What Does Certified Underground Utilities Contractor Mean?

An Underground Utility Contractor in the state of Florida, is a contractor whose services are applied to the construction, installation, and repair of lines, on public or private property, whether accomplished through open excavations or through other means.  These other means include directional drilling, auger boring, trenchless technologies, wet and dry taps, grouting, and slip lining, of main sanitary sewer collection systems, main water distribution systems, storm sewer collection systems, and the continuation of utility lines from the main systems to a point of termination. Suffice to say, it encompasses a wide range of service needs.

As expected, these contractors have a strict list of requirements they must meet to become licensed.

Below are a few that are needed:

• Person must be at least 18 years of age
• They must take and pass the state certification examination for Underground Utility and Business and Finance before they can even begin the application process of obtaining a license.
• The applicant must then meet one or more of experience and/or education requirements such as
• Four year construction related degree from an accredited college or an equivalent to three years experience and one year proven experience directly applicable to the category they are applying for
• One year experience as a foreman and not less than three years of credits from an accredited college or university
• One year experience as a worker, one year experience as a foreman, and not less than two years of credits from an accredited college or university
• Two years experience as a worker, one year as a foreman and one year of credits from an accredited college or university
• Four years experience as a worker or foreman of which a minimum of one year must have been as a foreman

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Certified Underground Utility Contractor
License Number CU-C055717