec. 121. 32 MRSA §3501, sub-§2-B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 386, Pt. L, §6, is amended to read:

2-B. Journeyman-in-training. The board may issue a journeyman-in-training license to a person who provides satisfactory evidence of completion of a plumbing course consisting of one year or 2 semesters at a board-approved technical community college. A journeyman-in-training license is valid for a single nonrenewable period of 4 years and may be issued only once to any individual.

Sec. 122. 32 MRSA §8105, sub-§7-A, ¶D, as amended by PL 1989, c. 443, §90, is further amended to read:

D. Possesses a minimum of 6 years of preparation consisting of a combination of: