Licensing, Permitting and Certification

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• Earn Continuing Education Credits for Building Code Enforcement Official Licensure and Fire Official Certification

  Building Code Enforcement Officials and Fire Officials are required to earn continuing education credits to maintain their license or certification. The number of credits needed is based on the credential. All training cycles are three-years in length.

• Earn Continuing Education Credits from Outside Training Providers as a Building or Fire Official

  If you take a live or online class from a provider other than the Office of Education and Data Management (OEDM), it may count toward your three-year licensure and certification requirements.

• Fire Official Exam Schedules, Applications, Study Materials, and Testing Policies

  The Office of Education and Data Management (OEDM) administers all aspects of the credentialing exams for the Office of State Fire Marshal, including the tests for the pre-certification fire training program and the challenge exams offered each quarter.

• How to Become a Certified Fire Official

  To become a certified Fire Code Inspector or a certified Fire Investigator, you can either take a training course or take an examination.

• How to become a Licensed Building Code Enforcement Official

  There are two routes to becoming a licensed building code enforcement official within the State of Connecticut – training and testing. To be admitted to either the Pre-Licensure Training Program or the credentialing examination for a specific license, you must first meet the statutory and regulatory requirements established for that license; there are nine subcategories of building code enforcement official.

• Office of Education and Data Management (OEDM) Career Development Training Handouts

  The Office of Education and Data Management (OEDM) presents a schedule of career development classes each semester that is intended to further the professional education of individuals who work with the Connecticut building and fire codes.

• Office of Education and Data Management Career Development Handouts for 2017

  The Career Development Handouts for 2017 can be found on this page under Documents/Forms. Generally, all Career Development handouts are posted in both two- and three-slides-per-page formats.

• Pre-Approved Outside Credit Classes for Building and Fire Officials

  The Office of Education and Data Management (OEDM) pre-approves many continuing education trainings, delivered both live and online. Refer to the list to find a topic and date that works for you.

• Uniform Licensing Application

  The Uniform Licensing Application helps improve the efficiency of the licensing process by consolidating the procedures and eliminating unnecessary duplication of documents submitted for licensing purposes.