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HotLine1...i talked to the electrician today about what you where asking about. and he told me the home owner can leagally do his own electrical work in his home where he lives.he has to pull a permit for the electrical work and have it inspected.just like new jersey.

hotline1.i also have a master electrical lic for the state of delaware.had it about 5 yrs and never had used it.but if i was working in delaware the letters and numbers must be displayed on the truck too.just your lic number. that's it

Wirenuttt...i can see it now..driving down the road eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
what rules apply if you have your masters.number of electricians,helpers etc.

lighthouse;
If your mastered you can hire as many jmans as you want, but you can only hire one apprentice per jman. 1 to 1 ratio.

Wirenuttt..thanks for the info...now what do they call the helpers....little eeeeeeee .just kidding

Guys:
Thanks for the responses.
How about some other areas???
Hey 66 where are you??

John

What's the difference between a Master, Journeyman, Apprentice and a State Licenced Electrician?

John, you rang?



Here is West Virginia, I suppose one could perform independent work as a Journeyman if none of the jobs exceeded $999.99.

A homeowner can perform their own work unlicensed, if I'm not mistaken.

The State Fire Marshal controls the electrician licenses, the levels being Apprentice, Journeyman, and Master.

One has to have someone in their company with a Masters in order to qualify for a Contractor's. And at one time (just a few years ago) one had to take the WV Contractor's test in business law and electrical, given by the proctor "Experior".

Now, apparently the EC license and the Masters license is reciprocal, in that if you have one, simply write a check for the other.

With this latest change, and all of the grand-fathered ECs and electricians before me, I feel I'm one of the few who actually had to take ALL of the tests!



Tom, please feel free to add to or correct my claims here!

[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 01-10-2003).]

NY doesn't have State licensing, license by locality only. I believe in NYC in order to perform any electrical installations you would need a license and file a permit. That's the way it is in Syracuse, NY, 2 diferent levels, Master and Limited. Limited is allowed to file permits for resi., but you must have a master to file a permit for any other installations ( commercial, industrial, etc.)

Lately i simply concede to those who can effectively defuse the bomb, as opposed to creating one....

In NE a hommeowner can pull the permit and do the electrical in the house in which he/she lives. All other work requires a licensed contractor to pull the permit, a master/contractor or journeyman to do the work. We have a 3 to 1 ratio (3 apprentices to one license)
In most of Ia outside of cities with there own rules it's open season. no AHJ no permits no inspections and no licenses issued

A side note to what SvenNYC wrote about scraping old paint in the apartment:

That in itself is a NYC no-no unless the person doing the removal of the paint was properly trained, and the area was properly sealed off, due to the potential lead hazard. NYC can write up a violation for that, let alone the rest of it