Ohio HVAC continuing education requirements

HVAC Contractor (commercial), Hydronics Contractor (commercial) and Refrigeration Contractor (commercial): 10 hours (the license renews every year). Check with Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (OCILB) - Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Industrial Compliance before you rely on it.

No more than 10 hours are credited per calendar day. The figure shown in the hours field is the standard 10; program members need 8 per year. Check with Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (OCILB) - Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Industrial Compliance before you rely on it.

Standard rule: 10 classroom hours per year (50-minute hours) of board-approved courses (OAC 4101:16-2-08, effective 5/13/2022). Electrical-only licensees need half of their hours in electrical code; electrical plus other trades need half in electrical code and half in any approved course; plumbing, hydronics, HVAC and refrigeration licensees may take any approved course. Check with Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (OCILB) - Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Industrial Compliance before you rely on it.

HVAC Contractor (commercial), Hydronics Contractor (commercial) and Refrigeration Contractor (commercial): Annual (or 3-year for Compliant Contractor Program members) renewal on the license's individual expiration date. All of a holder's Ohio construction licenses expire on the same date, the expiration date of the original license (ORC 4740.06(H)). The date is license-specific (no fixed calendar date); look it up in the eLicense Center. The board provides the renewal application at least 90 days before expiry (OAC 4101:16-2-06) and the renewal may be filed no more than 90 calendar days before expiry (ORC 4740.06(H)). Compliant Contractor Program members (about one year of timely renewals and no discipline) get a 2-hour reduction: 8 hours for an annual renewal or 24 hours for a 3-year renewal (OAC 4101:16-1-08(C)); the board's page lists 8 and 24. Online self-guided hours are limited to 4 per year on an annual renewal and 12 on a 3-year renewal (board notice effective 9/1/2018); the same 4-hour class cannot be repeated in one year. Hours above the requirement cannot be applied to the next renewal period (within a 3-year period hours can be taken in any year). Not completing the hours by expiration suspends the license. Check with Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (OCILB) - Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Industrial Compliance before you rely on it.