Alabama journeyman electrician license

How many hours do you need for the journeyman license in Alabama?

8,000 hours of supervised work, about 4 years full time.³

Journeyman license

8,000 hrs8,000 hours of electrical installation experience; one year of an accredited electrical curriculum or approved apprenticeship counts for 1,000 hours, up to 2,000 of the 8,000

Contractor license

Four years of practical experience as a journeyman in charge of jobs, or four years in the design and construction of electrical systems

Keep your own record of hours, employers and pay stubs. Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors can ask for proof when you apply.

What is the Alabama electrician exam like?

Yes. You take a state exam once your hours are approved. ProV (the journeyman exam application lists the Alabama exam through ProV, or the NASCLA portable journeyman exam).¹²

How much does the journeyman license cost?

Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors lists these fees.⁴

How do you renew it?

Every year.³ Continuing education: 14 hours every 2 years for electrical contractor licenses; the law's continuing education requirement applies to contractor licenses, and none is stated for journeymen.⁵

Does a license from another state count in Alabama?

Contractors can be licensed by reciprocity from MS, TN, NC, SC, VA, OH and LA, and Texas will reciprocate either contractor or journeyman licenses; the NASCLA contractor exam is also accepted. The reciprocal contractor fee is $315.¹

License levels in Alabama

Electrical contractor (the law also calls this a master electrician) and journeyman electrician.

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