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Arkansas electrician license & renewal

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Required hours

Journeyman applicants without the approved four-year apprenticeship need eight years (16,000 hours) of board-approved electrical construction experience or training, crediting no more than 2,000 hours per year.

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Exam

The board reviews qualifications before allowing an applicant to take the licensing examination.

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Renewal

Licenses shall expire on the date indicated on the license. Licenses shall expire on the last day of the month, one year following the date of issue.

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Before you begin

Agency guidance

Renewal duration depends on the NEC cycle: one year in the final year, two in the second year, or three in the first year. Annual renewal amounts (USD): master 50; journeyman 25.

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Licenses may be renewed for one (1) year in the last year of an NEC cycle, two (2) years in the second year of an NEC cycle, or three (3) years in the first year of an NEC cycle upon a payment of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for a master electrician's license; fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for a residential master electrician's license; twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for a journeyman electrician's license

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How to get this license

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Arkansas Board of Electrical Examiners, Department of Labor and Licensing
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ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE ARKANSAS BOARD OF ELECTRICAL EXAMINERS Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
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https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/divisions/code-enforcement/electrical-inspection-and-licensing/
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Check the qualifications
Education
Journeyman: complete a four-year approved electrical construction apprenticeship with completion documentation; a separate experience route is available.
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Applicants who have completed a four-year electrical construction apprenticeship program approved by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training shall have: (i) A "Notice of Apprenticeship Committee Action - Released for Test/Completion" form
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Required hours
Journeyman applicants without the approved four-year apprenticeship need eight years (16,000 hours) of board-approved electrical construction experience or training, crediting no more than 2,000 hours per year.
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Applicants who have not completed a four-year electrical construction apprenticeship program approved by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training shall have eight (8) years (sixteen thousand (16,000) hours), using a standard of two thousand (2,000) hours maximum credit per year, of electrical construction experience or training as may be approved by the Board of Electrical Examiners of the State of Arkansas.
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Experience
Master: electrical engineering degree plus two years construction-related experience; or six years residential and commercial construction experience including two as a licensed journeyman; or board-approved equivalent training and experience.
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An applicant for a master electrician's license shall have: (1) A degree in electrical engineering plus two (2) years of construction related experience; or (2) Six (6) years’ experience in the construction industry, both residential and commercial, including two (2) years’ experience as a licensed journeyman electrician; or (3) Any combination of training and experience as the Board of Electrical Examiners of the State of Arkansas may approve
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Exam
The board reviews qualifications before allowing an applicant to take the licensing examination.
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If all requirements of are met, the applicant will be allowed to take the licensing examination.
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Reciprocity

Journeyman reciprocity requires sister-state certification of current good standing, at least one year holding the license and examination in that state.

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Applicants who seek reciprocity shall have certification from the sister state that the applicant: (A) Is currently licensed as a journeyman and in good standing; (B) Has held his or her license in the sister state for a period of one (1) year; and (C) Was tested in the sister state

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How to renew

License term in years

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Renewal rule

Licenses shall expire on the date indicated on the license. Licenses shall expire on the last day of the month, one year following the date of issue.

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Licenses shall expire on the date indicated on the license. Licenses shall expire on the last day of the month, one year following the date of issue.

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Continuing education hours

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A journeyman electrician license or master electrician licensee shall complete at least eight (8) hours of continuing education for each National Electrical Code (NEC) cycle before renewing his or her license.

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Continuing education topics

Board-approved NEC instruction each NEC cycle; a qualifying apprentice who completes apprenticeship and passes the journeyman exam needs no additional CE during that cycle.

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Continuing education shall consist of classroom or other Board approved instruction relating specifically to the National Electrical Code. No apprentice that completes an apprenticeship program and passes the journeyman exam shall be required to obtain additional continuing education hours during that NEC cycle.

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ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE ARKANSAS BOARD OF ELECTRICAL EXAMINERS Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing

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https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/divisions/code-enforcement/electrical-inspection-and-licensing/

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Requirements / Education

Applicants who have completed a four-year electrical construction apprenticeship program approved by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training shall have: (i) A "Notice of Apprenticeship Committee Action - Released for Test/Completion" form

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Requirements / Hours

Applicants who have not completed a four-year electrical construction apprenticeship program approved by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training shall have eight (8) years (sixteen thousand (16,000) hours), using a standard of two thousand (2,000) hours maximum credit per year, of electrical construction experience or training as may be approved by the Board of Electrical Examiners of the State of Arkansas.

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Requirements / Experience

An applicant for a master electrician's license shall have: (1) A degree in electrical engineering plus two (2) years of construction related experience; or (2) Six (6) years’ experience in the construction industry, both residential and commercial, including two (2) years’ experience as a licensed journeyman electrician; or (3) Any combination of training and experience as the Board of Electrical Examiners of the State of Arkansas may approve

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Requirements / Exam

If all requirements of are met, the applicant will be allowed to take the licensing examination.

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Renewal

Licenses shall expire on the date indicated on the license. Licenses shall expire on the last day of the month, one year following the date of issue.

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Continuing education hours

A journeyman electrician license or master electrician licensee shall complete at least eight (8) hours of continuing education for each National Electrical Code (NEC) cycle before renewing his or her license.

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Continuing education topics

Continuing education shall consist of classroom or other Board approved instruction relating specifically to the National Electrical Code. No apprentice that completes an apprenticeship program and passes the journeyman exam shall be required to obtain additional continuing education hours during that NEC cycle.

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Reciprocity

Applicants who seek reciprocity shall have certification from the sister state that the applicant: (A) Is currently licensed as a journeyman and in good standing; (B) Has held his or her license in the sister state for a period of one (1) year; and (C) Was tested in the sister state

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Agency guidance

Licenses may be renewed for one (1) year in the last year of an NEC cycle, two (2) years in the second year of an NEC cycle, or three (3) years in the first year of an NEC cycle upon a payment of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for a master electrician's license; fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for a residential master electrician's license; twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for a journeyman electrician's license

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