In St. Petersburg (Pinellas county) you are not required to be licensed if the cabling is for communications, controls, or automation. So what this means is everyone down here can pull cable. That's where most of my business comes from, fixing other people's mess.
You also dont need a low-voltage license for alarm/etc if the job is priced (reasonably) under $1000.
Unless they are in the process of ammending it, LAN/Telecom/CCTV/etc are defined in the Florida Status under Low-Voltage Exemption.
The florida state statue is Title 32 Chapter 489 Statue 503 Section 14A and 14B. Or 489.503(14a)
Unfortunately that means all that is REALLY needed to start charging people for faulty work around here is a magnetic sticker that says "We Run Cables!".
Depressing ain't it?
Atleast it's not as bad as the Data/IT side of things. Where if there are any certifications it's all third-party and 90% of it is not based on competancy. I mean, come on, how much use is a A+ or an MCSP. That just means they know what a CPU is and how to install Windows XP Home. Not to mention all the BS non-vendor cert's floating around.
