ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area How to become a journeyman electrician?

I'm not trying to weasel into the exam. By state law, with a 4-year degree, I'm required to have 1 year of experience to sit for the exam. My question was simple: what constitutes experience?

The simple answer everyone seems to assume- 40hr/week of "hands on"- is not quantified in state law, and doesn't even really automatically give the expertise a journeyman is expected to know. After all, five years of an apprentice pulling romex in new tract homes doesn't teach the wide range of skills that common sense says a journeyman electrician requires. But it's clearly 5 years of relavant experience. As such, I have probably about 3 months worth of hands-on residential experience like this, and 9 years of design and inspection in commercial buildings. (I'm an AHJ for a number of government facilities and know the codes and techniques very well, even though I'm not the one physically lubing up the cables.) I really didn't mean to start a huge debate- the licensing board in my state clearly feels that with a degree, 1 year of experience is required vice 5. I was querying whether my experience is enough to meet the vague "1 year experience" requirement to let me sit for the journeyman exam. And it seems the only way to find out for real is to contact the licensing board and ask them.