Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 041 - Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0001 - Electrical Board › Chapter 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 2-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
For the purpose of these Rules and Regulations, the following
				  definitions shall apply:
(a)
				"Apprentice Electrician" means a person who has insufficient qualifications to
				be a journeyman electrician and is hired by a licensed electrical contractor to
				assist a licensed journeyman or master electrician. From and after March 1,
				1994, an apprentice electrician must be registered with the Department of Fire
				Prevention and Electrical Safety, and must be enrolled in a bona fide program
				of training approved by the Department, or present evidence directly to the
				Board that he is enrolled in an apprentice training program which provides
				training equivalent to a program approved by the Department.
(b) "Apprentice Technician" means a person
				who has insufficient qualifications to be a low voltage or a limited technician
				and is hired by a licensed electrical contractor, low voltage contractor, or
				limited electrical contractor to assist a licensed low voltage or limited
				technician. An apprentice technician must be registered with the Department of
				Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety and must be enrolled in a training
				program as approved by the Board.
(c) "Chief Electrical Inspector" means the
				administrator of the electrical safety division, who is a Wyoming master
				electrician, certified as an electrical inspector by the International
				Association of Electrical Inspectors or the International Conference of
				Building Officials.
(d)
				"Department" means the Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical
				Safety.
(e) "Documented Evidence of
				Work Experience" means notarized letters from employees (past and present),
				notarized letters from IBEW local union or a copy of a current electrical
				license from another state licensing board which has work history requirement
				equal to or greater than the State of Wyoming.
(f) "Documented School Experience" means
				official transcripts which indicate the number of credit hours or actual number
				of classroom hours of electrically related courses.
(g) "Electrical Board" (Board) consists of
				five (5) members appointed by the governor for six (6) year terms. One (1)
				member and no more than two (2) shall be journeymen electricians, one (1) and
				no more than two (2) shall be a master electricians, and one (1) and no more
				than two (2) shall be electrical contractors.
(h) "Electrical Contractor" means a person
				licensed by the Department to contract with another to plan, lay out and
				supervise the installation of electric equipment. "Electrical Contractor"
				excludes a person who only plans or designs electrical installations.
(i) "Electrical Safety Division" is the
				Division that is responsible for the licensing of companies and individuals who
				are performing electrical installations. The Division is also responsible for
				issuing electrical wiring permits as well as performing inspections of
				electrical installations.
(j)
				"Electrical Work" means the installation, alteration, reconstruction, or repair
				of electrical wiring and/or systems as described by the National Electrical
				Code (NEC) Article 90-2.
(k)
				"Electrical Work Experience" means electrical installations performed by the
				applicant and governed by the National Electrical Code.
(l) "Electrical Wiring" means any electrical
				conductor, conduit, material, device, fitting, apparatus, appliance, fixture,
				or equipment, constituting a part of or connected to any installation attached
				or fastened to any building, structure, or premises, and which installation or
				portion thereof is designed, intended, or used to generate, transmit,
				transform, or utilize electrical energy within the scope and purpose of the
				NEC.
(m) "Installation of Electric
				Equipment" includes installing, altering and repairing the wiring of apparatus,
				equipment and conductors subject to the National Electrical Code.
(n) "Journeyman Electrician" means a person
				licensed by the Department who has four (4) years experience in the electrical
				wiring industry and technical knowledge to install and supervise the
				installation of electrical equipment for any purpose in accordance with the
				National Electrical Code and city, county and state ordinances and
				regulations.
(o) "License" means
				permission to perform electrical installations in the State of
				Wyoming.
(p) "Limited Electrical
				Contractor" means a person, licensed by the Department to contract with another
				to plan, lay out and supervise the installation of electrical equipment
				associated with the type of limited electrical contractor license held.
				"Limited Electrical Contractor" excludes a person who only plans or designs
				electrical installations.
(q)
				"Limited Technician" means a person licensed by the Department who has two (2)
				years experience in the portion of the electrical wiring industry covered by
				his limited license and technical knowledge to install and supervise the
				installation of electrical equipment associated with the type of limited
				electrical license held in accordance with the National Electrical Code and
				city, county and state ordinances and regulations.
(r) "Low Voltage Electrical Contractor" means
				a person licensed by the Department to contract with another to plan, lay out
				and supervise the installation of electrical equipment associated with the type
				of limited electrical contractor license held. "Low Voltage Electrical
				Contractor" excludes a person who only plans or designs electrical
				installations.
(s) "Low Voltage
				Technician" means a person licensed by the Department who has the required
				number of hours of experience in the portion of the electrical wiring industry
				covered by his low voltage license and technical knowledge to install and
				supervise the installation of electrical equipment associated with the type of
				low voltage electrical license held in accordance with the National Electrical
				Code and city, county and state ordinances and regulations.
(t) "Master Electrician" means a person
				licensed by the Department who has eight (8) years experience in the electrical
				wiring industry and technical knowledge to plan, lay out and supervise the
				installation of electric equipment in accordance with the National Electrical
				Code and city, county and state ordinances and regulations.
(u) "Master Electrician of Record" means a
				Wyoming licensed master electrician who is actively employed by a licensed
				electrical contractor in a full-time capacity, and who assumes responsibility
				to ensure that the National Electrical Code,
				W.S.
				35-9-120 through
				35-9-130 and applicable rules of
				the Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety are adhered to on all
				electrical work undertaken by the electrical contractor in the State of
				Wyoming, and who is not the master electrician of State record for, or employed
				by, any other electrical contractor.
(v) "National Electrical Code (NEC)" is the
				current electrical code created by the National Fire Protection Association
				whose purpose is the practical safeguarding of persons and property from
				hazards arising from the use of electricity, and enforcement may be delayed
				until July of that year.
(w)
				"Technician of Record" means a Wyoming licensed low voltage or limited
				technician who is actively employed by a licensed low voltage or limited
				electrical contractor in a full time capacity, and who assumes responsibility
				to ensure that the National Electrical Code,
				W.S.
				35-9-120 through
				35-9-130 and applicable rules of
				the Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety are adhered to on all
				low voltage or limited electrical work undertaken by the low voltage or limited
				electrical contractor in the State of Wyoming, and who is not the technician of
				record for, or employed by, any other low voltage or limited electrical
				contractor.
(x) "Temporary Work
				Permit" means a permit that allows an applicant to engage in the work of a
				journeyman electrician, low voltage technician, or a limited technician who
				applies, furnishes satisfactory evidence of experience to qualify for the
				examination, and pays the required fees.