An Act To Provide Career and Technical Training Options for Electricians
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1240
Committee Amendment CA_A_H257 (House)
Amends: 32 MRSA §1202-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/f " 
to H.P. 901, L.D. 1240, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide Career and Technical Training Options for Electricians" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1202-A, sub-§2, 1]3, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 198, §17, is 
amended to read: 
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; 
(2) Graduated from an aooredi-ted regional applied teehnology high school 2 year 
eleotrieal program a secondary school career and technical electrical education 
program approved pursuant to Title 20-A, section 8306-B, 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, journeyman electrician or limited 
electrician and completed a course of 45 hours in the current National Electrical 
Code. A graduate of a secondary school career and technical electrical education 
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; 
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(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, 
journeyman electrician or limited electrician, and having completed a course of 
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.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Patt letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes and replaces the bill. 
The amendment amends the 
requirements for licensure as a journeyman electrician to credit graduates of a secondary 
school career and technical electrical education program approved pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 8306-B with 1,000 hours of work experience in 
electrical installations and makes it clear that such graduates are eligible to sit for the 
journeyman examination. 
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