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js6147

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Master Electrician
I'm applying for my NJ license and the only outstanding form I have is the 4 year certification of apprenticeship. I did not complete a certified 4 year apprenticeship, as all my experience came from on the job training supervised by a licensed master electrician.

I currently have my masters electricians license in the city of Philadelphia. It doesn't make sense to me that I'd have to leave my current job and enter a 4 year apprenticeship to get that certification. Taking a major pay cut and becoming an "apprentice" while i'm currently already a licensed master electrician just doesn't make any sense to me.

Anyone have any advice or have dealt with this dilemma before?
 
I think that you're pretty much out of luck. The licensing requirements were changed a few years ago to require you to complete a 4 year apprenticeship before you can sit for the exam. You'll have to decide if it's worth dedicating the next 4 years to apprentice training.
 
js6147 said:
I'm applying for my NJ license and the only outstanding form I have is the 4 year certification of apprenticeship. I did not complete a certified 4 year apprenticeship, as all my experience came from on the job training supervised by a licensed master electrician.

I currently have my masters electricians license in the city of Philadelphia. It doesn't make sense to me that I'd have to leave my current job and enter a 4 year apprenticeship to get that certification. Taking a major pay cut and becoming an "apprentice" while i'm currently already a licensed master electrician just doesn't make any sense to me.

Anyone have any advice or have dealt with this dilemma before?
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Had a Philly " electrical contractors license " since mid 1970's until retiring .They never had a Master Electricians license. Philly L & I made us take an OSHA 10 class about ten years ago to renew license.to cover thier butts after druggie killed some people on a building he was knocking down on Market St. Wonder if the mandatory four year apprenticeship would hold up in court if you already are a licensed electrician in another state and did a four year apprenticeship. Local 98 Philly union guys have to go thru a five year apprenticeship. Good news Pa politicians working on a state license . Yep since 1964 when my chief electrician dad had to take the Philly exam. Great guys at Philly IAEI chapter sent several inspectors & electricians to Harrisburg to talk to politicians about getting a state license. Believe two politicians said they would look into it. That was ten years ago. Good luck.
 
I looked up the NJ Law 45.5A-9 (B). States applicants must complete a four year electrical apprenticeship program accredited by the US Department of Labor. Applicants must work as a journeyman electrician for one year. Appears that the training you received from a master electrician would not count. I attended the best Vo Tech school around where we had 7.5 hours of theory and 7.5 hours of practical every week for three years ( installing wire, connecting start stop buttons, single & three phase transformers ). I had no problem passing four hour Philly license years ago. I have came across a lot of sparkies who some did not go thru an apprenticeship and generally speaking the ones who served a four year apprenticeship were more well versed especially with troubleshooting . Back in the 1970's my company spent over $500,00 for new ammonia refrigeration units and the only way contractor would honor warranty was if his union electrician and a helper did all of the electrical work. Guy did an outstanding job running conduit. First week entire system went down and he told us he was an installer & not good at troubleshooting. Within a few minutes we found the control! fuse blown & blew when we replaced it. Here they used one 120 volt fuse to feed maybe 20 ammonia solenoid valves and one shorted out.
 
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