No. North Carolina does not have reciprocity with any other states.
You may either call our office at (919) 779-4711 and request a Change of Trade Name form or download the form here.
No. Our licenses are issued to individuals only. You may add your company name to your license, but the license is still in your name.
If you are the qualifying person for your company, you must put your company name on your license.
You may let your license lapse for one year. The renewal fee for a lapsed license if $75. If you fail to renew for two consecutive years, the license becomes permanently lapsed and you will be required to take and pass the exam to receive a new license.
Anyone who installs, repairs, or maintains commercial, transport, or industrial refrigeration equipment in North Carolina must either be licensed or be supervised by someone who is licensed.
The Board of Plumbing Hearing, and Fire Sprinkler Contractors.
To become a licensed refrigeration contractor you need to pass the contractor's exam. The exam is scheduled by appointment in the Board office.
To register for the next exam, you must complete and return the
application. To receive an application you can either call our
office at (919) 779-4711, or you can download an application, print
it out, and mail it to us.
The application form is available
here.
No. The application must be mailed with a check or money order for $40 to cover the cost of the exam. The application also requires one or more signatures. We do not accept credit cards and legally recognized on-line signatures are not yet widely available. Therefore we are not offering on-line registration at this time.
In order to qualify for the exam, you must have 4000 hours of experience in working with refrigeration equipment. Half of this experience can come from education.
The transport exam covers only transport refrigeration
equipment, such as refrigerated trucks. If you are going to work
exclusively on transport refrigeration equipment, then you may wish
to register for the transport exam. The regular exam covers
transport refrigeration as well as other commercial and industrial
refrigeration equipment.
You can download a Transport Application here.
A list of reference materials and their sources may be found here.
In the Board Office (Suite 208, 893 Highway 70, W, Garner, NC).
You may call our office at (919) 779-4711 or download a form from our forms page
In order to become certified, you need to pass the CFC
Certification Exam. We offer Type I mail-in exams that you can
order and take at home. Other CFC exams must be proctored and are
given through the Community Colleges. If you want to take the
exam, we suggest that you contact the Community Colleges near you
to find out when they are giving the next exam.
A partial listing of CFC exam dates and locations is available
on-line.
An application form for the Type I
Mail-In Exam is also available on-line.
The Type I Certification covers small appliances that are manufactured, charged, and hermetically sealed with less than five pounds of refrigerant. This includes refrigerators, freezers, room air conditioners, package terminal heat pumps, dehumidifiers, under-the-counter ice makers, vending machines, and drinking water coolers.
The Type II Certification covers high pressure appliances that use a refrigerant with a boiling point between -50°C and 10°C at atmospheric pressure. This includes refrigerants 12, 22, 114, 500, and 502.
The Type III Certification covers low pressure appliances that use a refrigeration with a boiling point above 10°C at atmospheric pressure. This includes refrigerants 11, 113, and 123.
Small cans of R-12 are covered by a separate automotive certification. For more information about how to receive an automotive certification or CFC certification in general, please call the EPA's hotline: 1-800-296-1996.
We charge $25 per test.
If you are taking the Type I Mail-In Exam, you can get a study guide for an additional $10. If you are taking the exam through the local community colleges, you need to contact that college as many of them offer a study course in addition to the exam.
The entire North Carolina Mechanical Code is available free here.
The EPA's Compliance Guidelines can be found here.