residental hours

[gaijin57]

how many residental hours do i need for the journeymens exam?
I have 12 yrs of commercial/industrail exp. hope this was the right place for this. any help would be greatly apprecaited. thank you.

 

[roger]

This would depend on where you are, different areas have different rules.

Roger

 

[Kdog76]

Here in WI, its 5000 hours, with no more then 1000 hours to show in each year. Technically can be done in 4 1/2 years. I would check with the state / city in which you live.

BTW, welcome to the forum!

 

[Karl H]

California is 8000 for General and 4800 for Resi.

 

[EBFD6]

As others have said, it depends on where you are.

I have been doing this for 11 years, been licensed for 7 years, and have 0 hrs of residential experience (well other than a couple of small side jobs). I do commercial/industrial only, and Massachusetts only requires 8000 hrs of work experience to take the test, they don't break it down into categories.

 

[e57]

California is 8000 for General and 4800 for Resi.

The resi clasification is worthless IMO. Sans any enforcement it is purley a waste of time and money. If you're going to get certified in CA - skip the resi classification and go straight to General. Two reasons - once locked in resi you need to get out of it, meaning you have to get a wider set of experiance not available in residential (thier way of keeping you down....) - and if you have a General your job prospects are wider since you can do both resi and commercial. (The info above is for California only - other places differ widely.)

 

[RJohnsonMasterElectrician]

As others have said, it depends on where you are.

I have been doing this for 11 years, been licensed for 7 years, and have 0 hrs of residential experience (well other than a couple of small side jobs). I do commercial/industrial only, and Massachusetts only requires 8000 hrs of work experience to take the test, they don't break it down into categories.

VT is very close to Ma. 8000hrs-4 yrs school (5 if Union) and state test. During your apprenticeship your supposed to fill out a little book, at least you had to 10yrs ago, about your work experience each day and have your forum sign you off on it. Then that book I beleive gets turned into the State Apprenticeship program for review.

If your state doesn't have a state apprenticeship program either move to one that does or go find your Union Hall.

 

[gaijin57]

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This would depend on where you are, different areas have different rules.

Roger

i live in central Florida. any info would be great.