127.01 Definitions | 127.10 Reexamination |
127.02 Electrical Contractor’s License | 127.11 License or Permit Fees and Expiration Dates |
127.03 Electrical Contractor Qualifications | 127.12 Examination Waived |
127.04 Journeyman Electrician Qualifications | 127.13 License Revocation or Suspension |
127.05 License Required | 127.14 Summary Suspension |
127.06 Electricians’ Examining Board | 127.15 Appeal |
127.07 Powers and Duties of Board of Examiners | 127.16 Transfer of License |
127.08 Applications for Examinations | 127.17 Exemptions |
127.09 Examination Fee | |
For use within this chapter the following terms are defined:
1. “Electrical contractor” (master electrician) means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or combination thereof, who undertakes or offers to undertake to plan for, lay out, supervise and do electrical work for a fixed sum, price, fee, percentage or other compensation.
2. “Electrical equipment” means all electrical material, wiring, conductors, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, signs and apparatus or parts thereof.
3. “Electrical work” means installation, alterations, repairs, removals, renewals, replacements, distribution, connections, disconnections and maintenance of all electrical equipment.
4. “Journeyman electrician” means a person who has the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to do electrical work in accordance with the standard rules and regulations governing such work.
5. “Licensed” means licensed under this chapter unless otherwise specified.
6. “Maintenance electrician” means a person who has the necessary qualifications, training, experience and technical knowledge to maintain and keep in a good state of repair all existing electrical equipment within a building or plant.
7. “Restricted electrician” means a person that has the necessary qualifications, training, experience and technical knowledge to do electrical work in accordance with the standard rules and regulations governing such work, but is only permitted to do service, repair, control work on residential and commercial installations, and make electrical connections from power panel on residential installations only to the type of appliances or equipment which said person or his or her employer sells or services.
No person shall engage in electrical contracting within the City unless such has obtained from the City an electrical contractor’s (master electrician’s) license. No license shall be issued to an electrical contractor (master electrician) until such licensee has filed with the Clerk proof of insurance with the following limits:
General Liability $500,000.00
Personal Injury $500,000.00/person
$1,000,000.00/accident
Property Damage $100,000.00
Said policy shall hold harmless the City or have the City as a named insured for any liability or damage arising from the licensee’s failure to comply with the current Electrical Code requirements.
An electrical contractor (master electrician) shall have a general practical knowledge of the purpose and method of electrical work; be competent to plan and supervise the installation of electrical work; shall be required to have some knowledge of mechanical drawings; shall have served at least two years as a licensed journeyman electrician; and shall pass satisfactorily an examination for an electrical contractor’s (master electrician’s) license.
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