Oregon Contractor License Types and Endorsements

Oregon classifies credentials by endorsement inside one CCB license, 12 rows are seeded here across three families — the CCB endorsements (chosen by structure class), the BCD electrical contractor family and the BCD plumbing contractor (plus the restricted energy contractor). Oregon does have a general-contractor credential — the CCB general endorsement, defined by more than two unrelated building trades.

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01 One board, many endorsements

CCB LICENSE+ENDORSEMENT BY STRUCTURE CLASS+BOND + GL + RMI+BCD ELEC / PLUMB

One license, endorsed by structure class — a compensated contractor needs a current CCB license and an appropriate endorsement (rule OR-CCB-LICENSE, OR-ENDORSEMENT). S-OR-ORS-701-021
Bond + insurance per endorsement — from $25,000/$500,000 (RGC) to $80,000/$2,000,000 (CG1) (rule OR-BOND). S-OR-ORS-701-068
Separate BCD trade licenses — electrical and plumbing contractors hold BCD licenses on top of the CCB license (rules OR-ELECTRICAL-CONTRACTOR, OR-PLUMBING-CONTRACTOR). S-OR-ORS-479-630 S-OR-ORS-447-040

02 CCB endorsements — ORS ch. 701 (Construction Contractors Board)

Code	Credential	Classification	Official scope	Citation	Source
RGC	CCB Contractor License + Endorsement (Oregon Construction Contractors Board, ORS ch. 701 / OAR ch. 812; the single license every person working for compensation on improvements to real property must hold, scoped by an ENDORSEMENT chosen by STRUCTURE CLASS — residential general/specialty/limited/developer, commercial general/specialty level 1 and 2 and commercial developer, plus limited-scope service endorsements; two-year term, RMI required, statutory bond and GL per endorsement, 16-hour pre-license training + Oregon exam)	Residential General Contractor (RGC)	A CCB license endorsement for a contractor whose business operations require the use of MORE THAN TWO unrelated building trades or crafts, on a residential structure (a residence that is a site-built home, a structure with dwelling units four stories or less above grade, a condominium/unit, a modular or manufactured dwelling or a floating home, and appurtenances). The residential general contractor must file a $25,000 surety bond and carry not less than $500,000 general liability, and have a Responsible Managing Individual (ORS 701.081(1)).	ORS 701.021(2)(a); ORS 701.005(7)	S-OR-ORS-701-021
RSC	CCB Contractor License + Endorsement (Oregon Construction Contractors Board, ORS ch. 701 / OAR ch. 812; the single license every person working for compensation on improvements to real property must hold, scoped by an ENDORSEMENT chosen by STRUCTURE CLASS — residential general/specialty/limited/developer, commercial general/specialty level 1 and 2 and commercial developer, plus limited-scope service endorsements; two-year term, RMI required, statutory bond and GL per endorsement, 16-hour pre-license training + Oregon exam)	Residential Specialty Contractor (RSC)	A CCB license endorsement for a residential contractor that performs work whose operations do not fall within the definition of 'general contractor' — i.e. a single trade or craft. The residential specialty contractor must file a $20,000 surety bond, carry not less than $300,000 general liability and have a Responsible Managing Individual (ORS 701.081(2)).	ORS 701.021(2)(b); ORS 701.005(18)	S-OR-ORS-701-021
RLC	CCB Contractor License + Endorsement (Oregon Construction Contractors Board, ORS ch. 701 / OAR ch. 812; the single license every person working for compensation on improvements to real property must hold, scoped by an ENDORSEMENT chosen by STRUCTURE CLASS — residential general/specialty/limited/developer, commercial general/specialty level 1 and 2 and commercial developer, plus limited-scope service endorsements; two-year term, RMI required, statutory bond and GL per endorsement, 16-hour pre-license training + Oregon exam)	Residential Limited Contractor (RLC)	A CCB license endorsement for a small-volume residential contractor. ORS 701.038 verbatim: 'A residential limited contractor may not: (1) Perform work as a contractor exceeding $40,000 in gross annual volume; or (2) Enter into contracts to perform work as a contractor in excess of $5,000.' Bond $15,000 / GL $100,000, and a Responsible Managing Individual (ORS 701.081(3)).	ORS 701.021(2)(c); ORS 701.038; ORS 701.081(3)	S-OR-ORS-701-038
