Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 918 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES, BUILDING CODES DIVISION
Division 283 - ELECTRICAL TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Section 918-283-0120 - Standards for Approval of Electrical Training Programs

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 918-283-0120

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

The following training standards for approval of programs are established. When the training program appears to prepare the trainee for the limited journeyman manufacturing plant license, the division may waive any of the following minimum requirements and approve the employer's training program. The division shall consider the terms and conditions of any collective bargaining agreement covering work to be performed.

(1) The term of training shall be for at least four years and not more than five years including any credit given for prior experience.

(2) The on-the-job experience for a limited journeyman manufacturing plant electrician license shall provide at least 4,000 hours in the following classifications:

(a) Installation of electrical circuits, 1,000 hours;

(b) Motors and generators, 500 hours;

(c) Manual and automatic controls, including magnetic and solid state, 1,000 hours;

(d) Trouble shooting, 500 hours; and

(e) Power distribution, 1,000 hours.

(3) In addition to the 4,000 hours, the balance of the hours of on-the-job training shall be in training appropriate for the license.

(4) Related Training Classes. Classes of at least 96 classroom hours per year shall be given until a total of 384 hours is completed, or its rated equivalent in a correspondence course. Related training shall:

(a) Include fundamental electricity, electrical mathematics, the National Electrical Code, electrical theory, safety and accident training, electrical nomenclature, industrial electronics, materials, tools and equipment, layout and blueprint reading; and

(b) Be given by a qualified instructor, or through a division-approved correspondence course.

(5) The ratio of trainees employed by each employer at each plant shall not exceed one trainee to the first journeyman and one trainee to each additional two journeymen. Trainees employed on any work shift shall be under the direct supervision of a journeyman or supervising electrician on the same shift at the same plant.

(6) The trainee shall receive at least 50 percent of the journeyman's wage paid by the employer when starting this program.

Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.

Stat. Auth.: ORS 479.730

Stats. Implemented: ORS 479.730

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