https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com Licenses, hours, and cards for the skilled trades. en Fri, 25 Sep 2026 04:41:31 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/exams/nec-code-book-tabs-what-you-can-bring-into-the-exam/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/exams/nec-code-book-tabs-what-you-can-bring-into-the-exam/ Texas sends you home over homemade tabs. Colorado hands you the book. North Carolina names one tab brand. Seven states' reference rules and NEC exam editions. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/costs/cdl-training-contract-early-exit-debt/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/costs/cdl-training-contract-early-exit-debt/ One carrier billed $6,500 whether a driver quit in week one or month nine. A judge cut it to $2,500. Which clauses set your number, and which law each touches. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/safety/osha-10-card-expiration-retake-rules/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/safety/osha-10-card-expiration-retake-rules/ Federal OSHA cards carry no expiration date. Nevada, Connecticut, Philadelphia and New York City each put a clock on yours anyway. Every rule, quoted. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/renewals/welder-continuity-six-month-rule-who-keeps-the-log/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/renewals/welder-continuity-six-month-rule-who-keeps-the-log/ Your welding qualification dies six months after your last bead with that process. The record proving it did not is your employer's, not yours. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/exams/trade-exam-retake-wait-periods-fees-attempt-caps/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/exams/trade-exam-retake-wait-periods-fees-attempt-caps/ Massachusetts makes you wait 24 clock hours. California wants 60 days and a re-test application. Retake waits, second-seat fees, and the rule at attempt three. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/eligibility/trade-work-under-18-hazardous-occupations-orders/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/eligibility/trade-work-under-18-hazardous-occupations-orders/ Washington licenses electrical trainees at 16. Federal law still bars anyone under 18 from a scissor lift, and the apprentice exemption does not reach that one. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/eligibility/cdl-age-medical-card-clearinghouse/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/eligibility/cdl-age-medical-card-clearinghouse/ Interstate driving starts at 21, a state CDL at 18. What the DOT physical screens for, who owes a consortium, and the paper-card grace ending 11 October 2026. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/safety/osha-10-vs-osha-30-which-card-opens-which-door/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/safety/osha-10-vs-osha-30-which-card-opens-which-door/ The 30 is not a longer 10. Different required topics, a different intended student, and a Nevada statute that picks your card by authority, not by trade. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/reciprocity/electrician-license-reciprocity-which-states-accept-which/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/reciprocity/electrician-license-reciprocity-which-states-accept-which/ Texas publishes two journeyman reciprocity lists that disagree with each other. Four boards' actual lists, read on one day, and the conditions attached to each. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/renewals/epa-608-never-expires-four-cards-that-do/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/renewals/epa-608-never-expires-four-cards-that-do/ The 608 card has no expiration date because the rule never wrote one. NATE, the MSHA refresher, TWIC, and the DOT medical card all run out on their own clocks. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/reciprocity/do-apprentice-hours-transfer-across-state-lines/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/reciprocity/do-apprentice-hours-transfer-across-state-lines/ Oregon credits 8,000 out-of-state hours with a transcript, or 16,000 without one. Washington sets the same double bar. The breakdown is what travels. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/hours/who-can-sign-your-experience-affidavit/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/hours/who-can-sign-your-experience-affidavit/ California names six people who may sign it. Washington accepts one. Nevada bars your relatives. The exact wording each board rejects, quoted from the forms. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/exams/journeyman-exam-application-documents/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/exams/journeyman-exam-application-documents/ Montana bars you from verifying your own hours. Oklahoma wants original ink and a notary. Wisconsin takes a digital signature. Who signs what, in what order. Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/hours/what-counts-as-an-ojt-hour/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/hours/what-counts-as-an-ojt-hour/ Texas lets an apprentice work unwatched for stretches. California bars a second trainee outright. Both call it supervised. Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/costs/journeyman-electrician-license-cost-three-states/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/costs/journeyman-electrician-license-cost-three-states/ Texas keeps its own fee at $30 and lets PSI charge $78 for the exam. Washington prices everything, including lateness. Oregon will not publish a number at all. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/eligibility/predetermination-request-conviction-trade-license/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/eligibility/predetermination-request-conviction-trade-license/ Virginia denied two of 16,268 contractor applicants over criminal history. Asking the board first costs $10 in Texas and can be permanent in Virginia. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/costs/real-cost-of-a-cdl-2026/ https://tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com/costs/real-cost-of-a-cdl-2026/ Wisconsin posts $67.25 for hazmat, TSA's notice says $57.25, Pennsylvania says $60.00. Two of those reconcile. Every line of a 2026 CDL bill, in five states. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000