Pipefitter licensing in Florida

Florida has no state worker license — the state certifies CONTRACTORS (and the mechanical contractor's statutory scope reaches process piping) — but SOUTH FLORIDA'S COUNTIES license the trade by name: Miami-Dade and Broward both examine the JOURNEYMAN PIPEFITTER, and the tri-county web moves exam-earned cards across the metro (Miami-Dade honors Broward and Palm Beach journeyman cards earned at 75% or better).

A county card is the real credential in South Florida — and it travels poorly outside Florida, so never sell it as a state license.

County-dependent and not established — work-while-pending postures were not read. Do not start on silence inside a licensing county.

MIAMI-DADE and BROWARD: the Journeyman Pipefitter block exams at 75% to pass, qualified by notarized employer affidavits substantiating the experience (Broward's stated requirement; Miami-Dade equivalent). Get each county's current experience standards and fees from its examining board. Outside the tri-county, each county board sets its own rules.

County-level hour-banking under the examining boards' rules toward the journeyman exams; registered apprenticeship in parallel. No state worker tier exists.

THE WORKER LAYER LIVES HERE: Miami-Dade and Broward mapped (journeyman pipefitter exams, tri-county reciprocity with Palm Beach); the rest of Florida's counties run varying mechanical examining structures — ask 'which county pulls the permit?' first, everywhere.

The employing company anchors on Florida contractor licensure — state-CERTIFIED (works statewide) or REGISTERED (local only) through the DBPR, with the mechanical scope covering process piping — plus any county contractor requirements. Verify the company at myfloridalicense.com and the county both.