advice, please......

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Fulthrotl

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discovered to my dismay, that my state journeyman's license expires in six weeks.
thought it was good till this time next year, when my state contractors license renews.

not enough time to get 32 hours continuing education in a class....
i need an online course to re qualify.

can someone suggest a good one? a google pulled up jade learning.....

does anyone have a good suggestion for an online school?

thanks.....
 
ptonsparky

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Fulthrotl said:
discovered to my dismay, that my state journeyman's license expires in six weeks.
thought it was good till this time next year, when my state contractors license renews.

not enough time to get 32 hours continuing education in a class....
i need an online course to re qualify.

can someone suggest a good one? a google pulled up jade learning.....

does anyone have a good suggestion for an online school?

thanks.....
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I've had similar panic attacks over my EC license. Fortunately none true.
 
Dennis Alwon

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Can you guys accumulate hours? We can get 3 years ahead so I never worry about it. I have so many hours that they go to waste. NC has a 2 day conference where you get 8 hours and our local association of ec's get 1 hour for each meeeting. We meet once a month.... We only need 8 class hours/year so it works out great.

You should look and see if there is something like that in your area.
 
gadfly56

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Dennis Alwon said:
Can you guys accumulate hours? We can get 3 years ahead so I never worry about it. I have so many hours that they go to waste. NC has a 2 day conference where you get 8 hours and our local association of ec's get 1 hour for each meeeting. We meet once a month.... We only need 8 class hours/year so it works out great.

You should look and see if there is something like that in your area.
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All good advice going forward, but he's got 6 weeks. Tick tock, tick tock.
 
Fulthrotl

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gadfly56 said:
All good advice going forward, but he's got 6 weeks. Tick tock, tick tock.
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i've got till 03/21. so, need to submit by 03/15. a month.

i'll do jade. i looked on MH, but he's not accredited in CA.

now, i need a 2014 NEC in PDF form....
is there anywhere i can buy the stupid thing?
i need to pull this together and get it done next week.
i hate being stuck at the last minute.
 
gadfly56

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Fulthrotl said:
i've got till 03/21. so, need to submit by 03/15. a month.

i'll do jade. i looked on MH, but he's not accredited in CA.

now, i need a 2014 NEC in PDF form....
is there anywhere i can buy the stupid thing?
i need to pull this together and get it done next week.
i hate being stuck at the last minute.
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Do you just need access or do you need to mark up, extract pages, print pages, etc? If the former, you can go to the NEC web site and sign up for free access.

You can buy the PDF version directly from NFPA for $102, or $91.80 if you're a member
 
Fulthrotl

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gadfly56 said:
Do you just need access or do you need to mark up, extract pages, print pages, etc? If the former, you can go to the NEC web site and sign up for free access.

You can buy the PDF version directly from NFPA for $102, or $91.80 if you're a member
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got it. thanks.

now, NFPA has my information. i'm sure they will spend the $102 in spamming me with
endless mail, email, etc.
 
gadfly56

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Fulthrotl said:
got it. thanks.

now, NFPA has my information. i'm sure they will spend the $102 in spamming me with
endless mail, email, etc.
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Many years ago I bought a copy of the NFPA 72 handbook, 2002 edition direct from NFPA. For almost a decade I kept getting invitations to join that looked like invoices. My wife came within a whisker of sending them a check one time, thinking it was a legit bill. I still get flyers with each new edition of the NEC or NFPA 72 that comes out.
 
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Have you looked into WECA. They are accredited in California and it looks like many of their classes are based on Mike Holt.
I was thinking of using them for my upcoming renewal. Has anyone used them?
 
Coppersmith

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Never seen so many colors mentioned in one thread that didn't relate to insulation.

Jade
Blue Volt
Oranges
Red Vector

I think if I start a training company I shall name it "Pink Elephant" and serve drinks.;)
 
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Fulthrotl said:
discovered to my dismay, that my state journeyman's license expires in six weeks.
thought it was good till this time next year, when my state contractors license renews.
not enough time to get 32 hours continuing education in a class....
i need an online course to re qualify.
can someone suggest a good one? a google pulled up jade learning.....
does anyone have a good suggestion for an online school?
thanks.....
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Hmmm!
This sounds like a case of "which comes first, the chicken or the egg?"

You have state contractors license which is several notches above a journeyman's card. If that's a C10 license you have, you don't need the journeyman credential. C10 renews every five years.
To qualify for a C10 exam you have to have 4 years experience working as journeyman.
It hasn't changed in more than 30 years, and I' m retired.
I always renew mine after five years along with my PE (electrical) registry even though I renew them as INACTIVE, in case I decide to get back into the band wagon.

You might not need to renew your Journeyman's card. But don't take my word for it. . .check it anyway.
If push comes to shove paying a penalty is not a big deal. ouch!!!
 
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