Master/Journeyman/Contractor

[tom baker]

Re: Master/Journeyman/Contractor

Licensing is by state requirement. Some may be reciprocal with other states, some will recoginze the IBEW training, but you would still have to take the electrical exam.

 

[highkvoltage]

Re: Master/Journeyman/Contractor

In Ohio you can take the state Contractor's test or the Jouneyman's test. The difference is Contractors can hire, pull permits and basically run or own a business. Jouneyman work for contractors. Plain and simple.

 

[paul32]

Re: Master/Journeyman/Contractor

Bob,
Jeff left out the part about an EE degree in his description. To qualify for the master's test you need 5 years of experience, or 1 year as a journeyman, or a 4-year EE degree. A 2-year electrician program can count as 1 year of experience, and the experience needs to be in certain areas, so just having a job for that time might not be enough.

Jeff has lost the computer access he had been using so will not be around much.

Allowing the EE to get a master's license seems to be unique to Minnesota. Any other states have anything similar? I tried to find online when the law went into effect, but it was before they put that information on the web in the early 90s. Any Minnesotan's out there that used the EE provision to get a masters license a long time ago that can give an idea how long it has been allowed? I am curious what the legislature had in mind in allowing this. But since the test has no practical part anyway, even with the experience requirements the state doesn't really know the person knows how to do things properly.