Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 010 - Department of Labor
Division 13 - Board of Electrical Examiners
Rule 010.13.01-003 - Regulation 6.2 - An applicant for journeyman electrician license; Regulation 7.9 - Apprentices
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
AMENDMENT 1. Regulation 6.2 is amended to read as follows:
a. four (4) years experience working for an electrical contractor; and
b. any combination of training as the board may approve, such BAT-approved electrical apprenticeship programs specifically approved by the board, on-the-job training specifically approved by the board. or a combination of training and construction experience specifically approved by the board. A "Notice of Apprenticeship Committee Action, Released for Test" form may be required by the board in order to be considered for the examination.
c. A "Notice of Apprenticeship Committee Action - Released for Test" from their training program if applicable and approved by the Department of Workforce Education. The applicant may take the examination after completion of at least three and one-half years of on-the-job training and submission of the approved "Released for Test" form. A Journeyman license may be issued to applicants after successful completion of the examination and training. An "Apprenticeship Completion Notice" form from the training program and approved by the Department of Workforce Education, if applicable, will be required before the license is issued."
AMENDMENT 2. Regulation 7.9 is amended to read as follows:
a. An applicant for registration as an electrical apprentice shall submit the following:
b. Apprentice registration certificates shall be valid for one (1) year. They shall expire on the last day of the month, one (1) year from the date of issue.
c. Apprentice registration certification may be renewed by payment of a ten-dollar ($10.00) renewal fee and submission of satisfactory proof of current enrollment and attendance in a BAT-approved training program.
d. An individual may continue to register and work as an electrical apprentice upon release from a BAT-approved program until such time as he/she passes an examination and is issued a license. Failure to successfully pass the examination within three (3) months of board approval to take the examination will result in loss of "approved" status. The apprentice must actively attend training classes until such time as the board has again approved the apprentice for examination.
e. A certificate of registration may be revoked by the board for cause. This includes, but is not limited to the following:
f. No journeyman or master electrician shall employ or supervise an electrical apprentice except at a ratio of no more than one (1) apprentice to one (1) journeyman or one (1) master electrician at any one time, except as another ratio may be approved by BAT.
g. No electrical contractor shall employ an electrical apprentice except to work under the direct supervision of a journeyman or a master electrician with a ratio of no more than one (1) apprentice to one (1) journeyman or one (1) master electrician at any one time, except as another ratio may be approved by BAT.
h. By memorandum of understanding, the Workforce Education Apprenticeship Office shall oversee related classroom study of apprentices.
i. Unless officially excused by the Arkansas Department of Labor, each apprentice released from their apprenticeship training should make application with the Department of Labor for the examination within sixty (60) days of their release. "