NATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE EXAM ACTUAL
TEST PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is the first tier to the specialty license? Answer: Gas Piping
Installer
◉ How many hours of educational training are required for the first
specialty license? Answer: 60 Hours (Safemec 305.02)
◉ How many hours of on-job-training are required for the first
specialty license? Answer: 1000 Hours (Safemec 305.02)
◉ What is the second tier to the specialty license? Answer: Fuel Gas
Installation Technician
◉ How many hours of educational training are required for the
second specialty license? Answer: 100 Hours Total (Safemec 305.03)
◉ How many hours of on-job-training are required for the second
specialty license? Answer: 1000 On Job Training Hours (Safemec
305.03)
,◉ What is the third tier to the specialty license? Answer: Fuel Gas
Service Technician
◉ How many hours of educational training are required for the third
specialty license? Answer: 140 Hours (Safemec 305.04)
◉ How many hours of on-job-training are required for the third
specialty license? Answer: 2000 On Job Training Hour (Safemec
305.04)
◉ How much does the initial fuel gas trainee license cost? Answer:
$90.00
◉ How much does the initial fuel gas trainee renewal cost? Answer:
$80.00
◉ How many years is a license active before expiration? Answer: 2
Years
◉ When does a license expire? Answer: At the end of the birth
month
◉ How many questions at minimum are required on each specialty
license test? Answer: 100
, ◉ What code covers the 1st and 2nd stage regulators on a LP
system? Answer: NFPA58
◉ A gas piping system was installed per code requirements in 2000,
and now due to new or revised code material it no longer meets
code, we shall we do? Answer: Contact the AHJ (it may fall under
reciprocity)
◉ Which table shall be referenced to design a gas piping system to
have no more than a, .5" W.C. pressure drop for the following
conditions; LP gas, 11" W.C. available supply pressure and black iron
pipe? Answer: 6.3.1(D)
◉ Which Table shall be referenced to design a gas piping system to
have no more than a .5" W.C. pressure drop for the following
conditions; LP gas, 11" W.C. available supply pressure and soft
copper tubing? Answer: 6.3.1(F)
◉ Which Table shall be referenced to design a gas piping system to
have no more than a .5" W.C. pressure drop for the following
conditions; natural gas, 6" W.C. available supply pressure and black
iron pipe? Answer: 6.2.1(B)
TEST PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is the first tier to the specialty license? Answer: Gas Piping
Installer
◉ How many hours of educational training are required for the first
specialty license? Answer: 60 Hours (Safemec 305.02)
◉ How many hours of on-job-training are required for the first
specialty license? Answer: 1000 Hours (Safemec 305.02)
◉ What is the second tier to the specialty license? Answer: Fuel Gas
Installation Technician
◉ How many hours of educational training are required for the
second specialty license? Answer: 100 Hours Total (Safemec 305.03)
◉ How many hours of on-job-training are required for the second
specialty license? Answer: 1000 On Job Training Hours (Safemec
305.03)
,◉ What is the third tier to the specialty license? Answer: Fuel Gas
Service Technician
◉ How many hours of educational training are required for the third
specialty license? Answer: 140 Hours (Safemec 305.04)
◉ How many hours of on-job-training are required for the third
specialty license? Answer: 2000 On Job Training Hour (Safemec
305.04)
◉ How much does the initial fuel gas trainee license cost? Answer:
$90.00
◉ How much does the initial fuel gas trainee renewal cost? Answer:
$80.00
◉ How many years is a license active before expiration? Answer: 2
Years
◉ When does a license expire? Answer: At the end of the birth
month
◉ How many questions at minimum are required on each specialty
license test? Answer: 100
, ◉ What code covers the 1st and 2nd stage regulators on a LP
system? Answer: NFPA58
◉ A gas piping system was installed per code requirements in 2000,
and now due to new or revised code material it no longer meets
code, we shall we do? Answer: Contact the AHJ (it may fall under
reciprocity)
◉ Which table shall be referenced to design a gas piping system to
have no more than a, .5" W.C. pressure drop for the following
conditions; LP gas, 11" W.C. available supply pressure and black iron
pipe? Answer: 6.3.1(D)
◉ Which Table shall be referenced to design a gas piping system to
have no more than a .5" W.C. pressure drop for the following
conditions; LP gas, 11" W.C. available supply pressure and soft
copper tubing? Answer: 6.3.1(F)
◉ Which Table shall be referenced to design a gas piping system to
have no more than a .5" W.C. pressure drop for the following
conditions; natural gas, 6" W.C. available supply pressure and black
iron pipe? Answer: 6.2.1(B)
