Oregon Contractors License

Commercial Developer

A commercial developer is a developer of property that is zoned for or intended for use compatible with a small commercial or large commercial structure. A developer may only act in association with licensed and properly endorsed general contractors and may not perform any of the actual construction work on the property. Bond: $20,000 Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence Experience: None Training: None RMI: No RMI is required Note: Where it states above that a certain class may have "Up to X number of hours," of required continuing education, that number may vary as demonstrated in the example here (these are actual hour requirements): Level 2 commercial general or specialty contractors need: 32 hours of education.? Level 1 commercial general or specialty contractors need: 5 or more key employees: 80 hours 4 key employees: 64 hours 3 key employees: 48 hours 2 key employees: 32 hours 1 key employee: 16 hours

Commercial General Contractor Level 1

A commercial general contractor level 1 is a contractor whose business (including subcontractors) requires the use of more than two unrelated business trades and who undertake or offers to undertake work in connection with small or large commercial structure. (For definitions of small and large commercial structures, see ORS 701.005.) Here are the requirements a Commercial Contractor level 1. Remember to bookmark this information in NASCLA Contractors Guide 1-4. Bond: $75,000 Insurance: $2,000,000 Aggregate Experience: 8 years experience or qualifying substitute education Training: Up to 80 hours of continuing education for key personnel (Key personnel is defined as a CCB applicant or an employee) RMI: Must have an RMI

Home Services Contractor

A contractor that operates a business assigning home energy performance scores. The contractor may not provide other services. Bond: $10,000 Insurance: $100,000 Occurrence Experience: None Training: None RMI: Needs RMI. Owner or employee must be certified home energy assessor.

Home Inspector Services Contractor

A contractor that operates a business providing the services of home inspectors. The contractor may not provide other services. Bond: 10,000 Insurance: 100,000 Occurrence Experience: None Training: None RMI: RMI must be certified home inspector

Residential Locksmith Services Contractor

A contractor that operates a business providing the services of locksmiths. The contractor may not provide other services. Bond: $10,000 Insurance: $100,000 Occurrence Experience: None Training: None RMI: RMI must be certified locksmith

what is a small residential structure?

A nonresidential structure with a ground area of 10,000 square feet or less and the structure is not more than 20 feet tall; or A nonresidential unit in a larger structure if the unit is 12,000 square feet or less and the unit is not more than 20 feet tall; or Any appurtenance to the above (appurtenances are any necessary improvement to real estate associated with a structure); or A nonresidential structure of any size if the contract price for all construction is not more than $250,000. A large commercial structure is any nonresidential structure that is larger than a small commercial structure.

Residential Developer

A residential developer is a developer of property that is zoned for or intended for use compatible with a residential or small commercial structure. Bond: $20,000 Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence Experience: None Training: None RMI: No RMI is required

What isa residential contractor ?

A residential general contractor is a contractor whose business (including subcontracts) requires the use of more than two unrelated business trades and who undertakes or offers to undertake work in connection with residential or small commercial structures.

Residential General Contractor

A residential general contractor is a contractor whose business (including subcontracts) requires the use of more than two unrelated business trades and who undertakes or offers to undertake work in connection with residential or small commercial structures. Notice that the residential general contractor can perform small commercial projects as well, but is not allowed to perform work on large commercial structures. Bond: $20,000 Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence Experience: None Training: 16 hours of continuing education RMI: Must have an RMI

Residential Limited Contractor

A residential limited contractor performs work on residential or small commercial structures but does not perform work exceeding $40,000 in annual volume or enter into any one contract to perform work that exceeds $5,000 per job site per year. Bond: $10,000 Insurance: $100,000 Occurrence Experience: None Training: 8 hours of continuing education RMI: Must have an RMI

Residential Specialty Contractor

A residential specialty contractor is a contractor whose business requires the use of two or fewer unrelated business trades and who undertakes or offers to undertake work in connection with residential or small commercial structures (generally less than 20 feet tall and less than 10,000 square feet; see ORS 701.005 for more). Bond: $15,000 Insurance: $300,000 Occurrence Experience: None Training: 16 hours of continuing education RMI: Must have an RMI

What isa residential structure?

A residential structure includes a site-built home; a structure that contains one or more dwelling units and is four stories or less; a condominium or other residential unit; a modular home constructed off-site; a floating home; a manufactured dwelling; and any appurtenance to the listed structures.

Commercial General Contractor Level 2

Bond: $20,000 Insurance: $1,000,000 Aggregate Experience: 4 years experience or qualifying substitute education Training: Up to 32 hours of continuing education for key personnel RMI: Must have an RMI

Commercial Specialty Contractor Level 2

Bond: $20,000 Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence Experience: 4 years experience or qualifying substitute education Training: Up to 32 hours of continuing education for key personnel RMI: Must have an RMI What's the difference between occurrence and aggregate? For test purposes you really only need to know limits as they apply to the various endorsements, but when you start looking to purchase liability insurance, you should know that per occurrence is similar to saying per incident, while aggregate limits can apply to one or more than one occurrence or incident during the insurance policy period.

what chapter has licensing exemptions?

Chapter 1

Special Endorsements Certified Lead-Based Paint Renovation Contractors that perform renovations on target housing or child-occupied facilities are required to hold a certified Lead-Based Paint Renovation (LBPR) Contractor's License. A renovation refers to the modifying of an existing structure (or portion of the structure) that disturbs the painted surface. Renovations do not include minor repairs and maintenance. Another way to look at this is that renovations do not include any modifications that disrupt less than 6 square feet of an interior painted area, or that disrupt less than 20 square feet of a painted exterior surface. Target housing is housing built before 1978. This doesn't include housing for the elderly or persons with disabilities; or housing with no bedrooms. Child-occupied facilities are buildings that are regularly used by the same child under age 6. Child-occupied facilities can include the following.

Day care centers Preschools Kindergarten classrooms Restrooms commonly used by children under age 6 Child-occupied facilities usually don't include the following. Sunday school classrooms (used only weekly) Supermarkets (visits less than 3 hours; not same child) Hallways in public schools

A licensed landscape contracting business that constructs fences, decks, arbors, patios, landscape edging, driveways, walkways or retaining walls is exempt from licensing as a contractor. True or False

True