On November 30, 2013 all Contractor Licenses will expire with DOPL and will be up for renewal.  As part of the renewal process, each contractor must have obtained 3 hours of core continuing education credit and 3 additional hours of either core or professional continuing education credit within the past two years.  The UMCA, an approved course provider through DOPL, has offered numerous education courses to members over the past two years, and will have three additional courses available this fall to help any of our members who still need to complete their continuing education requirement.  If you are unsure of how many hours you have earned you can go to www.utah.gov/ce-public and enter in your contractor license number for a summary of education credit you have earned.  If when entering your license number you see the message “No Results Found” that indicates that no credit has been earned through your license number over the past two years.

The Mechanical Contractors Association of America has recently created an app for android and apple smart phones and tablet devices where MCAA Safety Training Videos can be viewed.  To download the app, search the Apple App Store or the Android Play Store for “MCAA Video.”  Then use your MCAA Members-Only password to view more than 35 valuable safety training videos - 22 of which are now also presented in Spanish at no cost.  If you don’t remember your MCAA password, go to http://www.mcaa.org/password/forget to retrieve it.

The UMCA’s Spring Education will wrap up in April with a Sales and Use Tax Seminar taught by Roger Tew.  Roger’s seminar will focus on how to navigate the sometimes complicated issue of sales tax, particularly when working on government-owned buildings.  The seminar will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the Utah Career Center.  Lunch will be served at the seminar, and it is free to all UMCA members who would like to attend.  Three hours of core continuing education credit for contractor and plumber licenses will be available to all attendees.  The deadline to register for the seminar is April 17, 2013.  Registration can be done online by clicking here, or you can download the paper registration form here.

In February and March, the UMCA collected responses to a survey regarding the newly implemented Drug Free Workplace Program.  Sixteen responses were collected and responses have been analyzed.  The survey reported that 81.3% of those who took the survey do conduct pre-employment testing 61.5% of respondents do not compensate employees for taking a test that is reported as failed.  Overall satisfaction with the new program was 73.3% with the remaining 26.7% being indifferent.  We would like to thank those who responded to the survey and if any are still interested in taking the survey, they can do so by clicking here.