{
    "dataset": "Homzora Massachusetts Plumbing Licensure 2026",
    "title": "Massachusetts education and experience requirements for plumbing licensure",
    "period": "2026",
    "basis": "248 CMR 11.00, the education and experience standards and requirements for licensure published by the Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters.",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.mass.gov/doc/248-cmr-11-education-and-experience-standards-and-requirements-for-licensure/download",
        "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/massachusetts/248-CMR-3-03"
    ],
    "verified": "2026-09-21",
    "note": "Published alongside the Homzora Massachusetts repair obligations dataset because the two answer adjacent questions. The repair dataset establishes what a landlord must fix and how quickly. This one establishes who may lawfully perform the work. Figures are the clock hour and classroom requirements recorded in 248 CMR 11.02. This is not legal advice and is not a substitute for the Board rules.",
    "unverified_entries": [
        "Examination content, fee schedules, reciprocity with other states and continuing education requirements for renewal are not covered by this dataset and were not verified."
    ],
    "license": "CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Homzora, homzora.co",
    "methodology": "https://homzora.co/boston-housing-data/",
    "columns": [
        "provision",
        "subject",
        "what_it_requires",
        "key_figure",
        "notes"
    ],
    "rows": [
        {
            "provision": "248 CMR 11.02(1)(a)(1)",
            "subject": "Practical experience toward journeyman",
            "what_it_requires": "No less than 6,800 clock hours worked as a licensed apprentice under the supervision of a master or journeyman plumber.",
            "key_figure": "6,800 clock hours",
            "notes": "Supervised hours only. Work performed outside a licensed apprenticeship does not count toward the total."
        },
        {
            "provision": "248 CMR 11.02(1)(a)(2)(b)",
            "subject": "Classroom education toward journeyman",
            "what_it_requires": "550 clock hours of plumbing and gas fitting theory, completed over a minimum of four years.",
            "key_figure": "550 classroom hours over 4 years minimum",
            "notes": "The four year minimum is a floor on elapsed time, so the classroom requirement cannot be compressed."
        },
        {
            "provision": "248 CMR 11.02(1)(a)(2)(b)",
            "subject": "Annual cap on credited education",
            "what_it_requires": "No more than 165 hours of education may be credited for licensure purposes in a year.",
            "key_figure": "165 hours per year",
            "notes": "This is the mechanism that enforces the four year minimum. 550 hours at 165 per year cannot be completed in less."
        },
        {
            "provision": "248 CMR 11.02(1)",
            "subject": "Educational prerequisite",
            "what_it_requires": "A high school diploma or its equivalent is required.",
            "key_figure": "High school diploma or equivalent",
            "notes": "A prerequisite to the apprenticeship route rather than a substitute for any part of it."
        },
        {
            "provision": "248 CMR 11.02(2)(a)(1)",
            "subject": "Practical experience toward master",
            "what_it_requires": "No less than one year of practical experience, totalling a minimum of 1,700 clock hours, as a licensed journeyman plumber.",
            "key_figure": "1,700 clock hours, minimum 1 year",
            "notes": "Both conditions apply. Accumulating 1,700 hours inside a year does not satisfy the one year requirement."
        },
        {
            "provision": "248 CMR 11.02(2)(a)(2)",
            "subject": "Classroom education toward master",
            "what_it_requires": "Completion of the 110 hour tier five of the plumber educational program.",
            "key_figure": "110 hours, tier five",
            "notes": "The final tier of the programme, taken after journeyman licensure rather than alongside the apprenticeship."
        },
        {
            "provision": "248 CMR 11.02",
            "subject": "Total supervised hours to reach master",
            "what_it_requires": "The apprenticeship and journeyman experience requirements are cumulative.",
            "key_figure": "8,500 clock hours combined",
            "notes": "6,800 apprentice hours plus 1,700 journeyman hours. Homzora states this as arithmetic on the two published figures rather than as a figure the regulation itself states."
        },
        {
            "provision": "248 CMR 11.02",
            "subject": "Total classroom hours to reach master",
            "what_it_requires": "The journeyman and master classroom requirements are cumulative.",
            "key_figure": "660 classroom hours combined",
            "notes": "550 hours plus 110 hours. As above, this is arithmetic on the published figures rather than a stated total."
        }
    ]
}