Oregon Statutes 701.086 – Key employee continuing education
(1) A commercial general contractor level 1 or commercial specialty contractor level 1 shall have a key employee, or combination of key employees, who completes at least 40 hours of continuing education per year.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 701.086
- Board: means the Construction Contractors Board. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Commercial contractor: means a licensed contractor that holds an endorsement as a:
(a) Commercial general contractor level 1;
(b) Commercial specialty contractor level 1;
(c) Commercial general contractor level 2;
(d) Commercial specialty contractor level 2; or
(e) Commercial developer. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Contractor: means any of the following:
(a) A person that, for compensation or with the intent to sell, arranges or undertakes or offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, inspect, move, wreck or demolish, for another, a building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement attached to real estate, or to do any part thereof. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- General contractor: means a contractor whose business operations require the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts that the contractor supervises or performs in whole or part, whenever the sum of all contracts on any single property, including materials and labor, exceeds an amount established by rule by the board. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Key employee: means an employee or owner of a contractor who is a corporate officer, manager, superintendent, foreperson or lead person or any other employee the board identifies by rule. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Specialty contractor: includes a person who performs work regulated under ORS § 446. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
(2) A commercial general contractor level 2 or commercial specialty contractor level 2 shall have a key employee, or combination of key employees, who completes the equivalent of at least 16 hours of continuing education per year.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, if a commercial general contractor level 1 or commercial specialty contractor level 1 has no more than four key employees, the contractor shall have a key employee, or combination of key employees, that completes continuing education each year equivalent to the number of key employees multiplied by eight hours.
(4) Continuing education may be provided by post-secondary institutions, trade schools, trade associations, professional societies, private companies, public agencies, business associations and contractor-provided in-house training programs. Continuing education topics may include, but need not be limited to, construction means, methods and business practices.
(5) A contractor applying for renewal shall certify the number of continuing education hours completed during the preceding licensing period.
(6) A contractor subject to this section shall maintain records of the continuing education completed by key employees.
(7) This section does not apply to a commercial contractor:
(a) That is subject to regulation under ORS § 479.510 to 479.945 or 480.510 to 480.670 or ORS Chapter 693; or
(b) As provided by rule by the Construction Contractors Board. [Formerly 701.124]