3 Easy Steps for Licensure in Kentucky

1. Gain necessary hands-on work experience and required classroom training to become an electrician

2. Take the required licensing exam

3. Apply to earn the Journeyman Electrician license

 

Per 227A.060 Qualifications for licensure -- Provisional license

You can obtain the required job experience in the Military, at a technical school, a qualified apprenticeship program, or by serving as an assistant or technician under the supervision of a licensed electrician.

COUNT YOUR MILITARY EXPERIENCE VIA ONE OF THESE PATHWAYS

The licensing department shall issue a Journeyman Electrician license to an applicant who meets the following requirements:

 

• Complete two (2) years of verifiable experience in the electrical trade since his or her sixteenth birthday; and a training course in electrical work, acceptable to the department;

 

PATH 1:

Two (2) years of a minimum four (4) year training course in electrical work, acceptable to the department, and shall complete the remaining years of that training course within four (4) years of obtaining the electrician license, or the electrician license shall be revoked; or

 

PATH 2:

An additional two (2) years of verifiable experience in the electrical trade.

Has achieved a passing score, as set by the department, on all portions of the examination required and administered by the department.

 

Proof of experience shall be provided by: Per 815 KAR 35:060

• Records of a branch of the United States Armed Forces that indicate the applicant performed a function that primarily involved electrical work. Experience gained while in the military shall be deemed to have been earned in Kentucky.

• Tax returns or other official tax documents that indicate the applicant's occupation or the nature of the applicant's business activities, including Federal Schedule C, Form 1040 Form 1099, or local occupational tax returns;

• One (1) year of electrical experience shall consist minimally of 1,600 hours of electrical work in a contiguous twelve (12) month period.

• A copy of a business license issued by a county or municipal government that did not issue electrical contractors, master electrician's, or electrician's licenses prior to June 24, 2003, if the business license indicates the applicant operated as an electrical contractor or worker;

• A sworn affidavit, on the affiant's letterhead, certifying that the affiant has personal knowledge that the applicant has worked as a master electrician or an electrician for at least one (1) of the following:

  • An electrical workers union;

  • A certified electrical inspector; or

  • An employer that employed the applicant as an electrician or a master electrician; or

• An applicant for a master electrician license or electrician license attending an accepted electrical training program in accordance with 815 KAR 35:090 shall provide the following with his or her application:

  • An affidavit from the director or authorized agent of the electrical training program confirming the applicant's participation in the electrical training program; and

  • Documentation that the applicant has completed the required number of hours in accordance with 815 KAR 35:090.

• Additional proof of experience shall be requested by the department, prior to or after licensing, if the department has reason to believe that the experience shown is insufficient or nonexistent.