This law has been a bain on the industry due to the mismanagement of the corupt state agency put in charge of it - CLOWNS!!!!! JMSO......
The only enforcement of this law has been a tool of competition elimination on PW projects - otherwise it has been holding us all to an unenforcable standard that they could not even manage if they tried.
That said - I too am still on the fence about what I am going to do about it.... I don't want to give the %^*% DAS anymore of my money to promote the protectionist agenda they have taken on with this law. But I also do not want to get caught with my pants down after 06-28-09. (when the 3 year card I got in 03 expires) Or pay them more money than I have to.
In the past I spent a lot of time following this law - but have since decided not to as it angered me SOOOOO much. But it now looks like I had better start paying more attention to it. (Although I am happier not beating my head against the wall)
Please correct me if I am wrong - but does this application imply that if your card expires and you choose to retest - that you "
ALSO" have to do the CEU's as well? "If not, you do not qualify to renew"
http://www.dir.ca.gov/das/ecu/electricalcertificationformrenewal.pdf
The way this application is worded - it would appear that those that are taking the action of skipping the CUE's and re-testing should not be reinstated as being certified. (?)
And I think the website confirms that:
IMPORTANT: You are
REQUIRED to have:
- 1) Renewal fee of $100.00;
- 2) 32 hours of continuing education and;
- 3) 2,000 hours in the industry in the previous 3 years. If your certification expired before you can renew, you must pay an additional fee of $100.00 and have to retake the certification exam (i.e., Renewal fee = $100, but if your certification is also expired, you need to retake exam at an additional cost of $100. Total fee = $200.00
http://www.dir.ca.gov/DAS/ECU/ECP_forms.htm