HB 2463 - DIGEST

     Declares that no person may engage in or offer to engage in the trade of pipefitting without having a certificate of competency as a journeyman pipefitter.  A trainee may engage in pipefitting if he or she is supervised as specified in RCW 18.106.070.

     Provides that no contractor may employ a person to engage in or offer to engage in the trade of pipefitting unless the person employed has a certificate of competency as a journeyman pipefitter.

     Provides that no person may engage in or offer to engage in fuel gas fitting without having a certificate of competency as a journeyman plumber, specialty plumber, journeyman pipefitter, or journeyman fuel gas fitter.  A trainee may engage in fuel gas fitting if he or she is supervised as specified in RCW 18.106.070.

     Provides that no contractor may employ a person to engage in or offer to engage in fuel gas fitting unless the person employed has a certificate of competency as a journeyman plumber, specialty plumber, journeyman pipefitter, or journeyman fuel gas fitter.