Licenses, hours, and cards for the skilled trades. Trade Paperwork

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Last updated: 15 August 2026

By using tradepaperwork.docsanddeadlines.com ("this site"), you agree to the terms below. If you do not agree, please stop using the site.

What this site is

Trade Paperwork is an independent reference site about the licensing and credentialing documents used in the US skilled trades — on-the-job hour logs and experience affidavits, journeyman and contractor exam applications, license reciprocity between states, renewals and lapses, program costs, safety and site-access cards, and eligibility requirements.

It is published by one person. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for any state licensing board, the US Department of Labor, OSHA, MSHA, the FMCSA, the EPA, TSA, any testing vendor (including PSI and Pearson VUE), any union, apprenticeship program, or trade school. Agency and program names are used only to identify the rules being described.

Nothing on this site is sold, and this site does not file, prepare, review, or submit applications on anyone's behalf.

No professional advice

Content here is general information, not professional advice.

Specifically, nothing here is legal advice, and reading it creates no attorney-client relationship of any kind. Licensing statutes, board regulations, and employment law questions — including anything about a criminal record, an immigration status, a training contract, or money a former employer says you owe — require a qualified attorney licensed in your state.

Nothing here is medical advice either. DOT medical certification, physical requirements, and drug and alcohol testing are decided by a certified medical examiner and the applicable federal rules, not by a website.

Only the licensing board, agency, or program administrator holding your file can tell you what your file needs. Where a page and an agency disagree, the agency is right. Confirm anything with a deadline, a fee, or a consequence directly with the body that issues the credential before you act on it.

Accuracy and currency

Guides are researched against official sources and dated on publication. Even so:

  • Licensing rules change constantly and quietly. State legislatures amend licensing statutes each session, boards adopt new regulations and fee schedules between meetings, code cycles are adopted on staggered state schedules, and reciprocity agreements are signed and cancelled without any public announcement.
  • Requirements vary by state, and often by city or county on top of the state — and a rule described here for one jurisdiction may not exist in yours.
  • Fees, wait periods, and attempt limits are the fastest-moving numbers on this site and should be re-checked on the issuing body's own fee schedule before you pay anything.
  • A guide reflects the situation at the date shown on it, not necessarily today.
  • Errors happen.

No warranty is given that content is accurate, complete, or current. If you find something wrong, please report it via the contact page — corrections are made promptly.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site owner is not liable for any loss, cost, delay, or damage arising from your use of, or reliance on, anything published here — including missed deadlines, rejected applications, or expenses incurred by following a guide. You use this information at your own risk.

All original text, layout, and images on this site are © 2026 Ruth Calloway unless stated otherwise.

You may: quote short extracts for commentary, review, or reference, provided you credit the site and link to the original page.

You may not: republish whole articles, scrape or bulk-copy the site, use the content to train machine-learning models, or present material from this site as your own work — in any case without prior written permission.

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Acceptable use

You agree not to attempt to disrupt the site, gain unauthorised access to it, scrape it in a way that burdens the server, or use it for any unlawful purpose.

Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated. The "last updated" date above reflects the current version. Continued use of the site after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea.

Contact

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