§448E-5  Minimum requirements.  An
applicant shall possess the following minimum qualifications:



(1)  Journey worker electrician.  Every applicant to
be eligible for the journey worker electrician examination shall be at least
eighteen years of age and shall provide satisfactory evidence of experience in
residential or commercial wiring of at least five years full-time or its
equivalent, but not less than 10,000 hours of experience in the trade under the
supervision of a journey worker or supervising electrician.



(2)  Journey worker specialty electrician.  Every
applicant to be eligible for the journey worker specialty electrician
examination shall be at least eighteen years of age and shall have had at least
five years' experience in the trade.



(3)  Supervising electrician.  Every applicant to be
eligible for the supervising electrician examination shall have been registered
with the board as a journey worker electrician for at least a period of four
years in the trade or shall have had equivalent experience in the trade.



(4)  Supervising specialty electrician.  Every
applicant to be eligible for the supervising specialty electrician examination
shall have been registered with the board as a journey worker specialty
electrician for at least a period of four years in the trade or shall have had
equivalent experience in the trade.



(5)  Journey worker plumber.  Every applicant to be
eligible for the journey worker plumber examination shall have had experience
of at least five years' full-time or its equivalent but not less than 10,000
hours as a journey worker's or master plumber's helper, and is able to furnish
satisfactory evidence of such fact.



(6)  Master plumber.  Every applicant to be eligible
for the master plumber examination shall have been registered with the board as
a journey worker plumber for at least two years or shall have had equivalent
experience in the trade.



(7)  Maintenance electrician.  Every applicant to be
eligible for the maintenance electrician examination shall be not less than
eighteen years of age and shall have had at least one year of experience in
performing electrical maintenance work or proof of two years of schooling in
the electrical trade.



(8)  Journey worker industrial electrician.  Every
applicant to be eligible for the journey worker industrial electrician
examination shall be at least eighteen years of age and shall have had
experience in industrial electrical work of at least five years full-time or
its equivalent, but not less than 10,000 hours.



(9)  Supervising industrial electrician.  Every
applicant to be eligible for the supervising industrial electrician examination
shall have been registered with the board as a journey worker industrial
electrician for a period of at least four years or shall have had equivalent
experience in the trade. [L 1971, c 183, pt of §1; am L 1972, c 2, §20 and c
196, §3; am L 1982, c 205, §3; am L 1983, c 38, §1 and c 56, §4; am L 1991, c
117, §1; gen ch 1993]