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​ Now Live for Trades Credentials and Renewals!

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All initial, reinstatement, and renewal applications for a Trades credential must now be made through LicensE, your online, self-guided licensing platform.

• To apply for a license or renew your license, go to license.wi.gov.
  
• For those renewing in LicensE for the first time or looking for more information about LicensE, including exams, refer to the “Trades LicensE Information" document.
  
• Please review the LicensE Applicant User Guide for help. 
  
• If you are having trouble with anything, please submit a support ticket at this link.  Please provide complete contact information and a detailed description of the issue you are experiencing.
  

​License Information

Per Wis. Admin. Code § SPS 305.991, no person may erect, construct, alter, replace, maintain, repair, remove or dismantle conveyances unless the person holds a license issued by the Department as a licensed Elevator Mechanic. Per Wis. Admin. Code § SPS 305.992, a person, who as a licensed Elevator Mechanic provides supervision of a registered Elevator Apprentice, a registered Elevator Apprentice Restricted, a registered Elevator Helper, a registered Lift Apprentice or a registered Lift Helper, shall be responsible for the work of the apprentice or helper with respect to compliance to Wis. Admin. Code §​ SPS 318.

Temporary License Information

​Per Wis. Stat. § 101.985 (2)(d), if there are no Elevator Mechanics licensed under this subchapter available to provide services contracted for by an Elevator Contractor licensed under this subchapter, the Elevator Contractor may notify the Department and request the issuance of a temporary Elevator Mechanic's license to any individual who is certified by the Elevator Contractor as adequately qualified and able to perform the work of an Elevator Mechanic without direct and immediate supervision and who applies for a temporary Elevator Mechanic's license on a form prescribed by the Department.

The Department shall specify on a temporary Elevator Mechanic's license the Elevator Contractor in whose employ the licensee must remain to provide services under the temporary Elevator Mechanic's license.

The Elevator Mechanic Temporary license cannot take the place of pursuing a non-temporary credential by completing the Wisconsin Code and Statute requirements.