CG1	CCB Contractor License + Endorsement (Oregon Construction Contractors Board, ORS ch. 701 / OAR ch. 812; the single license every person working for compensation on improvements to real property must hold, scoped by an ENDORSEMENT chosen by STRUCTURE CLASS — residential general/specialty/limited/developer, commercial general/specialty level 1 and 2 and commercial developer, plus limited-scope service endorsements; two-year term, RMI required, statutory bond and GL per endorsement, 16-hour pre-license training + Oregon exam)	Commercial General Contractor, Level 1 (CG1)	A CCB commercial endorsement authorizing general-contractor work (more than two unrelated trades) on any commercial structure, including a LARGE commercial structure. ORS 701.084(1): $80,000 surety bond; not less than $2,000,000 general liability; a Responsible Managing Individual; and one or more key employees with a combined total of at least eight years of experience.	ORS 701.021(4)(a); ORS 701.084(1)	S-OR-ORS-701-084
CG2	CCB Contractor License + Endorsement (Oregon Construction Contractors Board, ORS ch. 701 / OAR ch. 812; the single license every person working for compensation on improvements to real property must hold, scoped by an ENDORSEMENT chosen by STRUCTURE CLASS — residential general/specialty/limited/developer, commercial general/specialty level 1 and 2 and commercial developer, plus limited-scope service endorsements; two-year term, RMI required, statutory bond and GL per endorsement, 16-hour pre-license training + Oregon exam)	Commercial General Contractor, Level 2 (CG2)	A CCB commercial endorsement for general-contractor work on SMALL commercial structures (and residential). ORS 701.084(3): $25,000 surety bond; not less than $1,000,000 general liability; a Responsible Managing Individual; and one or more key employees with a combined total of at least four years of experience.	ORS 701.021(3)(i); ORS 701.084(3)	S-OR-ORS-701-084
CS1	CCB Contractor License + Endorsement (Oregon Construction Contractors Board, ORS ch. 701 / OAR ch. 812; the single license every person working for compensation on improvements to real property must hold, scoped by an ENDORSEMENT chosen by STRUCTURE CLASS — residential general/specialty/limited/developer, commercial general/specialty level 1 and 2 and commercial developer, plus limited-scope service endorsements; two-year term, RMI required, statutory bond and GL per endorsement, 16-hour pre-license training + Oregon exam)	Commercial Specialty Contractor, Level 1 (CS1)	A CCB commercial endorsement for single-trade work on any commercial structure, including a large commercial structure. ORS 701.084(2): $55,000 surety bond; not less than $1,000,000 general liability; a Responsible Managing Individual; and one or more key employees with a combined total of at least eight years of experience.	ORS 701.021(4)(b); ORS 701.084(2)	S-OR-ORS-701-084
CS2	CCB Contractor License + Endorsement (Oregon Construction Contractors Board, ORS ch. 701 / OAR ch. 812; the single license every person working for compensation on improvements to real property must hold, scoped by an ENDORSEMENT chosen by STRUCTURE CLASS — residential general/specialty/limited/developer, commercial general/specialty level 1 and 2 and commercial developer, plus limited-scope service endorsements; two-year term, RMI required, statutory bond and GL per endorsement, 16-hour pre-license training + Oregon exam)	Commercial Specialty Contractor, Level 2 (CS2)	A CCB commercial endorsement for single-trade work on SMALL commercial structures. ORS 701.084(4): $25,000 surety bond; not less than $500,000 general liability; a Responsible Managing Individual; and one or more key employees with a combined total of at least four years of experience.	ORS 701.021(3)(j); ORS 701.084(4)	S-OR-ORS-701-084
DEVELOPER	CCB Contractor License + Endorsement (Oregon Construction Contractors Board, ORS ch. 701 / OAR ch. 812; the single license every person working for compensation on improvements to real property must hold, scoped by an ENDORSEMENT chosen by STRUCTURE CLASS — residential general/specialty/limited/developer, commercial general/specialty level 1 and 2 and commercial developer, plus limited-scope service endorsements; two-year term, RMI required, statutory bond and GL per endorsement, 16-hour pre-license training + Oregon exam)	Residential or Commercial Developer	A CCB endorsement for a developer of property (residential developer — zoned/intended for residential or small commercial use; commercial developer — zoned/intended for small or large commercial use). A developer arranges for construction/improvement with intent to sell and does NOT perform construction work. Bond $25,000 / GL $500,000; a developer-only licensee is exempt from the RMI (ORS 701.091(2)), from the pre-license training and exam (ORS 701.122(4)) and from the residential CE (ORS 701.082(5)).	ORS 701.005(3),(14); ORS 701.081(4); ORS 701.084(5)	S-OR-ORS-701-091

