Pennsylvania to Vermont: journeyman plumber license reciprocity

Vermont issues a statewide Journeyman Plumber license (ledger code PJ) through the Plumber's Examining Board in the Division of Fire Safety. A new applicant must document a Vermont-registered plumbing apprenticeship (instruction plus practice verified by the Vermont Apprenticeship Council) or equivalent training and experience in or outside Vermont acceptable to the Board, then pass a written examination covering plumbing theory and practice, State laws, and Health and Environmental Conservation rules; the two-year license fee is $90 (26 V.S.A. s. 2193(c)). A journeyman installs plumbing and water-treatment or heating specialties under a master, may supervise an apprentice employed by a master, and shall not act as a master. Out-of-state journeymen have a statutory path without examination: uniform endorsement if the origin license has been held in good standing in another U.S. jurisdiction for at least three years (s. 2194(a)(2)), plus a narrower reciprocity path if the origin state or municipality has equivalent standards and grants Vermont licensees a like exemption (s. 2194(a)(1)). The Board publishes no named plumbing partner list on the DFS plumbing pages. Licenses last two years; renewal requires eight hours of Board-approved instruction in the prior 24 months plus the Vermont Energy Goals module (not more than two hours). Vermont also licenses Plumbing Specialists (PS: P1 water heater, P2 heating system, P3 water treatment), which are not the journeyman credential.

Pennsylvania has no statewide plumber licence at the journeyman level: none of the Department of State's 29 professional licensing boards covers plumbers or plumbing contractors (the only construction-related board is Crane Operators), and there is no Commonwealth journeyman or master plumber credential. Individual licensing exists only where a city ordinance creates it. Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections, advised by the Plumbing Advisory Board, issues a Journeyman Plumber License (Philadelphia Code Title 9-1003) that authorises plumbing work under a licensed master plumber but not running a business: four years as a Philadelphia-registered apprentice (or a similar authorisation from another state or local jurisdiction with equal or greater requirements, subject to L&I approval), the ICC Journeyman Plumber Examination referencing the current Philadelphia Code or applied within 12 months of passing, and a $126 annual fee ($25 of that is the non-refundable application fee). Allentown posts 2026 journeyman and master plumber exam applications and licenses the plumbing trade separately from a business licence. Scranton's published form is a master electrical/mechanical/plumbing/general contractor application with no journeyman plumber form on that page. There is no state-level reciprocity; Philadelphia's other-jurisdiction clause substitutes for local apprentice registration only and does not waive the ICC exam.