{"data":{"id":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-18133","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"32 M.R.S. §18133","heading":"Journeyman oil burner technician or solid fuel technician","body":"1.  Scope of license.  The permitted activities for a person licensed as a journeyman oil burner technician or journeyman solid fuel technician are as follows.\nA.  A journeyman oil burner technician, under the indirect supervision of, or in the employ of, a master oil burner technician may install, clean, service, alter or repair oil burning equipment and must hold one or more of the following authorities: number one and number 2 oils up to 15 gallons per hour; number one and number 2 oils over 15 gallons per hour; number 4, number 5 and number 6 oils; number one to number 6 oils; and pellet-fired central heating appliances.  The supervising or employing master oil burner technician must hold at least the same authority as the journeyman oil burner technician.\nB.  A journeyman solid fuel technician, under the indirect supervision of, or in the employ of, a master solid fuel technician, may install, clean, service, alter or repair solid fuel burning equipment.\n2.  Professional qualifications.  Each applicant for a journeyman oil burner or solid fuel license must pass an examination approved by the board and must meet one of the following qualifications:\nA.  One year of licensed practical experience as an apprentice oil burner technician or solid fuel technician;\nB.  Six months of licensed practical experience as an apprentice oil burner technician or solid fuel technician and completion of a board-approved oil burner or solid fuel technician course at a community college, career and technical education center or career and technical education region or a comparable institute in the State or another state consisting, at a minimum, of 160 hours of study, of which at least 75 hours are made up of laboratory work on oil burning equipment and related systems; or\nC.  Successful completion of a minimum one-year accredited heating course at a community college in this State consisting at a minimum of 320 hours of study, of which at least 150 hours are made up of laboratory work on oil or solid fuel burning equipment and related systems.\nAn out-of-state applicant must present satisfactory evidence to the board of experience in installing, cleaning, servicing, altering and repairing oil and solid fuel burning equipment.","path":["TITLE 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 139: MAINE FUEL BOARD","SUBCHAPTER 3: LICENSING"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec18133.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:37Z","sha256":"8e4aebaebb12da975a1677477eeda7cb91f6d58a1adae6180737f3e67049f26a","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-18132","next":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-18134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}