Alabama Administrative Code › Title 303 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS › Chapter 303-X-2 - OPERATIONS OF THE BOARD › Section 303-X-2-.02 - Qualifications For A Journeyman Electrician's License

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The Board shall have the power to determine the requirements
				for licensing a person to be a journeyman electrician.
(1) All applicants for licensure must submit
			 a completed application, application fee, personal identification and
			 supportive documents before taking an examination approved by the Board. After
			 reviewing the documents submitted, the Board may approve or deny an applicant's
			 request to sit for the examination. The Board shall examine applicants at least
			 once every three (3) months according to the method deemed by it to be the most
			 appropriate to test the qualifications of applicants.
(2) Applicants for the state-wide journeyman
			 electrical examination must demonstrate a minimum of eight thousand (8,000)
			 hours experience that includes the installation of electrical wiring, apparatus
			 or equipment for lighting or power, and/or controls thereof. This work must be
			 commercial, industrial or residential. The applicant must also be capable of
			 performing said work according to plans and specifications furnished to him or
			 her and in accordance with standard rules and regulations governing such
			 work.
(3) An applicant for a
			 state-wide journeyman electrician examination may substitute one (1) year of
			 education in an approved electrical curriculum or apprenticeship program for
			 one thousand (1,000) hours of electrical experience for a maximum of two
			 thousand (2,000) hours of the eight thousand (8,000) hours total required. The
			 applicant must provide appropriate documentation, subject to the approval of
			 the Board, of said education or apprenticeship program.
(4) All applications submitted to the Board
			 to qualify to sit for the state-wide journeyman electrician's examination
			 expire in two years from the approval date if the applicant has not
			 successfully passed the requisite examination and fulfilled the requirements
			 for licensing by the Board. If an applicant seeks to be qualified to take an
			 examination to be licensed as a journeyman electrician after the expiration
			 date, a new application must be submitted to the Board.
(5) All licenses shall expire annually or at
			 other times designated the Board.
(6) The Board may recognize a license issued
			 by any other reciprocating state that, in the Board's opinion, has standards of
			 practice or licensure equal to or greater than those required by this state. A
			 list of the approved reciprocal states is maintained at the Board office. The
			 Executive Director shall review and approve or deny all applicants for a
			 reciprocal license.
(7) An
			 applicant for a journeyman electrician license that has passed any national
			 standardized examination proctored by an independent third party within the
			 state of Alabama which the Board shall approved as substantially similar to the
			 examination required to be licensed under this chapter shall be deemed to be in
			 compliance with the testing requirement set forth by the Board for licensure as
			 a journeyman electrician. Individuals meeting this qualification shall also be
			 required to complete all other qualifications set forth by this chapter and the
			 Board prior to the issuance of a license. Applicants affected by this provision
			 shall have until August 31, 2012 for licensure without any further examination
			 requirements.
Author:
Hendon B. Coody
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										34-36-4,
et
seq
.