What the State of Ohio Requires to be Certified

 

The Application

 

 

NOTE 8. Applicants for Electrical Safety Inspector must be authorized by the Board prior to taking the required examinations.

Applicants for the Electrical Safety Inspector who fail the examinations twice must enter the Electrical Safety Inspector

Training Program.

 

103.3.3 Experience requirements of the applicant.

1. Only experience directly related to buildings or structures regulated by the OBC or RCO shall be acceptable for any residential

certification.

2. Only enforcement, inspection, or plans examination experience performed in compliance with one of the following shall be acceptable as

credit for any residential certification:

2.1 Performing code enforcement functions for an agency or jurisdiction outside the state of Ohio or in a jurisdiction enforcing a model

residential building code of a national model code organization or a code adopted for residential buildings or structures of the types

regulated by the rules of the board; or

2.2 An individual performing code enforcement functions for a certified residential or non-residential building department who is a

holder of a board certification other than that for which application is being made.

2.3 In evaluating experience of an applicant, the board of building standards shall not credit experience gained while acting in

violation of rules adopted by the board to establish equivalent experience. In evaluating experience it shall be equivalent

experience that provided knowledge as determined by the board of building standards. The experience must provide knowledge of

different construction methods, processes and types.

2.4 Experience prior to May 27, 2005, enforcing the provisions of a residential code of a model code organization recognized by the

board for residential structures of types regulated by the rules of the board may be considered.

3. For a residential building inspector applican

t, one year of the required experience may be obtained through education credit pursuant to

section 103.3.9.6.

103.3.3.1 Residential building official. An applicant for a residential building official certification shall meet one of the following

requirements:

1. Ohio registration as an architect or professional engineer;

2. At least five years experience as a residential contractor or non-residential contractor or superintendent with responsibility for

obtaining approvals and inspections of structures regulated by the rules of the board, or

3. Experience as specified in section 103.3.3(2).

103.3.6 Continuing education. Holders of certificates shall attend any mandatory board sponsored continuing education courses and complete

at least thirty hours of board approved continuing education in their respective classification prior to the expiration date of the certificate.