Section 305.443. Industrial journeyman electricians.

 

(1)   General. A person may obtain a license as a licensed industrial journeyman electrician by either one of the following:

(a) Taking and passing the industrial journeyman electrician licensure examination.

(b) Completing an industrial electrical apprenticeship.

(2)   Application for examination. A person applying to take an industrial journeyman electrician licensure examination shall submit all of the following:

(a) An application in accordance with s. SPS 305.01 .

(b) An application fee and examination fee in accordance with s. SPS 305.02 , Table 305.02.

(3)   Qualifications for examination.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a person applying for a industrial journeyman electrician licensure examination shall have at least 1,000 hours per year of experience for at least 5 years in industrial electrical wiring work.

(b) Relative to the experience required under par. (a) , each semester spent full-time in a school of electrical engineering or other accredited college, university, technical or vocational school in an electrical-related program shall be considered equivalent to 500 hours of experience, with no more than 2,000 hours and 2 years of experience through education being credited toward the required experience.

(4)   Examination. Except as provided in sub. (1) (b) , a person seeking to obtain an industrial journeyman electrician license shall take and pass an examination in accordance with s. SPS 305.09 .

(5)   Application for licensure.

(a) Upon notification of the successful passage of the examination for an industrial journeyman electrician license, a person may obtain the license by submitting an application and the license fee in accordance with ss. SPS 305.01 and 305.09 (7) (c) .

(b) A person may apply for a license as a licensed industrial journeyman electrician by submitting all of the following:

1. An application, application fee and a license fee in accordance with ss. SPS 305.01 and 305.02 , Table 305.02.

2. Evidence of completing an industrial electrical apprenticeship program and the program has been recognized by the department of workforce development and the federal department of labor.

(6)   Renewal.

(a)

1. A person may renew his or her license as an industrial journeyman electrician.

2. An industrial journeyman electrician license shall be renewed in accordance with s. SPS 305.07 .

(b)

1. The renewal of a license as a licensed industrial journeyman electrician shall be contingent upon the industrial journeyman electrician obtaining at least 18 hours of acceptable continuing education prior to the expiration date of the license as specified in s. SPS 305.08 and Table 305.06, except as provided in subd. 2.

2. A person who holds a license as a licensed industrial journeyman electrician may apply to the department for waiver of the continuing education requirements under subd. 1. on the grounds of prolonged illness or disability or similar circumstances. Each application for waiver shall be considered individually on its merits by the department.

3. A person who initially obtained his or her industrial journeyman electrician license by completing an industrial electrical apprenticeship and whose request to renew his or her license is denied because of the failure to fulfill the continuing education requirements of subd. 1. , shall be required to take and pass the industrial journeyman electrician licensure examination in order to reacquire the industrial journeyman electrician license.

CR 09-028 : cr. Register August 2010 No. 656 , eff. 9-1-10; correction in (2) (a), (b), (4), (5) (a), (b) 1., (6) (a) 2., (b) 1. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672 ; CR 14-010 : am. (6) (b) 1. Register August 2014 No. 704 , eff. 9-1-14.