Licensure And Registration

01. Residential Electrician. An applicant must pass an examination designated by the Board and submit evidence of a minimum of four thousand (4,000) hours of work experience and an apprentice making installations as defined in Section 54-1003A(3), Idaho Code, and satisfactory competition of a two-year sequence of instruction approved by the Idaho Division of Career Technical Education and the Idaho Electrical Board. (4-4-25) 02. Journeyman Electrician. An applicant must pass an examination designated by the Board and either (a) submit evidence of a minimum of eight thousand (8,000) hours of work experience as an apprentice making electrical installations in accordance with the requirements of the jurisdiction in which the applicant obtained the experience and satisfactory completion of a four-year sequence of instruction approved by the Idaho Division of Career-Technical Education, or (b) submit proof of sixteen thousand (16,000) hours of electrical experience in accordance with the requirements of the jurisdiction in which the applicant obtained the experience. (4-4-25) a. Examination. An applicant may sit for the exam after showing proof of completion of either the approved 4-year sequence of instruction or 16,000 hours of electrical experience. (3-28-23) b. Provisional Journeyman Electrician. A provisional journeyman electrician license can be issued to an applicant who has completed the 16,000 hours of electrical experience but has not yet passed the examination. (4-4-25) c. Work experience in appliance repair, motor winding, or communications will not count towards the requirements to take the journeyman examination or obtain a provisional journeyman or journeyman license. (3-28-23) d. No more than two thousand (2,000) hours of work experience gained while engaged in the practice of a limited electrical installer or trainee may be counted toward the satisfaction of the experience requirements for journeyman licensure. (3-28-23) 03. Master Electrician. A master electrician does not need to also hold a journeyman license. (4-4-25) 04. Limited Electrical Installer. An applicant must submit evidence of a minimum of four thousand (4,000) hours of work experience in the same limited category in accordance with the requirements of the jurisdiction in which the applicant obtained the experience. (3-28-23) 05. Electrical Contractor and Limited Electrical Contractor. An applicant must pass an examination designated by the Board and submit an application. Each contractor shall designate one supervising electrician who shall be responsible for the activities of the license. Any such supervising electrician shall not represent any other applicant for a contractor’s license. A supervising electrician holding more than one electrician license shall not use multiple licenses to represent more than one contractor. (4-4-25) a. In the event the working relationship between a contractor and its supervising electrician IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE IDAPA 24.39.10 Div. of Occupational & Professional Licenses Rules of the Idaho Electrical Board Section 200 Page 4 terminates, the contractor will notify the Division in writing within ten (10) business days of the date of termination. The contractor may not purchase permits or make electrical installations unless another duly qualified supervising electrician is designated. (4-4-25) 101. – 199. (RESERVED)