Oregon Contractors License
What isa residential structure? A residential structure includes a site-built home; a structure that contains one
or more dwelling units and is four stories or less; a condominium or other
residential unit; a modular home constructed off-site; a floating home; a
manufactured dwelling; and any appurtenance to the listed structures.
What isa residential contractor ? A residential general contractor is a contractor whose business (including
subcontracts) requires the use of more than two unrelated business trades and
who undertakes or offers to undertake work in connection with residential or
small commercial structures.
Residential General Contractor A residential general contractor is a contractor whose business (including
subcontracts) requires the use of more than two unrelated business trades and
who undertakes or offers to undertake work in connection with residential or
small commercial structures.
Notice that the residential general contractor can perform small commercial
projects as well, but is not allowed to perform work on large commercial
structures.
Bond: $20,000
Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: 16 hours of continuing education
RMI: Must have an RMI
Residential Specialty Contractor A residential specialty contractor is a contractor whose business requires the
use of two or fewer unrelated business trades and who undertakes or offers to
undertake work in connection with residential or small commercial structures
(generally less than 20 feet tall and less than 10,000 square feet; see ORS
701.005 for more).
Bond: $15,000
Insurance: $300,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: 16 hours of continuing education
RMI: Must have an RMI
Residential Limited Contractor A residential limited contractor performs work on residential or small
commercial structures but does not perform work exceeding $40,000 in annual
volume or enter into any one contract to perform work that exceeds $5,000
per job site per year.
Bond: $10,000
Insurance: $100,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: 8 hours of continuing education
RMI: Must have an RMI
Residential Developer A residential developer is a developer of property that is zoned for or intended
for use compatible with a residential or small commercial structure.
Bond: $20,000
Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: None
RMI: No RMI is required
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Commercial General Contractor Level 1 A commercial general contractor level 1 is a contractor whose business
(including subcontractors) requires the use of more than two unrelated
business trades and who undertake or offers to undertake work in connection
with small or large commercial structure. (For definitions of small and large
commercial structures, see ORS 701.005.)
Here are the requirements a Commercial Contractor level 1. Remember to
bookmark this information in NASCLA Contractors Guide 1-4.
Bond: $75,000
Insurance: $2,000,000 Aggregate
Experience: 8 years experience or qualifying substitute education
Training: Up to 80 hours of continuing education for key personnel (Key
personnel is defined as a CCB applicant or an employee)
RMI: Must have an RMI
Commercial General Contractor Level 2 Bond: $20,000
Insurance: $1,000,000 Aggregate
Experience: 4 years experience or qualifying substitute education
Training: Up to 32 hours of continuing education for key personnel
RMI: Must have an RMI
Commercial Specialty Contractor Level 2 Bond: $20,000
Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence
Experience: 4 years experience or qualifying substitute education
Training: Up to 32 hours of continuing education for key personnel
RMI: Must have an RMI
What's the difference between occurrence and aggregate? For test purposes
you really only need to know limits as they apply to the various endorsements,
but when you start looking to purchase liability insurance, you should know
that per occurrence is similar to saying per incident, while aggregate limits can
apply to one or more than one occurrence or incident during the insurance
policy period.
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Commercial Developer A commercial developer is a developer of property that is zoned for or
intended for use compatible with a small commercial or large commercial
structure.
A developer may only act in association with licensed and properly endorsed
general contractors and may not perform any of the actual construction work
on the property.
Bond: $20,000
Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: None
RMI: No RMI is required
Note: Where it states above that a certain class may have "Up to X number of
hours," of required continuing education, that number may vary as
demonstrated in the example here (these are actual hour requirements):
Level 2 commercial general or specialty contractors need: 32 hours of
education.?
Level 1 commercial general or specialty contractors need:
5 or more key employees: 80 hours
4 key employees: 64 hours
3 key employees: 48 hours
2 key employees: 32 hours
1 key employee: 16 hours
Residential Locksmith Services Contractor A contractor that operates a business providing the services of locksmiths. The
contractor may not provide other services.
Bond: $10,000
Insurance: $100,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: None
RMI: RMI must be certified locksmith
Home Inspector Services Contractor A contractor that operates a business providing the services of home
inspectors. The contractor may not provide other services.
