Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 8 - Certificates of Fitness › Chapter 90 - Plumbers and Electricians › Article 3 - Electrician Certificate of Fitness › 8 AAC 90.165 - Electrician and power lineman trainee certificates of fitness

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A trainee
				  certificate of fitness authorizes the holder to perform work subject to the
				  standards established in
				  AS
				  18.60.580 and performed under the conditions
				  set out under this section.
(b) The
				  department will issue a trainee certificate of fitness upon payment of the
				  applicable fees required by
				  AS
				  18.62.030, if the applicant submits
				  documented proof of indenture in an apprentice electrician program accredited
				  by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship.
(c) The ratio of individuals working under
				  trainee certificates on a job site may not be more than two electrician
				  trainees for every certified electrician journeyman or residential wireman, as
				  applicable, or two power lineman trainees for every certified power lineman
				  journeyman.
(d) Notwithstanding (a)
				  - (c) of this section, a person holding a power lineman journeyman certificate
				  of fitness may work as a trainee on a project within the scope of the
National Electrical Code
established in
				  AS
				  18.60.580 and
				  8 AAC 70.025(a), a person holding a
				  residential wireman certificate of fitness may work as a trainee on a project
				  within the scope of the
National Electrical Safety Code
established in
				  AS
				  18.60.580 and
				  8 AAC 70.025(b), and on a project
				  within the scope of the
National Electrical Code
that is
				  outside the scope of a residential wireman, and a person holding an electrical
				  journeyman certificate of fitness may work as a trainee on a project within the
				  scope of the
National Electrical Safety Code.
(e) If the holder of a trainee certificate of
				  fitness leaves the apprentice program in which the trainee is indentured, the
				  trainee shall surrender the certificate to the mechanical inspection section of
				  the department or to the apprentice program in which the trainee is indentured.
				  The department will maintain the surrendered certificate of fitness until the
				  date the certificate would normally expire, during which time the certificate
				  will be returned at no additional charge to the trainee if the trainee is again
				  properly indentured in an apprentice program as described in (b) of this
				  section. If the trainee is not again indentured within the term of the
				  surrendered certificate, the trainee must apply to renew the certificate under
				  8 AAC 90.180(c) and pay the required
				  fee.
(f) Apprentice programs must
				  return trainee certificates surrendered under (e) to the Anchorage office of
				  the mechanical inspection section not later than 30 days from the date of
				  surrender.
For the purposes of
						8 AAC 90.165, the department can be contacted act
						department of Labor and Workplace Development, Mechanical Inspection, 1251
						Muldoon Road, Suite 113, Anchorage, Ak 99504 phone: (907) 269-4925.
Authority:
AS
						18.62.030
AS 18.62.050
AS 18.62.060
AS
						18.62.070