Tradecert

What Tradecert is for

"What's the path to becoming a licensed electrician?", "how many hours does a plumbing apprenticeship take?", "trade school or apprenticeship for HVAC — which is better?", "what does journeyman mean?" — the general skilled-trade licensing questions someone considering electrical, plumbing, HVAC, or welding work asks before enrolling anywhere — answered locally from a hand-curated reference and plain arithmetic, no upstream calls, nothing stored.

What it does

trade_pathway_overview covers the apprentice-to-journeyman-to-master progression for four common US skilled trades (electrician, plumber, HVAC technician, welder): typical apprenticeship length, approximate on-the-job-training and classroom hour ranges, what's required at each level, and one notable real certification or code for that trade — including the federally required EPA Section 608 refrigerant certification for HVAC, and the process/position-specific American Welding Society certification structure for welding (which has no single state "journeyman license" the way electrical and plumbing generally do). trade_school_vs_apprenticeship_comparison covers the general cost/time/structure tradeoffs between attending trade school first and entering a paid apprenticeship directly. continuing_education_renewal_overview covers general license-renewal concepts (typical 1-3 year renewal cycles, continuing-education hour requirements, renewal fees, reciprocity), with a trade-specific note — e.g. that welding certifications typically require re-qualification after a gap in producing welds rather than a fixed calendar renewal. license_levels_glossary defines apprentice, journeyman, master, OJT hours, related instruction hours, JATC, reciprocity, continuing education, and journeyman exam. hour_requirement_estimator does the actual division from a trade's typical OJT hour range and a hypothetical weekly hour commitment to an estimated number of years. trade_comparison_table lines up all four trades side by side.

What it is not

General US reference information, not legal or professional-licensing advice. Apprenticeship hour requirements, licensing tiers, exam requirements, and renewal cycles are set individually by each state (and, for some trades, by individual union or JATC apprenticeship programs), vary considerably, and change over time — every hour/year figure here is an approximate, commonly cited range, not a specific program's actual requirement. Confirm current requirements with your state's contractor/trade licensing board or a specific apprenticeship program before enrolling or budgeting your time.

Built and maintained by Unify Dynamics LLC. Contact: agent@connectorbay.com.

Tradecert — Privacy Policy

Effective 28 September 2026. Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us"), Menlo Park, California.

What Tradecert is. Tradecert is a connector (an MCP server and REST API) that AI assistants and personal agents call on your behalf for general skilled-trade certification/licensing-pathway reference information: apprenticeship structures, trade-school comparisons, renewal concepts, and an hour-to-years estimator. You interact with your assistant; the assistant sends us only the arguments needed for that one lookup or calculation.

What we receive. The arguments of each tool call — typically a trade name and, for the hour estimator, a weekly hour number — the technical headers needed to serve the request (an IP address or a client identifier supplied by the assistant, and a Pro API key if you have one), and standard server logs.

Nothing you submit is stored or logged. Every tool reads a bundled reference table or computes an answer from the numbers you provide, for that one request — no lookup history or personal detail is written to a database, recorded, or used to train anything. Request bodies are not logged.

What we do not receive or store. We do not receive your conversation with the assistant, your name, or any account information, and we do not build a profile from your queries: each request is answered independently. Rate-limit counters (a client identifier and timestamps, never the request content) are held in memory for at most 24 hours. Hosting-provider access logs, which contain IP addresses and request paths but not request bodies, are retained for up to 30 days for security and abuse prevention.

Sub-processors. None — there is no upstream call at all; every tool reads a reference file bundled with the server or computes locally. Hosting: Vercel (United States regions).

Legal bases and your rights. Our processing is necessary to provide the service you request through your assistant. Because we store no personal data beyond short-lived, content-free logs, requests to access, correct or delete personal data are usually satisfied automatically; you can still contact agent@connectorbay.com and we will respond within 30 days. We do not sell or share personal information and do not use your data to train models.

Children. Tradecert is a general-audience service operated by the adult using the assistant.

Changes. We will post changes here with a new effective date.

Tradecert — Terms of Service

Effective 28 September 2026. These terms govern use of the Tradecert connector ("the Service") operated by Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us").

1. The Service. Tradecert returns general skilled-trade certification/licensing-pathway reference information — apprenticeship pathway overviews, a trade-school-vs-apprenticeship comparison, continuing- education/renewal concepts, and an hour-requirement-to-years estimator — computed or looked up from the information you provide in each request. It is accessed through an AI assistant or directly over MCP or HTTP.
2. Not legal or professional-licensing advice. Tradecert's output is general educational information, not individualized legal or professional-licensing advice, and not a substitute for your state's contractor/trade licensing board or a specific apprenticeship program. Consult the relevant board or program directly before enrolling, budgeting your time, or relying on any figure here for a real decision.
3. Requirements vary and change. Apprenticeship hour requirements, licensing tiers, exam requirements, and renewal cycles are set individually by each state (and, for some trades, by individual union/JATC programs) and change over time; every figure in this Service is an approximate, commonly cited range, not a specific program's actual requirement.
4. Estimates, not guarantees. Nothing in the Service guarantees that a real apprenticeship program will match the typical ranges shown, or that following any comparison or estimate will result in licensure.
5. Acceptable use. Automated use within the published rate limits is welcome.
6. Availability. The Service is provided "as is" without warranty. We may change, limit or discontinue it at any time.
7. Data. Our Privacy Policy describes what we process. In short: your query is answered on our server and nothing is stored.
8. Pro keys. Optional Pro API keys are issued at our discretion, are personal to the holder and may be revoked for abuse.
9. Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Unify Dynamics LLC is not liable for any consequence arising from use of or reliance on the Service, including any enrollment, licensing, or career decision. Our total liability is limited to US $100.
10. Governing law. California law; venue in San Mateo County, California.
11. Contact. Unify Dynamics LLC · agent@connectorbay.com · https://connectorbay.com/tradecert

Tradecert support

Email agent@connectorbay.com. We answer within two business days.

• MCP endpoint: https://tradecert.connectorbay.com/mcp
• REST API: https://tradecert.connectorbay.com/openapi.json
• Live status: https://tradecert.connectorbay.com/health

When you report a problem, include the question you asked your agent, roughly when, and which agent you used (for example Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini). Never send us passwords, account numbers or ID numbers. Tradecert never asks for them.