The endorsement must match the structure being worked on

A residential endorsement covers residential and small commercial work; a commercial endorsement covers small and large commercial work. Working outside the endorsement requires changing the license. S-OR-ORS-701-021

03 Electrical — ORS ch. 479 (Building Codes Division)

Code	Credential	Classification	Official scope	Citation	Source
ELEC-CONTRACTOR	Electrical Contractor License (Oregon Building Codes Division / Electrical and Elevator Board, ORS ch. 479 / OAR ch. 918; the business license to engage in making electrical installations, issued alongside the individual general/limited supervising electrician, general/limited journeyman, limited maintenance and apprentice credentials; $125 per year per place of business)	Electrical Contractor	ORS 479.630(1): the Department issues 'an electrical contractor's license to a person engaging in or carrying on a business of making electrical installations.' The fee is $125 per year for each place of business (ORS 479.840(1)(a)). An electrical contractor must employ a properly licensed supervising electrician to make electrical installations.	ORS 479.630(1); ORS 479.840(1)(a)	S-OR-ORS-479-630
ELEC-JOURNEYMAN	Electrical Contractor License (Oregon Building Codes Division / Electrical and Elevator Board, ORS ch. 479 / OAR ch. 918; the business license to engage in making electrical installations, issued alongside the individual general/limited supervising electrician, general/limited journeyman, limited maintenance and apprentice credentials; $125 per year per place of business)	General Journeyman Electrician	ORS 479.630(4): a general journeyman electrician license is issued to a person who passes the written examination and has at least FOUR YEARS of general experience as an apprentice (or equivalent), including not fewer than 1,000 hours wiring single- or multifamily dwelling units. Fee $100 for a three-year license (ORS 479.840(1)(e)); CE 24 hours per three-year renewal (Business Xpress license 626).	ORS 479.630(4); ORS 479.840(1)(e)	S-OR-ORS-479-630

04 Plumbing — ORS ch. 447 (Building Codes Division)

Code	Credential	Classification	Official scope	Citation	Source
PLUMBING-CONTRACTOR	Plumbing Contractor License / Plumbing Business (Oregon Building Codes Division / State Plumbing Board, ORS ch. 447 / OAR ch. 918-695; the Plumbing Business (PB) license to work as, advertise or purport to be a plumbing contractor; requires a Secretary of State business registration, an active CCB license and a full-time signing supervisor; $150, renews every three years; a plumbing contractor license does not authorize work as a journeyman plumber)	Plumbing Contractor (Plumbing Business)	ORS 447.040(1): 'A person may not work as a plumbing contractor, or advertise or purport to be a plumbing contractor, and a member or employee of a firm, partnership or corporation may not engage in the layout or superintending of plumbing installations, without having obtained the plumbing contractor license.' ORS 447.040(2): 'A plumbing contractor license does not authorize the contractor to work as a journeyman plumber.' Business Xpress license 659: the Plumbing Business (PB) license is $150, renews every three years on July 1, requires a Secretary of State business registration, an active CCB license and a full-time signing supervisor; no exam; exempt from CE.	ORS 447.040; ORS 447.010–447.156; OAR 918-695	S-OR-ORS-447-040

