North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 18 - ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS › Subchapter B - BOARD'S RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING LICENSING ACT › Section .0200 - EXAMINATIONS › Section 18B .0202 - EXPERIENCE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Primary. As
				  used in this Chapter, primary experience means working experience gained by the
				  applicant while engaged in the installation of electrical wiring and equipment
				  governed by the National Electrical Code or work activities related thereto.
				  Examples of the capacity in which a person may work in gaining primary
				  experience and the percentages for creditable primary experience are as
				  follows:
Percentage
(1)
journeyman electrician or electrician
								mechanic;
100
(2)
electrical foreman;
100
(3)
electrical general foreman;
100
(4)
electrical superintendent;
100
(5)
electrical general superintendent;
100
(6)
estimator for licensed electrical
								contractor;
100
(7)
electrical inspector recognized as such by the
								State Department of Insurance;
100
(8)
time spent by a professional engineer who is
								responsible for follow-up
project supervision, beyond the point of delivery,
								in electrical engineering,
design, or consulting;
100
(9)
full-time instructor teaching National Electrical
								Code, NFPA 72, and related electrical
courses at a college, university, community
								college, technical institute,
high school, or vocational school;
80
(10)
maintenance journeyman electrician or electrician
								mechanic employed in a
full-time electrical maintenance
								department;
100
(11)
time spent in electrical maintenance by a
								maintenance journeyman
electrician or electrician mechanic employed in
								other than a
full-time electrical maintenance
								department;
100
(12)
military person holding an electrician rating or
								rank of at least E-4 who is
engaged in land-based electrical installations
								similar or equivalent to work
performed by an electrical
								contractor;
100
(13)
electrical installations similar or equivalent to
								work performed by
an electrical contractor;
100
(14)
time spent in part-time or incidental work in any
								primary experience category;
100
(15)
time spent installing or maintaining fire alarm or
								low voltage systems;
100
(16)
time as a holder of NICET (National Institute for
								Certification in
Engineering Technologies) certification on NFPA 72
								Level I, II, III or IV
applicable to Fire Alarm-Low Voltage license
								only.
100
In calculating accumulative primary experience, a total of
					 2,000 hours shall equal one creditable year. For example, an applicant who has
					 worked in a primary capacity for a total of 7,200 hours has 3.6 years of
					 creditable primary work experience.
(b) Secondary. As used in this Chapter,
				  secondary experience means working experience gained while engaged in work or
				  training that is related to the installation of electrical wiring and equipment
				  governed by the National Electrical Code. Examples of the type of work or
				  training in which a person may engage to gain creditable secondary experience
				  and the percentages for creditable secondary experience are as follows:
Percentage
(1)
				  apprentice electrician training in an apprentice program approved by the North
Carolina Department of Labor; 100
(2) time spent as an apprentice electrician
				  or helper other than as described in
Subparagraph (1) and (3) of this Paragraph; 80
(3) time spent in electrical
				  maintenance by a maintenance apprentice or
electrician helper employed in other than a full-time
					 electrical maintenance
department; 80
(4) student satisfactorily completing
				  National Electrical Code and related electrical
courses at a college, university, community college,
					 technical institute, high school,
or vocational school; 50
(5) time spent by a professional engineer who
				  is not responsible for follow-up project
supervision, beyond the point of delivery, in electrical
					 engineering, design, or
consulting; 50
(6) electrical construction design under the
				  supervision of a professional engineer; 50
(7) sales representative for an electrical
				  wholesaler, distributor, or manufacturer; 20
(8) appliance service and repair;
				  20
(9) electric utility lineman;
				  and 10
(10) electric utility
				  serviceman. 20
In calculating cumulative secondary experience, a total of
					 2,000 hours shall equal one creditable year. The total number of creditable
					 years shall be calculated by applying the percentage for creditable secondary
					 experience and dividing the remainder hours by 2,000. For example, an Applicant
					 who has 1,000 hours of work experience as a helper or regular apprentice and
					 2,200 hours of experience while enrolled in an approved apprentice training
					 program has 1.5 years of creditable secondary experience.