CHAPTER 6

ELECTRICAL LICENSING

 

 Section 1.  Application and Renewal of Licenses.

 

 (a) License applications shall be submitted on the form provided by the Department and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fees as established by these rules. All information solicited shall be provided.

 

 (b) Examinations are scheduled by contacting testing agency after approval by the Chief Electrical Inspector. Location and frequency of the examinations will be determined by the testing administrator.

 

 (c) Approximately ninety (90) days prior to expiration, the Department shall send written notification of the approaching expiration of each license to the most recent known email address that the licensee has provided to the Department. The Department is not responsible for failure of renewal notice to reach applicant.

 

 (d) The application for renewal for electrical contractors, low voltage contractors, and limited contractors must be completed and submitted to the Department no later than the last day of the month of the expiration of the license.

 

 (e)  In the case of contractors, the master acknowledgment of responsibility form shall be completed and the signature of the full time actively employed master electrician of record shall be notarized and returned with the application and the appropriate fee during the ninety (90) days preceding expiration. In the case of low voltage and limited electrical contractors, the technician acknowledgment of responsibility form shall be completed and the signature of the full time actively employed technician of record shall be notarized and returned with the application and the appropriate fee during the ninety (90) days preceding expiration.

 

 (f) An electrician or technician who applies for renewal of his expired license within one hundred and eighty (180) days after its expiration and is otherwise entitled to renewal of his license shall have his license renewed by paying an additional fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).

 

 (g) Any electrician or technician who fails to renew his or her license within one hundred and eighty (180) days of expiration must pay all applicable fees and pass the appropriate examination to reinstate his or her license.

 

 Section 2.  Temporary Work Permits.

 

 (a) Temporary permits to engage in the work of a journeyman electrician, low voltage technician, or a limited technician shall be issued to applicants who apply, furnish documented evidence of experience to qualify for the examination, and pay the required fees.  Temporary work permits will not be issued to an apprentice electrician who is qualified to take the examination.

 

 (i) A temporary work permit is valid no longer than 150 days after the date of issuance. The expiration date shall be printed on the temporary work permit.

 

 (ii) A journeyman electrician who has let his or her Wyoming electrical license expire shall be allowed one work permit that will be valid for 30 days. The applicant must pay the required fees.

 

 (iii) No more than one temporary work permit shall be issued to the same individual.

 

 Section 3. Master Electricians, Journeyman Electricians, Low Voltage Technicians and Limited Technicians.

 

 (a) Electrically related classroom instruction, or time spent in electrical school, shall be documented with transcripts from a school or classroom training records from an apprenticeship program as approved by the Department or the United States Department of Labor.

 

 (b)  New or renewed master electrician, journeyman electrician, low voltage technician, and limited technician licenses are valid for no more than three (3) years, with master license, low voltage technician license, and limited technician license expiring July 1 and journeyman license expiring January 1. New licenses shall expire on the appropriate date no more than three (3) years after date of issuance.

 

 Section 4. Apprentice Electricians, Apprentice Electrician Training Programs and Apprentice Technicians.

 

 (a) Any class, seminar, or course that is required by the Board as a part of the qualification for any electrician's license must have received approval from the Department for both the instructor and the course material prior to presentation of the class, seminar, or course.

 

 (b) An apprentice electrician is any person working as an apprentice for a licensed electrical contractor and under the direct supervision of a licensed journeyman or master electrician.

 

  (i) It is the responsibility of the electrical contractor employing apprentice electricians to register each with the Department within ten (10) days of hiring and to notify the Department within ten (10) days after termination.                                                                                                 

      

   (A) Prior to the initial apprentice electrician registration, or for apprentice electricians with prior work experience obtained outside the State of Wyoming, the following information shall be provided:

 

    (I) Documentation of the total number of hours of all previous on-the job electrical work experience. Work shall have been governed by the minimum standards of the NEC, under the direct supervision or attestation of a licensed journeyman or licensed master electrician. A breakdown indicating number of hours obtained in residential, commercial and industrial work categories shall be included. Proof of work history shall be through notarized letters on company letterhead from past or present employers, or documentation on the state provided On the Job Training form.

