Six hours that do not waste your day
Your TSBPE continuing education, taught by a Texas master plumber who has done the work. Take it online on your own time, on paper, or in a live class in DFW. Certificate emailed to you the day you finish, hours reported to the state, back to work.
Renewal season does not have to cost you a Saturday
Built by a plumber who got tired of sitting through bad CE
You know the drill. A hotel meeting room, cold coffee, somebody who has never cut a hole in a slab reading slides out loud. Six hours of your life for a piece of paper. We are building the opposite.
A real plumber teaches it
Ian holds the master license, came up through the trade, then spent years on medical gas, lab waste, and process piping in research and pharmaceutical buildings. When you ask a question, the answer comes from somebody who has done the work, not a call center.
Code that means something on the job
What changed, why it changed, and how it shows up on your next rough in. Section numbers matter. Knowing when the inspector is going to pull you back matters more.
Certificate the same hour you finish
Finish online and the certificate is in your email before you crank the engine. Your hours go to TSBPE inside the window the rules give us. No calling anybody to chase paperwork.
Take it how you want it
On your phone at the shop, on paper in the truck, or in a room with other plumbers in DFW. Same 6 hours, your call.
The whole crew, one day
Twelve or more and we come to your shop, scheduled around your work, not ours.
A reminder before it bites you
Tell us when your license renews and we will nudge you before the deadline instead of after.
"Nobody gets into this trade to sit in a folding chair. You take the hours because the state says so. The least I can do is make them worth something."
Ian Martin
Texas Master Plumber, TSBPE #47421
- Came up through a plumbing apprenticeship, journeyman, then foreman
- Medical gas and lab piping for Qualcomm, Pfizer, UC San Diego, and the Salk Institute
- Teaches plumbing and construction management at the college level
- Still in the industry every single day
How Texas CE works, in plain English
Put in your 6 hours
Master, journeyman, and tradesman plumber limited licenses all take 6 approved hours before renewal.
Cover the required subjects
Part of those hours has to cover health protection, water conservation, and energy conservation. State law, not our idea.
Use an approved provider
If the provider and course are not approved by the board, the hours do not count. Check before you pay anybody.
Renew your license
We report your hours to TSBPE. You renew on time and keep working, no lapse, no scramble, no day off the truck.
Rules change. Check your own requirement at the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
Get on the list
Registration opens the day the board approves the course. The list gets first crack at the seats. Prices are posted on the schedule page, so you already know what it costs.
- 6 hour CPE for your renewal
- Online, paper, or live in DFW
- Classes at your shop for the crew
- Tradesman, journeyman, and master exam prep coming next
Questions we get asked
How many hours do I need to renew my Texas plumbing license?
Six. TSBPE requires 6 hours of approved continuing professional education before you renew a Master, Journeyman, or Tradesman Plumber Limited license. Apprentices holding certain endorsements and medical gas endorsement holders have their own requirement, so check your license type on the TSBPE site.
What has to be in those 6 hours?
State law requires part of the hours to cover health protection, water conservation, and energy conservation. The rest is code, law and rule changes, and safety. Our course is built to hit every topic the current TSBPE rules require, and none of the filler.
Can I knock it out online?
Yes. TSBPE allows CPE in person, live virtual, or by correspondence, and correspondence can be completed online, as long as the provider and course are approved. We are building online correspondence, a paper workbook for the guys who would rather have paper, live virtual classes, and live classes in Dallas Fort Worth.
I am taking a licensing exam. Does online still count?
Exam applicants play by a different rule. If you are applying to test, confirm with TSBPE whether you need classroom hours before you pick correspondence. Ask us and we will tell you straight, even if the answer costs us the sale.
How do I prove I did it?
Approved providers report your completion to TSBPE and issue a certificate. Our plan is the certificate emailed to you the minute you finish, and your hours reported to the board inside the window the rules give us. No waiting two weeks on a piece of paper while your renewal sits there.