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He pointed out that real estate agents and beauticians must be licensed. "Contractors qualified to do the work, I don’t see why they would object to being certified. It’s very inexpensive and very simple.”
"If I’m the general contractor building my own home or an addition onto my home, and I subcontract the electrical or the plumbing work, does the subcontractor have to be licensed?” asked Supervisor A1 Henry.
"Yes, sir. But you can do the work yourself and not bfe certified,” Mr. Smet said. To further questions from Supervisor Henry, the building inspector explained that helpers and laborers, as well as the homeowner who does his own work, are exempt from the licensing requirement.
That might have been the intent, interjected Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke, but the wording of the proposed ordinance requires helpers and laborers assisting with plumbing, electrical and mechanical jobs to be either certified themselves or under the direct supervision of a certified contractor.
Supervisor Newbill Miller maintained that a licensing requirement will "ultimately lower the number of people available to work and increase the cost to . the homeowner ... I’m interested in devising a way to punish those who do shoddy work, (but) in principle, I’m opposed to H(Continued
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