Where a South Carolina master plumber license transfers

South Carolina has no license titled 'master plumber'. The highest person-held plumbing credential is the Contractor's Licensing Board's Qualifying Party certification in the Plumbing (PB) classification of the Mechanical Contractor license. The individual passes the South Carolina Plumber technical exam through PSI (or holds a CAGC/MASC Master Plumber certification earned by exam, or a listed out-of-state waiver exam) and the South Carolina Business Management & Law for Commercial Contractors exam, documents two years of full-time experience within the past five years in the classification (or a PHCC Academy of North Carolina plumbing apprenticeship certificate), and is certified as the qualifying party for a licensed entity (which may be a sole proprietorship). The certification stays with the person; Doc. 168 states the certified qualifying party 'is not a licensed contractor' and the entity holds the license. The license fee is $350, with a financial statement or surety bond sized by mechanical group (Group 2, jobs to $100,000: working capital $10,000 or net worth $15,000, or a $15,000 bond). Work over $10,000 requires this license under § 40-11-30. The Board's waiver list accepts North Carolina Plumbing Class 1, Ohio Plumbing and Tennessee CMC or CMC-A exams in place of the plumbing technical exam; other out-of-state licensees take both South Carolina exams.