Master's -- Reciprocal with NC, OH, VA & WV contractor's license
Journeyman's -- Reciprocal with VA
Apprentice's -- none
Tests are based on the NEC. We're currently testing against 2008, altho 2005 is last adopted code. I know of no amendments to the NEC for WV.
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Master electrician" means a person with at least five years of electrical work experience, including experience in all phases of electrical wiring and installation, who is competent to design electrical systems, and to instruct and supervise the electrical work of journeyman electricians, apprentice electricians, and other related workers.
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Journeyman electrician" means a person qualified by at least four years of electrical work experience to do any work installing wires, conduits, apparatus, equipment, fixtures and other appliances, provided that this classification is not authorized to design electrical systems. [Journeyman may supervise apprentices.] {My job description also requires me to instruct apprentices.}
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Apprentice electrician" means a person with interest in and an aptitude for performing electrical work but who alone is not capable of performing electrical work unless directly supervised by a higher license classification.
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Specialty electrician" means a person qualified to perform electrical work in a limited or specialized area.
A specialty plumbing, heating, and air conditioning electrician license (SP-PH) authorized to install, maintain, or repair only wiring that is directly related to plumbing, heating, and air conditioning equipment and that:
A. is restricted to circuits or parts of circuits that operate at voltages not exceeding 600 volts, phase-to-phase;
B. is electrically isolated from the building wiring system by an overcurrent protective isolating device, such as a fused switch or circuit breaker, that:
(a) has been installed, complete with line-side connections, by a master or journeyman electrician;
(b) is permanently and legibly marked to identify the equipment served by the device; and
(c) is located within an enclosure intended solely for, and limited to, serving the specific plumbing, heating, and air conditioning equipment involved, or is located within a panel-board that serves the building wiring system and is likewise permanently and legibly marked to identify the equipment served by the device, provided the wiring is installed by a master or journeyman electrician from the load-side terminals of the device to a junction box, auxiliary gutter, or similar disconnecting means located outside the panelboard, but in sight of and within 50 feet of, the plumbing, heating, or air conditioning equipment served;
C. originates at the load-side terminals of the protective isolating device;
D. except for control wiring, is physically adjacent to the plumbing, heating, and air conditioning equipment involved and is in sight of and not more than 50 feet from the equipment. Control wiring that receives its control power from the plumbing, heating, and air conditioning equipment involved may extend beyond these limits if the control voltage does not exceed 120 volts to ground and the wiring is protected from overcurrent; and
E. is not installed in a location considered as hazardous under the National Electrical Code.
A specialty electric sign electrician license (SP-ES) authorizes the licensee to install, maintain, or repair only wiring that is directly related to electric signs and is electrically isolated from the building wiring system. Wiring that is directly related differs depending on the type sign involved.
A. Except for electric signs described in subdivisions B, C, and D of this Section, related wiring is the portion of the electric sign wiring that originates at the load-side terminals of a disconnecting means located immediately adjacent to the electric sign involved, or originates within a junction box so located. Related wiring does not include the installation of the disconnecting means, complete with line-side connections, or the installation of the junction box, complete with free-length circuit conductors to accommodate the connection of the related wiring in the box.
B. For electric sign installations having sign transformers installed physically apart from the sign, related wiring is the portion of the electric sign wiring that originates at the load-side terminals of a disconnecting means located immediately adjacent to the sign transformer supplying the electric sign involved, or originates within a junction box located immediately adjacent to the electric sign involved. Related wiring does not include the installation of the disconnecting means, complete with line-side connections, or the installation of the junction box, complete with free-length circuit conductors to accommodate the connection of the related wiring in the box.
C. for permanent free-standing electric sign installations supplied through underground circuit conductors, related wiring is the portion of the electric sign wiring that originates at a wiring termination point located at, within, or immediately above the permanent base for the sign structure.
D. Related wiring does not include the installation of:
(a) a junction box, located at, within, or immediately above the permanent base for the sign, complete with free-length circuit conductors to accommodate the connection of the related wiring; or
(b) if the base of the sign structure is suitable for use as a raceway, the installation of bushing, complete with free-length circuit conductors extending through to accommodate the connection of the related wiring within the sign structure raceway.
E. For electric signs specifically designed to be connected directly to the building wiring raceway or cable supply, related wiring is the portion of the electric sign wiring that originates at the point where the free-length circuit conductors extend through the building wiring raceway or cable at the specifically designed supply location for the electric sign involved. Related wiring does not include the installation of the building wiring raceway or cable system to the specifically designated point of supply for the electric sign involved, complete with free-length circuit conductors extending through the building wiring raceway or cable to accommodate the connection of the related wiring.
A specialty single family residential dwelling electrician license (SP-SFD) which authorizes the licensee to install, maintain, or repair only electrical wiring and devices that are in or on a single family residential dwelling or an ancillary to a single family residential dwelling. Electrical work that is covered by another special restricted license can be performed by a SP-SFD licensee without obtaining the other special restricted license as long as it is in or on a single family residential dwelling or an ancillary to a single family residential dwelling.
A. A "single family residential dwelling" is a building or a manufactured home that is designed and used only for habitation by one family and is not physically attached to any other building or structure. Cabanas, porches, room additions, and similar structures are considered part of a single family dwelling if they are designed for and used only for residential purposes by the occupants of the dwelling.
A specialty low voltage electrician license (SP-LV) (Fire and Burglar Alarm Systems) which authorizes the licensee to install, maintain, or repair only low voltage wiring, 80 volts or less, and directly related wiring. Wiring is directly related if it:
A. originates at the load-side terminals of a disconnecting means or junction box that:
(a) has been installed, complete with line-side connections, by others for the specific purpose of supply the low voltage wiring system involved; and
(b) is permanently and legibly marked to identify the low voltage wiring system supplied; and
B. is not installed in a location considered as hazardous under the National Electrical Code.
A specialty elevator electrician license (SP-EL) (Elevators, Dumbwaiter(s), Escalator(s), Moving Walk(s) and Personnel Hoist(s)) which authorizes the licensee to install, maintain, or repair electric wiring only as an incident to the licensee's elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving walk, or personnel hoist business. Furthermore, the license authorizes the licensee to install, maintain, or repair only electrical wiring that:
A. is an integral part of an elevator, dumbwaiter escalator, moving walk, or personnel hoist;
B. is electrically isolated from the building wiring system by means of an overcurrent protective device, such as a safety switch or circuit breaker, that has been installed, complete with line-side connections, by others; and
C. originates at the load-side terminals of the protective isolating device, referred to as "beyond the disconnection means."
no license may be required for:
(1)
A person who performs electrical work with respect to any property
owned or leased by that person;
(2)
a person who performs electrical work at any
manufacturing plant or other industrial establishment as an employee of the person, firm or corporation operating the plant or establishment;
(3)
a person who performs electrical work while employed by an employer who engages in the business of selling appliances at retail, so long as such electrical work is performed i
ncident to the installation or repair of appliances sold by the employer;
(4)
a person who, while employed by a
public utility or its affiliate, performs electrical work in connection with the
furnishing of public utility service; or (5) any
government employee performing electrical work
on government property.
/s Jim WIlliams
allowed to do is work upstream of the cut-out fuse. No such thing as permits, no body checking your work [other than somebody appointed by the client if they feel it necessary]. Seems to work well the majority of the time
TRIMIX...Deep down you know you want it! Trimix-leccy; pulling the envelope---not pushing it
Home Wiring in West Virginia
Linear Mode