 

    (II) Documentation of the total number of hours of all previous electrically related classroom instruction obtained through schools or through approved apprenticeship programs. Electrically related classroom instruction, or time spent in electrical school, shall be documented with transcripts from a school or classroom training records from an approved electrical apprenticeship program.

 

  (ii)  Apprentice electricians will be required to renew their registration with the Department yearly on or before September 1.

 

  (iii) A notification of registration renewal will be emailed to all registered apprentices to their last submitted email address approximately ninety (90) days prior to the renewal deadline.

 

  (iv) Apprentice electricians applying to renew their registration with the Department shall provide proof to the Department of all experience and education completed since their license was last renewed.

 

 (c) An application for electrical apprenticeship training program approval must be completed, submitted to the Department, and approved by the Wyoming Electrical Board or the Chief Electrical Inspector prior to employing apprentice electricians in the State of Wyoming. All information solicited by the Department on the application must be provided. Training programs which have previously received approval from the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, United States Department of Labor will be accepted. However, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training approval is not required for an apprenticeship training program to receive approval from the Department.

 

  (i) Whenever the Department denies an application for an electrical apprentice training program, the applicant may appeal such denial to the Board in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Board.

 

 (d) Electrical contractors shall keep monthly records for each apprentice electrician which indicates the total number of hours of on-the-job work experience in the categories of residential, commercial, and industrial wiring. Monthly records shall also indicate the number of hours of classroom instruction obtained by each apprentice and the cumulative grade average for each apprentice electrician. These records shall be subject to review upon demand of the Department.

      

 (e) The Department shall disapprove any electrical apprenticeship training program which does not possess or is not maintaining the required standards, as mandated by the Board.

 

  (f) An apprentice technician is any person working as an apprentice for a licensed low voltage or limited electrical contractor and under the direct supervision of a licensed low voltage technician or licensed limited technician of the same license category.

 

  (i) It is the responsibility of the low voltage or limited electrical contractor employing apprentice technicians to register each with the Department within ten (10) days of hiring, and to notify the Department within ten (10) days after termination.

 

   (A) Prior to the initial apprentice technician registration, or for apprentice technicians with prior work experience obtained outside the State of Wyoming, the following information shall be provided:

 

    (I) Documentation of all previous electrical work experience associated with the low voltage or limited category in which the apprentice technician will be employed. Work shall have been governed by the minimum standards of the NEC. Proof of work history shall be through notarized letters on company letterhead from past or present employers.

 

    (II) Documentation of all previous electrically related classroom instruction obtained through schools or through apprenticeship programs. Electrically related classroom instruction, or time spent in electrical school, shall be documented with transcripts from a school or classroom training records from an electrical apprenticeship program.

 

  (ii) Apprentice technicians will be required to renew their registration with the Department each year on or before September 1. A notification of registration renewal will be emailed to the last submitted email address to all registered apprentices approximately ninety (90) days prior to the renewal deadline. Apprentice technicians renewing their registration with the Department will be required to provide proof of the following:

 

   (A) The total number of hours of on the job work experience obtained during the twelve (12) month period from July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current year. Work shall have been governed by the minimum standards of the NEC, under the direct supervision or attestation of a licensed low voltage technician or a licensed limited technician of the same license category. Documentation of work history shall be through notarized letters on company letterhead from past or present employers, or on the department provided form. It shall be the responsibility of the apprentice technician to provide proof of experience to the Department.

 

 Section 5.  Fee Schedules.

 

 (a) Fees for licenses, temporary work permits, examination applications, examination administrations, and apprentice registrations shall be established by State Statute.

 

 (b) Examination fees shall be established by the testing agency designated by the Department, but in no case shall an examination fee exceed $300.00.