Am I eligible for my General Electrician examination in California?

[TjFrost]

Hello, I'm new to the forum so please bare with me. I've been doing electrical in Orange County for 22 years for 3 licensed c10 contractors doing custom residential homes I have never had an ET card but finally
tired of procrastinating and need to get my certification.
The company I'm currently working for the last 2 years has no employees but me, I do all the work my boss just works in the office and works every now and then.
My question is can my current boss sign me off for 4 years (8000 hours) experience so I can sign up for my General Electrician exam? Or do I need to go back to my prior company that I worked for, for at least 8 or so years to have them
sign me off on proof of hours?
Also, I never had an ET card in all 22 years Of experience yet I have been eligible in the past at my prior company back in 2007 and tried to take my Residential Electrical exam and failed by 7 questions and just never tried to retake the test and now
I want to take my General Electrician exam but I'm getting conflicting information on this forum saying the last 2 years there now enforcing that I must have a ET card for so long to prove work hours or that I could get my employer in trouble for some reason.
Thanks so much for your time reading this with any help you might have
Also is California(DIR), backed up with people waiting for eligibility, there voice mail box is full and they send me to people from another country that can't speak English when I call all their numbers.

 

[jaggedben]

Read this thread.

ET class hours credit for the C-10? (California)

Hi all, Does completing a certified ET program (in my case WECA) credit you any years/hours toward the 4 years of required journeyman level to sit for the C-10? I was in somewhat of a unique situation where I have worked 6+ years with the same C-10 as an ET (I was the only employee). I did...

forums.mikeholt.com

Are you trying to become a contractor? Or a certified journeyman electrician who can work for a C-10 employer? ('General electrician' is not a precise term in California.)

 

[TjFrost]

Read this thread.

ET class hours credit for the C-10? (California)

Hi all, Does completing a certified ET program (in my case WECA) credit you any years/hours toward the 4 years of required journeyman level to sit for the C-10? I was in somewhat of a unique situation where I have worked 6+ years with the same C-10 as an ET (I was the only employee). I did...

forums.mikeholt.com

Are you trying to become a contractor? Or a certified journeyman electrician who can work for a C-10 employer? ('General electrician' is not a precise term in California.)

yes im trying to get my journeyman certification

 

[jaggedben]

Then you may be out of luck because your employer violated the law by not having you registered. That is, unless you're willing to throw them under the bus.

Best course of action is probably to get your ET card now so the hours start counting.

 

[mtnelect]

See my attachment.

 

[TjFrost]

Then you may be out of luck because your employer violated the law by not having you registered. That is, unless you're willing to throw them under the bus.

Best course of action is probably to get your ET card now so the hours start counting.

The only question i cant figure out yet is how was i qualified to take a test way back in 2008-2009 before they even made this ET card mandatory cant i use my past job experience at my company i worked for 8 years in the past like around 2001-2009 or do i have to have my current employer sign me off on my hours? the Application for Electrician Examination and Certification form im supposed to fill out says i send in a social security form stating my past companies i worked for. Are you saying that all those companies will just be fined when i send in that information? Or do they not really care, once they see i have 20 years experience and let me take the test, this is my concern lately because signing up for my ET card now means i need 4 years before I could take my test from now even though there records must show that in the past they excepted my hours and let me take the exam in 2008 and I just failed it by 7 questions

this is the form im guessing i send in along with the Social Security form 7050-F4

https://californiaelectricaltraining.com/storage/attachments/users/jaXrJaM5nzy7AR3Zr3nXXS9IM2gzdDKK42IaTjMa.pdf

https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ssa-7050.pdf

 

[TjFrost]

See my attachment.

thanks for the link

 

[jaggedben]

... even though there records must show that in the past they excepted my hours and let me take the exam in 2008 and I just failed it by 7 questions

Who knows if they have those records. Do you?

That might be your best bet. But I'm not optimistic they'll buy that argument.

It sucks they've gotten more stringent about this when the state needs more certified electricians, not fewer.