For the purposes of this chapter and Chapters 2.92 and 16.12, the classifications of plumbers shall be defined as follows:
"Metropolitan master plumber" means an individual who has successfully completed the
required master plumber's examination and holds a current and valid metropolitan master
plumber's license duly issued by the metropolitan board of plumbing examiners and
appeals.
"Metropolitan journeyman plumber" means an individual who has successfully completed
the required journeyman plumber's examination and holds a current and valid journeyman
plumber's license duly issued by the board of plumbing examiners and appeals; one
who is regularly employed as a journeyman and works under the direction and supervision
of a metropolitan master plumber.
"Metropolitan apprentice plumber" means an individual who holds a current and valid
metropolitan apprentice plumber's license duly issued by the board of plumbing examiners
and appeals; one who is regularly employed as an apprentice by a registered and bonded
metropolitan plumbing contractor and who works at the trade of plumbing under the
direct supervision and in the immediate presence of a metropolitan master or journeyman
plumber; and one who is enrolled in an apprenticeship program registered with the
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training in accordance with
the requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 29, or any nationally accredited apprenticeship program, and consists of, at a minimum,
eight thousand hours of documented practical experience combined with a minimum of
six hundred hours of classroom and/or shop instruction in the plumbing trade.
