Requirements, license levels, and the issuing authority, sourced from Alaska's official board.
AS 18.62.070 requires a certificate of fitness for electrical wiring work, and it must be carried on the person while working. The individual certificate is separate from the contracting side: electrical administrators are licensed by the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, and an administrator may qualify only one registered contractor. No more than two trainees per certified journeyman or residential wireman.
| Requirements | Electrician Journeyman (8 AAC 90.160): 8,000 hours of work experience subject to National Electrical Code standards, documented on a notarized department form, notarized employer letterhead, or a sworn affidavit from an Alaska-based union official, plus a passing exam score of at least 70 percent. No more than 2,000 of those hours may be residential; up to 1,000 hours of registered-apprenticeship or accredited classroom training may substitute; up to 1,000 hours of power lineman work may count; maintenance electrician experience does not count. Residential Wireman (8 AAC 90.164) requires 4,000 hours plus the exam. A failed exam may be retaken after 30 days. Journeyman certificate fee $200. |
| Reciprocity | Under 8 AAC 90.111 the department may reciprocate with any jurisdiction whose requirements it finds substantially similar. The applicant must have held the out-of-jurisdiction license for a full year; a one-year provisional certificate is issued while the review runs (8 AAC 90.112). If the other jurisdiction is not found substantially similar, the applicant must document hours and pass the Alaska exam. |
| Renewal | Every 2 years. Continuing education under 8 AAC 90.192 is 16 approved hours within the preceding 24 months, at least 8 of them on significant National Electrical Code changes. |
| Notes | AS 18.62.070 requires a certificate of fitness for electrical wiring work, and it must be carried on the person while working. The individual certificate is separate from the contracting side: electrical administrators are licensed by the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, and an administrator may qualify only one registered contractor. No more than two trainees per certified journeyman or residential wireman. |
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