Texas HVAC/Environmental Air

License Requirements

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Pre-approval from the state is required to sit for the exam. The State is the only entity authorized to tell you which test(s) you should take or are qualified to take. Any questions regarding which test(s) to take should be directed to the Board.

• Please note a separate Business and Law exam is not needed, that information is incorporated into the trade exam.
• The state requires applicants to be at least 18 years old and be able to document at least 36 months of hands-on experience within the last 5 years.
• There are no state minimum financial requirements at this time.
• Class A contractors are required to obtain and maintain during the license period commercial general liability insurance of at least $300,000 per occurrence (combined for property damage and bodily injury), of at least $600,000 aggregate (total amount the policy pays for property damage and bodily injury), and of at least $ 300,000 aggregate for products and completed operations.
• Class B contractors are required to obtain and maintain during the license period commercial general liability insurance of at least $100,000 per occurrence (combined for property damage and bodily injury), of at least $200,000 aggregate (total amount the policy pays for property damage and bodily injury), and of at least $100,000 aggregate for products and completed operations.
• There are 2 license levels: Class A and Class B

  Class A

  A Class A license allows the holder to engage in each type of air conditioning and refrigeration contracting that is endorsed on the license in relation to a system, a product, or equipment of any size or capacity.

  Class B

  A Class B license allows the holder to engage in each type of air conditioning and refrigeration contracting that is endorsed on the license in relation to a system, a product, or equipment of not more than 25 tons cooling capacity or 1.5 million British thermal units per hour output heating capacity.

• *NOTE: A holder of a Class B license may design, maintain, install, construct, service, repair, alter, or modify individual units of 25 tons or less of cooling capacity or 1.5 million BTUs per hour or less of heating capacity. In a building or complex of buildings having more than 1 air conditioning or heating unit, the combined cooling capacity may exceed 25 tons and heating capacity may exceed 1.5 million BTUs per hour, as long as each complete individual unit does not exceed the capacities stated above.