Are Registered Electricians Responsible for NFPA 70E compliance?

[mayanees]

I'm trying to get a 5-hour class approved by an adjoining State. The class is titled "Arc Flash and Electrical Safety - NFPA 70E 2021". It could also be titled "How to Interact Safely with Electrical Systems in Accordance with NFPA 70E, 2021 edition".
But the State has listed on their website that the only classes approved for electricians are based on NFPA 70, The National Electrical Code, and their administrator has advised me that there are no exceptions to what is written on their website.
I think it's a given that electrician's are responsible for compliance with NFPA 70E. OSHA recognizes the standard, and if you don't use that standard, then you need to be using something comparable.
But I can only make the recommendation to their Board based on engineering judgment, or common sense, and I don't want to shoot myself in the foot, so-to-speak, and ruin my chances of ever getting approval.
NFPA 70E is a National Consensus Safety Standard, and as such, is not enforceable by law, and it's not voted in by AHJs, as the NEC is by edition. Legal jurisdictions recognize NFPA 70E, but it's not codified as law.
Any suggestions or opinions are appreciated.

 

[petersonra]

electricians are not responsible for NFPA70E compliance. their employer is though.

 

[hillbilly1]

Georgia is pretty flexible on their continuing education requirements, I’ve had classes that had nothing to do with NEC, and covered erosion control and the like. For awhile Georgia required you to carry a “white card”, if I remember correctly. If you dug a post hole for a temporary, you were required to have that card. Got the card, never heard anything more about it.

 

[tom baker]

Get a class approved on the safety rules in the NEC. Labeling, signs
, LOTO, fault current, arc flash, there is plenty to pull from

 

[Meltric_South]

Perhaps the State needs to take a more unified approach to training. I found that this NEC link could be used to help create a case.

How NFPA 70®, NEC® works with other codes and standards | NFPA

If electricians are responsible for installation of electrical systems, they should probably be trained on all of the NFPA installation documents.

 

[bkludecke]

I don't know if this is germane but it seems to me that NFPA 70E training/compliance would only be required in jurisdictions that have adopted that document. Here in CA some companies and AHJs adopt it and many others do not. Our Cal-OSHA requires a written electrical safety plan but does not reference 70E, although 70E may meet that requirement.