OAR 812-006-0250. Pre-Licensure Training Subjects

(1) The agency may evaluate and approve pre-licensure training based on written evaluation criteria approved by the Training and Education Committee and made available to pre-licensure training providers. The agency may revoke a pre-licensure training provider’s right to offer pre-licensure training if a pre-licensure training provider’s training does not meet the approved criteria. (2) The hours of pre-licensure training required under OAR 812-006-0150 shall consist of the following topics: (a) Construction Contractors Board: (A) Role and authority, licensing requirements, application procedures and major divisions and functions; (B) Dispute resolution processes; (C) Business entities; (D) Mandatory consumer notices; (E) Rights and responsibilities of consumers and contractors; (F) Independent contractor requirements; (G) Exempt and non-exempt contractors; (H) License endorsements and requirements for bonds and insurance; (I) Special licenses; (J) Written contract requirements; (K) Warranty and maintenance schedule requirements; (L) Enforcement program; and (b) Employer requirements and employee’s rights: (A) State agencies that regulate workplace issues; (B) Information and resources on employer requirements, employee’s rights, workers’ compensation insurance, and required workplace postings; (C) Civil rights; (D) Title VII, child labor, and important state and federal wage and hour laws; (E) Current minimum wage rate requirements; (F) Prevailing wage rate law; and (G) Employees and independent contractors. (c) Taxes, record keeping and business practices: (A) Required employment forms; (B) Identification numbers; (C) Cost of employees; (D) Importance of good record keeping; (E) Ways to organize records; (F) Required tax forms and reporting times; (G) Professional help; (H) Profit and cash flow; and (I) Requirements for business licenses. (d) Building codes: (A) Applicable codes; (B) Building codes books; (C) Code revisions; (D) Specialty licenses and inspections; (E) Required and exempt permit work; (F) Permit applications permit violation penalties; (G) Required inspections; (H) Inspection procedures; (I) Final inspections and occupancy permits; and (J) Red tag/stop work orders. (e) Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division: (A) OR-OSHA regulations, job site inspections and resources; (B) Equipment basics and maintenance; (C) Job site record keeping; (D) General safety practices; and (E) Responsibilities and relationships among contractors and subcontractors on a job site. (f) Sound environmental practices and laws: (A) Environmental friendly materials; (B) Good recycling, reduction and reuse methods; (C) Hazardous waste and special waste found in new and old construction; (D) Laws and regulations governing environmental hazards, proper handling and disposal methods of environmental hazards and job site debris; (E) Governmental agencies that regulate environmental conditions at a job site; (F) Environmental violation penalties; (G) Site preparation including construction activities that impact rivers; (H) Soil erosion; and (I) Wetlands, water quality, sewage and underground storage/heating oil tanks. (g) Contract law: (A) Clear and concise contracts; (B) Four elements of contract law; (C) Three elements of a construction contract; (D) Breach of contract; (E) Minor and major breach of contract; (F) Written and verbal contracts and change orders; (G) Contractor responsibilities for work of self and others; (H) Partnering, negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation; and (I) Buyer’s Right to Cancel. (h) Oregon construction lien law: (A) Purpose; (B) Required notices; (C) Lien law procedures; (D) Steps and timelines to perfect a lien and foreclose; and (E) Important lien law differences of other states. (i) Project management, estimating and scheduling: (A) Importance of project management and consequences for failing to do so; (B) Simple written budgets that include cost, overhead and profit; and (C) Simple project schedules and consequences of improper job scheduling. (j) Building Exterior Shell Training (BEST): (A) Need for BEST; (B) Contractor’s responsibility to construct weather-resistant building exterior shell; (C) Purpose of building exterior shell; (D) Primary components of building exterior shell; (E) Basic moisture management concepts; (F) Exterior wall assemblies; and (G) Best practices for building exterior shell construction.