An Act To Provide Career and Technical Training Options for Electricians
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1240
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_A_H336 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT "II" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 901, 
L.D. 1240, Bill, "An Act To Provide Career and Technical Training Options for 
Electricians" 
Amend the amendment in section 1 by striking out all of paragraph B (page 1, lines 
to 37 and page 2, lines 1 to 20 in amendment) and inserting the following: 
'B. In order to obtain a license under this subsection, a person must first pass an 
examination approved by the board and provide evidence of having: 
(1) Worked at least 8,000 hours in the field of electrical installations as a licensed 
helper electrician or apprentice electrician under the direct supervision of a 
master electrician, journeyman electrician or limited electrician or having at least 
8,000 hours of work experience in electrical installations, and having completed a 
program of study consisting of 576 hours as approved by the board or from an 
accredited institution. The 576 hours must consist of 225 hours of required 
study, including an approved course of 45 hours in the current National Electrical 
Code, and 351 hours of elective study that is either composed of all trade-related 
electives or 225 hours of trade-related courses and 135 hours of degree-related 
courses. 
A graduate of a secondary school career and technical education 
electrical program approved pursuant to Title 20-A, section 8306-B is credited 
1,000 hours of work experience in electrical installations and is qualified to sit for 
the examination. The 1,000 hours credited under this subparagraph may not be 
applied to any other pathway to licensure described in this subsection; 
(2) Graduated from an aooredited regioaal applied teohnology high sohool 2 year 
electrical program, worked at least 8,000 hol:l:t's in the field of electrical 
installations as a licensed helper eleotrioiaa under the direct supervision of a 
master eleotrician, journeyman electrician or limited electrician and completed a 
course of 4 5 hours in the curreflt National Electrical Code; 
(3) Graduated from an accredited community college electrical program or a 
vocational-electrical program of a state department of corrections and having 
worked at least 8,000 hours in the field of electrical installations as a licensed 
helper electrician, under the direct supervision of a master electrician, 
j oumeyman electrician or limited electrician, and having completed a course of 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT .. A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 901, L.D. 1240 
hours in the current National Electrical Code. Graduates of a community 
college electrical program or a vocational-electrical program of a state 
department of corrections are credited 4,000 hours of work experience in 
electrical installations and are qualified to sit for the examination; 
(4) Worked at least 8,000 hours as a licensed apprentice electrician in the field of 
electrical installations under the direct supervision of a master electrician, 
journeyman electrician or limited electrician, having completed a program of 
study comprising at least 576 hours prescribed in an apprenticeship program 
approved by the board and having completed a course of 45 hours in the current 
National Electrical Code. A licensed apprentice who has completed an approved 
apprenticeship program of study and has worked at least 4,000 hours as a 
licensed apprentice electrician is qualified to sit for the examination; or 
(5) Comparable work experience or education or training, or a combination of 
work experience, education and training, completed within the State or outside 
the State, that is acceptable to the board.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment clarifies the language in Committee Amendment "A" regarding the 
requirements for licensure as a journeyman electrician. Under this amendment, graduates 
of a secondary school career and technical education electrical program approved 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 8306-B are credited with 
1,000 hours of ~k expe · nee in 
ectric~ installations and are eligible to sit for the 
joun1eyman exami~o __ · _ This am_ d,rtjt ~pecifically provides that the 1,000 hours 
SPONSO 
TOWN: Lewiston 
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