{ "name": "BreakerDesk Electrician Licensing Requirements", "title": "Electrician Licensing Requirements", "url": "https://breakerdesk.com/datasets/electrician-licensing-requirements/", "csv": "https://breakerdesk.com/datasets/electrician-licensing-requirements.csv", "markdown": "https://breakerdesk.com/datasets/electrician-licensing-requirements/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-18", "license": "https://breakerdesk.com/terms", "headline": "The Electrician Licensing Requirements carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 7,000 to 8,000 hour, read 12 September 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Electrician Licensing Requirements carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 7,000 to 8,000 hour, read 12 September 2026.", "3 of the 18 named sources read in full publish a figure; 15 publish none, read 12 September 2026.", "Electrician Licensing Requirements, requirement journeyman-ojt-hours: median 8,000 hour across 3 sources, read 12 September 2026." ], 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8,000 hours of service as a licensed apprentice or helper and satisfactorily complete a program of study comprising 576 hours as approved by the Electricians' Examining Board or from an accredited institution.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "bb1fd23fc1132237fd7266966bb1a9ec86f3647e798921ce43b0873f2279367f" }, { "source": "Texas TDLR, journeyman electrician licence", "url": "https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/journeyman-electrician.htm", "figure": "7,000 hours", "value": 7000, "unit": "hour", "vat": null, "axis": { "requirement": "journeyman-ojt-hours" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "To apply for a Journeyman Electrician license, you must have completed at least 7,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a Master Electrician licensed in Texas.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "a8bb3c2f3e888e2cb1b32f663af9164fa7fdf05e1e9a8551cba203a04b0190c7" }, { "source": "Michigan LARA electrical licensing", "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/bcc/sections/licensing-section/exam-lic/electrical-examination-licensing-registration-application-information", "figure": "8,000 hours", "value": 8000, "unit": "hour", "vat": null, "axis": { "requirement": "journeyman-ojt-hours" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "You need to have completed 8,000 hours AND 4 years as an electrical apprentice.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "3743c331eb9ed63fc7f0621636ca1b110932e6cab3ce532468034a21a54ced78" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "Nevada State Contractors Board", "url": "https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/licensing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "North Carolina Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors", "url": "https://www.ncbeec.org/licensing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Arkansas Department of Labor, electrical division", "url": "https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/divisions/electrical/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "California CSLB, C-10 Electrical classification", "url": "https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/C-10_-_Electrical.aspx", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "California DIR, Electrician Certification Unit", "url": "https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/ECU/ElectricalTrade.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Colorado State Electrical Board", "url": "https://dpo.colorado.gov/Electrical/Applications", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "GOV.UK, competent person schemes and Approved Document P", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/building-regulations-competent-person-schemes", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "GOV.UK, competent person schemes and Approved Document P", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electrical-safety-approved-document-p", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Hawaii Board of Electricians and Plumbers", "url": "https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/electrician/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Maryland State Board of Electricians", "url": "https://www.labor.maryland.gov/license/elec/elecreq.shtml", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Montana State Electrical Board", "url": "https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/electrical/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "New Hampshire Electricians' Board", "url": "https://www.oplc.nh.gov/electricians-board", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "South Dakota Electrical Commission", "url": "https://dlr.sd.gov/electrical/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Virginia Board for Contractors, tradesmen", "url": "https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/Tradesmen", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "WorkSafe Queensland, electrical licences", "url": "https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/licensing-and-registrations/electrical-licences", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/licensing/", "label": "Nevada State Contractors Board", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ncbeec.org/licensing/", "label": "North Carolina Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://roc.az.gov/licensing", "label": "Arizona Registrar of Contractors", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/divisions/electrical/", "label": "Arkansas Department of Labor, electrical division", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/C-10_-_Electrical.aspx", "label": "California CSLB, C-10 Electrical classification", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/ECU/ElectricalTrade.html", "label": "California DIR, Electrician Certification Unit", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://dpo.colorado.gov/Electrical/Applications", "label": "Colorado State Electrical Board", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/electrical-contractors-licensing-board/", "label": "Florida Electrical Contractors Licensing Board", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/building-regulations-competent-person-schemes", "label": "GOV.UK, competent person schemes and Approved Document P", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electrical-safety-approved-document-p", "label": "GOV.UK, competent person schemes and Approved Document P", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-guide-electrical-contractors", "label": "Georgia Division of Electrical Contractors", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/electrician/", "label": "Hawaii Board of Electricians and Plumbers", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/electricians/licensing/journeyman-electrician-senior-journeyman-electrician", "label": "Maine Electricians' Examining Board", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.labor.maryland.gov/license/elec/elecreq.shtml", "label": "Maryland State Board of Electricians", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/bcc/sections/licensing-section/exam-lic/electrical-examination-licensing-registration-application-information", "label": "Michigan LARA electrical licensing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/electrical/", "label": "Montana State Electrical Board", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.oplc.nh.gov/electricians-board", "label": "New Hampshire Electricians' Board", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/elec/Pages/default.aspx", "label": "New Jersey Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/industrial-compliance/licensing/ohio-construction-industry-licensing-board", "label": "Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://dlr.sd.gov/electrical/", "label": "South Dakota Electrical Commission", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.tn.gov/commerce/regboards/contractors.html", "label": "Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/journeyman-electrician.htm", "label": "Texas TDLR, journeyman electrician licence", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://dopl.utah.gov/electrician/", "label": "Utah DOPL, electrician licensing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/Tradesmen", "label": "Virginia Board for Contractors, tradesmen", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/licensing-and-registrations/electrical-licences", "label": "WorkSafe Queensland, electrical licences", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 18 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 15 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 7 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in hour (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 47 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): hours of on-the-job training, classroom hours, exam and licence fee, and the classes of licence a jurisdiction issues, read from each board's own page and put in one table - so 'how long does it take' is a number per state rather than a range, the states that issue NO journeyman licence at all are visible, and reciprocity between boards can be drawn", "embed": "

7,000 to 8,000 hour

3 published figures, Electrician Licensing Requirements, across 3 sources, read 12 September 2026

Source: BreakerDesk Electrician Licensing Requirements
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