Stop making each guy remember his own renewal.
Every lapsed license in a shop was somebody's personal responsibility right up until it cost the shop a truck.
The math that makes this obvious
Take a shop with fifteen licensed people. Fifteen renewal dates scattered across twelve months, fifteen sets of six hours, and fifteen individuals expected to remember a date they see once a year while running service calls.
Some percentage of fifteen forgets. It is not a character flaw. It is what happens to any annual task nobody owns.
What to actually track
- Name and license type
- License number
- Expiration date, the field everything else keys off
- Date their last CE was completed
- Endorsements, because endorsed apprentices owe hours too and medical gas holders owe a separate two hours on a three year clock
That is five columns. A spreadsheet does it. The reason most shops do not have one is not difficulty, it is that nobody was assigned.
The cheaper version of the same problem
Once you can see all the dates in one place, a second thing becomes obvious: they cluster. Most shops discover they could renew eight or twelve people in a single day rather than losing eight or twelve separate days to eight or twelve separate classes.
That is the entire argument for a class at your own shop, and it only shows up after somebody builds the list.
Primary sources
Rules change and this page is dated. Confirm anything that affects your license against the board before you act on it.
Told straight, once
Status: the Texas Plumber CE provider and course applications are with the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners. Nothing is for sale until the board issues approval.
One email when a Texas plumbing rule actually moves. One when registration opens. Nothing else.