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.
A journeyman electrician must be able to read blueprints and must be acquainted with the City electrical code (National Electrical Code) and shall have at least 8,000 hours of practical experience assisting in electrical work. He or she shall furnish the examination board with bona fide information of such practical experience and satisfactorily pass an examination for a license as a journeyman electrician.
No person shall engage in doing electrical work unless licensed as an electrical contractor (master electrician) or journeyman electrician except as provided in the following subsections. Electrical contractors (master electricians) shall employ, for electrical work, journeyman electricians licensed under this chapter.
1. Restricted Electrician. Any person regularly employed as an appliance dealer or installer, or such person’s employee performing such service, shall be qualified by the board of examiners and be licensed as a restricted electrician. Any person so licensed shall work only on the type of appliance or equipment which such person or his or her employer sells or services.
2. Maintenance Electrician. Any person regularly employed by an individual, corporation, firm or other association to supervise the maintenance, installation and repair of electrical equipment in a manufacturing, industrial or commercial establishment shall obtain a maintenance permit if the electrician’s examining board finds such person to be qualified. The permit shall authorize such person to do electrical work solely for the establishment. Any person performing electrical work under the direct supervision of a maintenance electrician shall be certified to the electrical inspector by said maintenance electrician as being qualified for such work and shall be registered with the City, all such work being confined to such establishment.
3. Apprentices and Helpers. Apprentices and helpers employed to assist a licensed electrician need not be licensed; provided, however, such apprentices and helpers shall perform their work directly under the supervision of a licensed electrician, and be registered with the City electrical inspection department at the time of starting work as apprentices. No electrical contractor (master electrician) shall hire or employ more than one apprentice for each journeyman electrician in his or her employ and at no time shall any apprentice perform any electrical work unless he or she is actually in the presence of and with a fully licensed journeyman electrician. The maximum length of time an apprentice can work before he or she is required to take an examination for journeyman electrician is no more than four years. Upon failure of the examination, an apprentice is allowed to take the examination two more times, sixty days apart. If an apprentice does not satisfactorily pass an examination for journeyman electrician in such time, he or she must continue education/apprenticeship under a licensed contractor for not less than 2,000 hours prior to re-examination.
4. Homeowners. The owner of a single-family dwelling (or mobile home), including the usual accessory buildings and quarters used exclusively for living purposes, may do electrical work without a license if such person demonstrates the capability to do such work to the satisfaction of the Building Official, provided that the dwelling (or mobile home) will be occupied by the owner and that a permit is issued and an inspection obtained as provided in this chapter.
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