Indiana Propane Training Requirements Under PEP — 2026 Guide

ndiana law actually says

Indiana regulates propane safety through the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS), Division of Fire and Building Safety, home of the State Fire Marshal. There is no LP-gas board and no LP-gas technician license.

The pieces that do exist:

• IC 22-11-15 — Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Containers. This is a container-ownership chapter: unauthorized possession or filling of another company's tank is the subject (§22-11-15-4 makes unauthorized possession presumptive evidence of unlawful use, §22-11-15-5.1 gives the owner a civil action). Nothing in it about training, certification, or CETP.
• The Indiana Fire Code (675 IAC 22 series) + 675 IAC Article 28 (NFPA standards). Indiana adopts NFPA 58 for the storage, handling, and transportation of LP-gas and the installation of LP-gas equipment. NFPA 58 §4.4 — the training clause — rides in with it: persons whose duties include handling LP-gas must be trained in proper handling and operating procedures, with refresher training documented. The standard doesn't name CETP or PEP; it names the *duty*.
• Construction design release for larger installations. Where a single container exceeds 2,000 gallons water capacity (or aggregate exceeds 4,000 gallons), the installer must submit construction documents under the General Administrative Rules (675 IAC 12) — a plan-review trigger, not a training credential.
• Indiana Department of Revenue propane dealer's license (Form PDL-1, $50). A fuel-*tax* license. It has nothing to do with safety training, but operators regularly confuse it with a safety credential — see the trap below.

The plain read: Indiana is a no-license state for propane technicians. The training obligation is real (NFPA 58 §4.4 via the fire code, plus federal DOT hazmat/HME requirements for your drivers and OSHA's general duty), but the state never tells you which curriculum to use. CETP filled that role by industry convention — and PEP now inherits it the same way.

PERC is archiving CETP on a rolling basis — each module retires roughly 12 months after its PEP replacement releases. PEP, the successor, is role-based and modular: employees complete only the learning paths their job requires, the credential is a PERC Learning Center transcript entry instead of a paper CETP certificate, and the proctored CETP exam is replaced by module knowledge assessments plus an OJT (on-the-job training) worksheet verified by a PEP-Recognized Field Trainer.

For Indiana specifically, almost nothing changes at the state level — because the state never required CETP in the first place. What changes is everything *around* the state: the curriculum your crew trains on, the document you hand your insurance carrier, and the record an OSHA or DOT auditor (or a plaintiff's attorney after an incident) asks for. The Indiana Propane Gas Association (IPGA) has historically delivered CETP classes to Indiana operators; as PERC retires CETP modules, IPGA's delivery moves to PEP with it. If your training file says "CETP" and the module your new hire needs has been archived, PEP is the path forward — there is no Indiana rule to check it against, only your carrier and NFPA 58 documentation duty.

1. Keep training on PEP. With no state-named program, PEP is the industry-standard evidence that you met NFPA 58 §4.4's training duty. It's the successor to the credential everyone in Indiana already used voluntarily.
2. Don't wait for a state notice — none is coming. There is no Indiana license to update, so the State Fire Marshal has nothing to re-approve. The transition is yours to manage internally.
3. Route training through IPGA where it fits. The state association delivers PERC training to Indiana operators and is the best early-warning channel on anything the Fire Marshal's office does start caring about.
4. Keep your DOR fuel-tax license current — and file it mentally in a different drawer. The Form PDL-1 propane dealer's license is a tax registration, not a safety credential. It doesn't satisfy any training duty, and PEP doesn't satisfy it.
5. Hold onto prior CETP certificates. They remain valid records in the PERC Learning Center — keep them in each employee's training file.
6. Confirm plan-review triggers on bigger sets. Over 2,000 gallons single / 4,000 aggregate, construction documents go to IDHS before the tank does.

• The PERC Learning Center transcript for each PEP-trained employee (PEP issues no paper certificate — the transcript is the record).
• NFPA 58 §4.4 refresher training dates for everyone who handles LP-gas — the fire code makes documented training the expectation even without a license.
• OJT worksheets and who verified them. PERC's Learning Center auto-tracks eLearning only; hands-on OJT is yours to track and retain.
• Any prior CETP certificates — keep them; they stay in the Learning Center as valid history.
• DOT records for drivers (hazmat endorsement, function-specific training) — federal, separate from PEP, and the thing an auditor actually pulls first.
• Construction design releases for any installation over the 2,000/4,000-gallon thresholds.