Bond: 10,000
Insurance: 100,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: None
RMI: RMI must be certified home inspector
Home Services Contractor A contractor that operates a business assigning home energy performance
scores. The contractor may not provide other services.
Bond: $10,000
Insurance: $100,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: None
RMI: Needs RMI. Owner or employee must be certified home energy assessor.
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Special Endorsements Day care centers
Certified Lead-Based Paint Renovation Preschools
Kindergarten classrooms
Restrooms commonly used by children under age 6
Contractors that perform renovations on target housing Child-occupied facilities usually don't include the following.
or child-occupied facilities are required to hold a Sunday school classrooms (used only weekly)
certified Lead-Based Paint Renovation (LBPR) Supermarkets (visits less than 3 hours; not same child)
Contractor's License. Hallways in public schools
A renovation refers to the modifying of an existing
structure (or portion of the structure) that disturbs the
painted surface. Renovations do not include minor
repairs and maintenance. Another way to look at this is
that renovations do not include any modifications that
disrupt less than 6 square feet of an interior painted
area, or that disrupt less than 20 square feet of a
painted exterior surface.
Target housing is housing built before 1978. This doesn't
include housing for the elderly or persons with
disabilities; or housing with no bedrooms.
Child-occupied facilities are buildings that are regularly
used by the same child under age 6. Child-occupied
facilities can include the following.
Special Endorsements
Locksmith Services Certification
To advertise, offer, and perform locksmith work in
Oregon, a contractor must have a CCB license, and an
RMI who is certified as a locksmith.
A locksmith is someone who services, installs, repairs,
rebuilds, rekeys, repins or adjusts locks, hardware
peripheral to locks, safes, vaults, safe deposit boxes or
mechanical or electronic security systems.
Certain exemptions from the certification requirement
are allowed for the following:
Tow truck drivers performing work for a certified
towing business.
A person who duplicates keys at a fixed location as
long as the person does not offer other locksmith
services.
A licensed construction contractor (and employees)
acting within the scope of the CCB license if they are
not holding out as a locksmith provider
What isa residential structure? A residential structure includes a site-built home; a structure that contains one
or more dwelling units and is four stories or less; a condominium or other
residential unit; a modular home constructed off-site; a floating home; a
manufactured dwelling; and any appurtenance to the listed structures.
What isa residential contractor ? A residential general contractor is a contractor whose business (including
subcontracts) requires the use of more than two unrelated business trades and
who undertakes or offers to undertake work in connection with residential or
small commercial structures.
Residential General Contractor A residential general contractor is a contractor whose business (including
subcontracts) requires the use of more than two unrelated business trades and
who undertakes or offers to undertake work in connection with residential or
small commercial structures.
Notice that the residential general contractor can perform small commercial
projects as well, but is not allowed to perform work on large commercial
structures.
Bond: $20,000
Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: 16 hours of continuing education
RMI: Must have an RMI
Residential Specialty Contractor A residential specialty contractor is a contractor whose business requires the
use of two or fewer unrelated business trades and who undertakes or offers to
undertake work in connection with residential or small commercial structures
(generally less than 20 feet tall and less than 10,000 square feet; see ORS
701.005 for more).
Bond: $15,000
Insurance: $300,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: 16 hours of continuing education
RMI: Must have an RMI
Residential Limited Contractor A residential limited contractor performs work on residential or small
commercial structures but does not perform work exceeding $40,000 in annual
volume or enter into any one contract to perform work that exceeds $5,000
per job site per year.
Bond: $10,000
Insurance: $100,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: 8 hours of continuing education
RMI: Must have an RMI
Residential Developer A residential developer is a developer of property that is zoned for or intended
for use compatible with a residential or small commercial structure.
Bond: $20,000
Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: None
RMI: No RMI is required
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Commercial General Contractor Level 1 A commercial general contractor level 1 is a contractor whose business
(including subcontractors) requires the use of more than two unrelated
business trades and who undertake or offers to undertake work in connection
with small or large commercial structure. (For definitions of small and large
commercial structures, see ORS 701.005.)
Here are the requirements a Commercial Contractor level 1. Remember to
bookmark this information in NASCLA Contractors Guide 1-4.
