(a) Licensing. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the occupation or trade of master, journeyman or apprentice electrician in the installation, alteration, maintenance or repair of electrical wiring equipment, apparatus or fixtures for light, heat, power or medical purposes in or about buildings and/or structures within the City without having first obtained a license or apprentice registration as herein provided.
(b) Supervision of Apprentice's Work. All electrical work done by apprentice electricians shall be performed under the direct personal supervision of a journeyman or master electrician who shall be on the premises at all times when such apprentice electricians are performing such work.
(c) Master Electrician's License; Requirements; Failure to Pass Examination; Condition of Renewal; License Limitation.
(1) The Department shall issue a master electrician's license to a person not less than twenty-two years of age who does all of the following:
A. Files a completed application form provided by the Department.
B. Pays the examination fee prescribed and passes an examination provided by the Board.
C. Pays the license fee prescribed by the Department.
D. Files a written statement from present or former employers to the effect that the applicant has not less than 12,000 hours of practical experience obtained over a period of not less than six years related to electrical construction or maintenance of buildings or electrical wiring or equipment under the supervision of a master electrician.
E. Has held an electrical journeyman's license for not less than two years. Verification of license shall be furnished.
(2) Upon failure to pass the master electrician examination two times within a period of two years, an applicant shall be ineligible to sit for another examination until a period of not less than one year from the date of failure of the second examination, at which time he or she shall present to the Board proof of the successful completion of a course on codes, electrical fundamentals or electrical theory, approved by the Board, in order to become eligible to again sit for an examination.
(3) As a condition of renewal of a master electrician's license, the master electrician shall demonstrate the successful completion of a course, approved by the Board, concerning any update or change in the code, prior to or within twelve months after the adoption of the update or change in that code. This requirement applies only during or after those years that the code is updated or changed by adoption into ordinances.
(4) A holder of a master electrician's license shall not qualify for more than one electrical contractor's license.
(d) Electrical Journeyman's License; Requirements; Failure to Pass Examination; Condition of Renewal.
(1) The Department shall issue an electrical journeyman's license to a person not less than twenty years of age who does all of the following:
A. Files a completed application form provided by the Department.
B. Pays the examination fee prescribed and passes an examination provided by the Board.
C. Pays the license fee prescribed by the Department.
D. Files a written statement from present or former employers to the effect that the applicant has not less than 8,000 hours of practical experience obtained over a period of not less than four years related to electrical construction or maintenance of buildings or electrical wiring or equipment under the direct supervision of a master or journeyman electrician that is licensed under this chapter.
(2) Upon failure to pass the electrical journeyman examination two times within a period of two years, an applicant shall be ineligible to sit for another examination until a period of not less than one year from the date of failure of the second examination, at which time he or she shall present to the Board proof of the successful completion of a course on codes, electrical fundamentals or electrical theory, approved by the Board, in order to become eligible to again sit for an examination.
(3) As a condition of renewal of an electrical journeyman's license, the electrical journeyman shall demonstrate the successful completion of a course approved by the Board, concerning any update or change in the code, prior to or within twelve months after the adoption of the update or change in that code. This requirement applies only during or after those years that the code is updated or changed by adoption into ordinance.
(e) Apprentice Electrician; Registration; Forms; Certificate of Registration; Apprenticeship Training Program; Apprentice Electrician Ratio.
(1) An individual employed as an apprentice electrician shall register on a form provided by the Board within thirty days after employment.
(2) The Department shall issue a certificate of registration to a person seeking registration upon satisfactory proof of the person's participation in a bona fide apprenticeship training program approved by the Board. This program shall be equivalent to the requirements of those imposed by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, subject to paragraph (e)(3) hereof.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e)(4) hereof, the ratio of electrical journeymen or master electricians to registered apprentice electricians shall be on the basis of one electrical journeyman or master electrician to one registered apprentice electrician. The Department shall enforce the ratio on a job-site basis.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (e)(3) hereof, in the case of a residential single-family dwelling or a multifamily dwelling not exceeding eight units per building, the Department shall enforce the apprentice electrician ratio on the basis of one electrical journeyman or master electrician to two registered apprentice electricians on a job-site basis.
(Ord. 562. Passed 6-15-94.)