Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Scope and Authority. The purpose of this
rule is to allow manufacturing plant electricians to be employed by a general
electrical contractor only when necessary to allow the plant owner or operator
to change their method of maintaining their plant and equipment. This rule is
adopted under ORS 479.630.
(2) For the purposes of this rule a:
(a) "General electrical contractor" is an
electrical contractor employing a general supervising electrician;
(b) "Manufacturing plant" is the owner or
operator of a manufacturing or industrial plant;
(c) "Manufacturing plant electrician" is a
limited supervising electrician, limited journeyman manufacturing plant
electrician or limited maintenance electrician whose license is authorized by
ORS 479.630 and an apprentice,
training for an applicable manufacturing plant electrician license.
(3)
(a) A licensed manufacturing plant
electrician, having specialized training to repair and maintain electrical
systems and equipment owned or operated by the manufacturing plant, may be
issued an indorsement to the electrician's license. This indorsement authorizes
employment by an identified general electrical contractor and performance of
electrical work consistent with the manufacturing plant electrician's license
only at the premises of the identified manufacturing plant if the requirements
of subsection (c) of this section are met;
(b) An apprentice manufacturing plant
electrician at a manufacturing plant may be issued an indorsement authorizing
employment by a general electrical contractor for continuance of the
apprenticeship training at the premises of the identified manufacturing plant
if the requirements of subsection (c) of this section are met;
(c) The indorsement in subsections (a) and
(b) of this section may be granted if:
(A)
The manufacturing plant:
(i) Chooses to
contract all plant maintenance to one or more contractors;
(ii) Provides electrical maintenance through
a general electrical contractor; and
(iii) Agrees to inform the division if it
decides to again provide its own electrical maintenance and offer reemployment
to the manufacturing plant electricians.
(B) The electrical contractor:
(i) Hires all of the manufacturing plant
electricians who receive indorsements under this rule who want to continue
working at the same facility;
(ii)
Uses those electricians for substantially the same work being done by them for
the same manufacturing plant facilities, provided this is within the scope of
the license;
(iii) Keeps on file
with the division, with annual updates, the names and status of all
manufacturing plant electricians employed by the contractor and assigned to the
account of the plant;
(iv)
Continues electrical apprenticeship undertakings of the manufacturing plant for
all electrical apprentices indorsed under this rule; and
(v) Retains or assigns, as needed, a separate
supervising electrician, general or limited as required, to the account of the
specific manufacturing plant for each plant or cluster of plants within a
20-mile area.
(4) This rule does not authorize a general
electrical contractor to hire a manufacturing plant electrician who is not
issued an indorsement under this rule.
(5) No indorsement shall be issued under this
rule until after consultation with the board concerning the facts and
circumstances of the proposed transaction by the manufacturing plant and
receipt of an affirmative recommendation.
(6)
(a) The
indorsement terminates automatically, if:
(A)
The underlying license is revoked, expires or is not timely renewed;
(B) The employment between the electrician
and the contractor is terminated; or
(C) The agreement between the manufacturing
plant and contractor is terminated.
(b) The indorsement does not terminate if the
manufacturing plant hires electrical contractors in addition to the contractor
covered under the indorsement.
(7) If a new electrical contractor is hired
by the manufacturing plant to replace the electrical contractor covered by the
indorsement, the manufacturing plant electricians are required to seek a new
indorsement.
(8)
(a) Notwithstanding any requirements to the
contrary, any manufacturing plant apprentice who receives an indorsement and is
transferred to a general electrical contractor under this rule is entitled to
become a manufacturing plant electrician upon successful completion of
apprenticeship training and passing relevant examinations;
(b) When the apprentice working under an
indorsement becomes a manufacturing plant electrician, the prior indorsement
continues; and
(c) The indorsement
is continued for any other manufacturing plant electrician whose license is
upgraded within the manufacturing plant electrician category.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
479.630
Stats. Implemented: ORS
479.730