Bond: $75,000
Insurance: $2,000,000 Aggregate
Experience: 8 years experience or qualifying substitute education
Training: Up to 80 hours of continuing education for key personnel (Key
personnel is defined as a CCB applicant or an employee)
RMI: Must have an RMI
Commercial General Contractor Level 2 Bond: $20,000
Insurance: $1,000,000 Aggregate
Experience: 4 years experience or qualifying substitute education
Training: Up to 32 hours of continuing education for key personnel
RMI: Must have an RMI
Commercial Specialty Contractor Level 2 Bond: $20,000
Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence
Experience: 4 years experience or qualifying substitute education
Training: Up to 32 hours of continuing education for key personnel
RMI: Must have an RMI
What's the difference between occurrence and aggregate? For test purposes
you really only need to know limits as they apply to the various endorsements,
but when you start looking to purchase liability insurance, you should know
that per occurrence is similar to saying per incident, while aggregate limits can
apply to one or more than one occurrence or incident during the insurance
policy period.
, Oregon Contractors License
Commercial Developer A commercial developer is a developer of property that is zoned for or
intended for use compatible with a small commercial or large commercial
structure.
A developer may only act in association with licensed and properly endorsed
general contractors and may not perform any of the actual construction work
on the property.
Bond: $20,000
Insurance: $500,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: None
RMI: No RMI is required
Note: Where it states above that a certain class may have "Up to X number of
hours," of required continuing education, that number may vary as
demonstrated in the example here (these are actual hour requirements):
Level 2 commercial general or specialty contractors need: 32 hours of
education.?
Level 1 commercial general or specialty contractors need:
5 or more key employees: 80 hours
4 key employees: 64 hours
3 key employees: 48 hours
2 key employees: 32 hours
1 key employee: 16 hours
Residential Locksmith Services Contractor A contractor that operates a business providing the services of locksmiths. The
contractor may not provide other services.
Bond: $10,000
Insurance: $100,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: None
RMI: RMI must be certified locksmith
Home Inspector Services Contractor A contractor that operates a business providing the services of home
inspectors. The contractor may not provide other services.
Bond: 10,000
Insurance: 100,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: None
RMI: RMI must be certified home inspector
Home Services Contractor A contractor that operates a business assigning home energy performance
scores. The contractor may not provide other services.
Bond: $10,000
Insurance: $100,000 Occurrence
Experience: None
Training: None
RMI: Needs RMI. Owner or employee must be certified home energy assessor.
, Oregon Contractors License
Special Endorsements Day care centers
Certified Lead-Based Paint Renovation Preschools
Kindergarten classrooms
Restrooms commonly used by children under age 6
Contractors that perform renovations on target housing Child-occupied facilities usually don't include the following.
or child-occupied facilities are required to hold a Sunday school classrooms (used only weekly)
certified Lead-Based Paint Renovation (LBPR) Supermarkets (visits less than 3 hours; not same child)
Contractor's License. Hallways in public schools
A renovation refers to the modifying of an existing
structure (or portion of the structure) that disturbs the
painted surface. Renovations do not include minor
repairs and maintenance. Another way to look at this is
that renovations do not include any modifications that
disrupt less than 6 square feet of an interior painted
area, or that disrupt less than 20 square feet of a
painted exterior surface.
Target housing is housing built before 1978. This doesn't
include housing for the elderly or persons with
disabilities; or housing with no bedrooms.
Child-occupied facilities are buildings that are regularly
used by the same child under age 6. Child-occupied
facilities can include the following.
Special Endorsements
Locksmith Services Certification
To advertise, offer, and perform locksmith work in
Oregon, a contractor must have a CCB license, and an
RMI who is certified as a locksmith.
A locksmith is someone who services, installs, repairs,
rebuilds, rekeys, repins or adjusts locks, hardware
peripheral to locks, safes, vaults, safe deposit boxes or
mechanical or electronic security systems.
Certain exemptions from the certification requirement
are allowed for the following:
Tow truck drivers performing work for a certified
towing business.
A person who duplicates keys at a fixed location as
long as the person does not offer other locksmith
services.
A licensed construction contractor (and employees)
acting within the scope of the CCB license if they are
not holding out as a locksmith provider