05 Restricted energy — ORS 479.945 (Building Codes Division)

Code	Credential	Classification	Official scope	Citation	Source
RESTRICTED-ENERGY-CONTRACTOR	Restricted Energy Contractor License (Oregon Building Codes Division, ORS 479.510–479.945; the electrical-trade license for restricted energy work such as renewable/alternative energy systems — NOT a general 'solar license'; a license is issued to a person engaged in the restricted energy contracting business)	Restricted Energy Contractor	ORS ch. 479 provides for a restricted energy contractor's license within the electrical-trade licensing system (ORS 479.945, 'Restricted energy contractor's license'). It is the electrical-trade credential for restricted energy work such as renewable/alternative energy systems — Oregon has NO standalone general 'solar' license, so solar/photovoltaic work is performed under the electrical-trade family.	ORS 479.510–479.945 (Restricted energy contractor's license)	S-OR-ORS-479-630

06 Deterministic scope limits

oregon:plumbing-contractor — active ccb license and signing supervisor (ORS 447.040; Business Xpress 659) S-OR-BCD-LIC-659
oregon:developer — construction work (ORS 701.005(3),(14)) S-OR-CCB-ENDORSEMENTS
oregon:residential-general-contractor — small commercial structure construction (ORS 701.021(3)) S-OR-ORS-701-021
oregon:residential-general-contractor — large commercial structure construction (ORS 701.021(4)) S-OR-ORS-701-021
The structure-class fence: residential endorsements do not reach large commercial work.
oregon:residential-limited-contractor — work over 40000 annual or 5000 per contract (ORS 701.038) S-OR-ORS-701-038
oregon:residential-general-contractor — more than two unrelated building trades (ORS 701.005(7)) S-OR-ORS-701-005
oregon:commercial-general-contractor-level-1 — large commercial structure construction (ORS 701.021(4)) S-OR-ORS-701-021
oregon:electrical-contractor — photovoltaic electrical installation (ORS 479.630(1)) S-OR-ORS-479-630
PV is electrical work; Oregon has no standalone solar license.
solar-installation — electrical or restricted energy contractor (ORS 479.630(1); ORS 479.945) S-OR-ORS-479-630
minor-work — aggregate contracts under 1000 casual minor (ORS 701.010(4)) S-OR-ORS-701-010
oregon:residential-specialty-contractor — residential roofing (ORS 701.021(2)-(4)) S-OR-CCB-DO-I-NEED
oregon:residential-specialty-contractor — residential specialty endorsement plus trade permits (ORS 701.021; ORS 701.005(18)) S-OR-CCB-DO-I-NEED
NOT_DETERMINED because the record does not expressly resolve whether a specific HVAC trade credential exists beyond the CCB specialty endorsement.

These limits feed the deterministic rules (OR-CCB-LICENSE, OR-ENDORSEMENT, OR-RLC-LIMITS, OR-ELECTRICAL-CONTRACTOR, OR-PLUMBING-CONTRACTOR, OR-SOLAR-CREDENTIAL) that project pages evaluate — missing facts return NOT_DETERMINED, never a forced answer.

07 Sources

S-OR-BCD-LIC-659publication

Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD), Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS)

Oregon Business Xpress — Plumbing Business (PB) license detail

https://apps.oregon.gov/SOS/LicenseDirectory/LicenseDetail/659