Utah Propane Training Requirements Under PEP — 2026 Guide

tah law actually says

Utah requires individual LP-gas certificates for anyone performing LP-gas work, administered by the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office under Utah Admin. Code R710-6.

The certificate types (R710-6-5) include Carburetion, Dispenser, HVAC/Plumber, Recreational Vehicle Service, Serviceman, and Transportation and Delivery. The core mechanics:

• Pass an initial examination (open-book written or online, minimum 70%);
• Certificates are valid one year, then renewed annually;
• Re-examination is required every five years (focused on the last 5 years of NFPA 54/58 and rule changes);
• New employees may work under a certificate holder's direct supervision for up to 45 days before passing the exam; and
• The re-exam can be waived by CETP completion, CFR 49 DOT training completion, or 40 hours of continuing training over the prior 5 years.

The CETP exam-waiver language, verbatim from R710-6-5(4)(h):

"Applicants that have successfully completed the requirements of the Certified Employee Training Program, as written by the National Propane Gas Association, and that corresponds to the work to be performed by the applicant, shall have the requirement for initial examination waived after appropriate documentation is provided to the Division by the applicant."

The plain-language read: in Utah, CETP buys you out of the exam — both the initial exam and, at renewal, the five-year re-exam. That is a concrete, valuable benefit tied to the named program. The rule does not yet name PEP, so the question is whether PEP completion earns the same waiver.

PERC is archiving CETP module by module — each retires roughly 12 months after its PEP equivalent releases, with no single national cutoff and no PERC-published calendar. PEP replaces it: role-based, modular, a Learning Center transcript instead of a paper certificate, module assessments instead of the proctored exam, plus employer-tracked OJT.

Utah's value proposition for CETP is the exam waiver. Because the rule names CETP specifically and the Fire Marshal hasn't published PEP equivalency, a 2025+ new hire who completes PEP (not legacy CETP) faces an unclear path to that waiver. The rule's documentation requirement — "after appropriate documentation is provided to the Division" — also matters: PEP's record is a Learning Center transcript, not the paper CETP certificate the Division is used to seeing.

1. Keep training on PEP — it is the current PERC program and the successor to CETP. The open question is the waiver, not whether to train.
2. Confirm the waiver before you rely on it. Ask the State Fire Marshal whether a PEP completion triggers the R710-6-5 exam waiver (initial and five-year re-exam) the same way CETP does. If it doesn't yet, plan for the exam.
3. Map your five-year re-exam calendar. Certificate holders who completed CETP in 2020–2022 hit renewal in 2025–2027 — exactly during the transition. Know who is due and whether their waiver still applies.
4. Have documentation ready in the Division's format. Because the waiver is granted "after appropriate documentation is provided," confirm what the Division will accept as proof of a PEP completion (transcript print-out, etc.).

• The certificate type and completion date for each employee (anchors the annual renewal and the five-year re-exam clock).
• The Learning Center transcript for PEP-trained employees, matched to the certificate type / work performed (R710-6-5 ties the waiver to training "that corresponds to the work").
• Any prior CETP certificates — they remain valid records in the PERC Learning Center; keep them, especially if they support an existing waiver.
• Proof of the 45-day supervised-work start for new hires.
• OJT worksheets for hands-on verification — the Learning Center auto-tracks eLearning only.