(a) No person shall engage in or work at the electrical business, either as a master electrician or as a journeyman electrician until such person has been certified by the City of Wamego and found qualified and competent to engage in such business provided that a resident or owner may install any electrical fixture, wire or other item within his or her own home, shop, garage or other structure without securing a certificate, but a permit must be secured for such electrical work and such work shall be inspected and approved by the Building Official and applicable inspection fees paid.
(b) (1) All certificates under this section shall be in effect for two years until December 31 of even-numbered years and may thereafter be renewed biennially by payment to the Building Official of a renewal fee and presentation of 12 clock hours of continuing education of a type acceptable to the Building Official.
(2) All certificates, which are nontransferable, must be registered with the Building Official not later than January 10 of the year following expiration, and it is hereby made the duty of each master to see that each journeyman working for him or her has been registered.
(Ord. 1629, passed 5-4-2014; Ord. 1772, passed 6-21-2022)