Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G6 - Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board › Chapter 61G6-7 - SPECIALTY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS › Section 61G6-7.001 - Specialty Electrical Contractors

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The following types of specialty electrical contractors may
				  apply to be certified under the provisions of Chapter 489, Part II, F.S., and
				  Chapter 61G6-5, F.A.C., above. In order to be admitted to a specialty
				  contractor examination, the person must show 6 years of comprehensive training,
				  technical education, or broad experience on the type of electrical or alarm
				  system work for which certification is desired.
(1) Lighting Maintenance Specialty Electrical
				Contractor. The scope of certification of a lighting maintenance specialty
				contractor is limited to the installation, repair, alteration, or replacement
				of lighting fixtures in or on buildings, signs, billboards, roadways, streets,
				parking lots and other similar structures. However, the scope of the
				certification does not include the provision of, or work beyond, the last
				electrical supplying source, outlet, or disconnecting means.
(2) Sign Specialty Electrical Contractor. The
				scope of certification includes the structural fabrication including concrete
				foundation, erection, installation, alteration, repair, service and wiring of
				electrical signs and outline lighting. The scope of certification shall not
				include the provision of, or any electrical work beyond, the last disconnect
				mean or terminal points. However, a contractor certified under this section may
				provide the electrical entrance requirements for metering and main disconnect
				of remote billboards or signs which are independent of any structure or
				building and which require no more than twenty-five (25) kilowatts at two
				hundred fifty (250) volts maximum.
(3) Residential Electrical Contractor. The
				scope of certification includes installation, repair, alteration, addition to,
				replacement of or design of electrical wiring, fixtures, appliances, apparatus,
				raceways, conduit, or any part thereof, in a 1, 2, 3, or 4 family residence not
				exceeding 2 stories in height, and accessory use structures in connection with
				the residence. The electrical service installed or worked upon is limited to
				single phase, 400 ampere single service.
(4) Limited Energy Systems Specialty. The
				scope of certification of a limited energy systems specialty contractor
				includes the installation, repair, fabrication, erection, alteration, addition
				to, or design of electrical wiring, fixtures, appliances, thermostats,
				apparatus, raceways, conduit, and fiber optics (transmission of light over
				stranded glass) or any part thereof not to exceed 98 volts, (RMS). The scope of
				work of this license does not include installation, repair, fabrication,
				erection, alteration, addition to, or design of electrical wiring, fixtures,
				appliances, thermostats, apparatus, raceways, conduit, that are part of an
				alarm system.
(a) The scope of certification
				is limited to electrical circuits and equipment as set forth in Section
				489.505(7),
				F.S.
(b) The scope of certification
				shall not include work performed by public utilities exempt under the terms of
				Section 489.503(4),
				F.S., or exempt due to the regulatory jurisdiction of the Florida Public
				Service Commission.
(c) The scope
				of work of this license may also be performed by the following certified and
				registered license categories: Unlimited Electrical Contractor, Alarm System
				Contractor I, Alarm System Contractor II, and Residential Electrical
				Contractor.