[marshallwhat]

BC resident here. I did some searching on the forums before I posted, but most of the exam posts were either talking about the Red Seal exam, or the Masters. Not sure how similar British Columbia's FSR exams are to Alberta's (+ other provinces???) master electrician exam.

Before being able to write the FSR exam, you need to have a current electrical code course. I was in class for that last September thru to December, and I passed with around 80%. Went away for the holidays then wrote the exam the middle of January. Got my mark back pretty quick, and I failed with with 63%. Need 70% to pass. The teacher from my class told us to expect pretty much what we got for a mark in the class as for the exam, so I'm a bit surprised that I failed. Even the week before the exam I went thru and re-did EVERY major calculation from class to I felt really confident.

So right now I'm feeling pretty stupid and not sure what to do next... other than re-reading the code book and everything else... Most of my friends told me to talk to other people that have written it, but I think it's fairly uncommon exam to write, so I'm turning to the internets for help.

I could go on for a while talking about what was on the exam, but I don't feel it'll be really helpful for me as I don't know what I got right/wrong. I'll just sum it up quickly:
-just under 50 questions (47 or 49 I think)
-10 were T/F, rest were multiple choice
-most of the T/F were on the safety regulations / safety standards / general regulation
-only 2 major building calculations, but water falling examples with about 3 questions each
-one question on an RV park (not mobile homes nor marinas)
-only code rule question I couldn't find was asking how much of a house feeder raceway is allowed to be exposed after entering a house. Couldn't find that anywhere. I remember in class the teacher told us how much of a feeder cable is allowed to enter a house (before it needs to go into a panel or JB), but I can't remember/find that either. Something like 5' for the latter.


Anyways... any exam tips from BC contractors / FSRs, or even Alberta masters, I'm definitely open to hearing from you! Or if you just want to make fun of me for failing the exam, that's alright, too!

 

[HARRY304E]

Work harder on the next one,GOOD LUCK!

 

[99cents]

I'm an FSR but got it because I was an Alberta Master first. The test for an Alberta Master challenging for FSR is primarily just BC stuff and open book. They assume you know your code already.

In order to get my Alberta Master's I took the correspondence course from NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology). It cost $1000.00 and was quite intense. I spent three months at it and passed both exams with room to spare. I have no doubt it would have prepared me for the FSR exam.

BTW, Alberta Master qualifies for Class A.

Once you get your FSR, you apply for your contractor's license. In BC, be prepared to wait. Nothing in BC moves quickly. In your province they take bureaucracy to astonishing heights (or depths...).

 

[marshallwhat]

@99cents interesting about upgrading right away to an A ticket. your course must have covered HV installations, then? because here, to get an A ticket, you need 3 documented installations.

and the code course I took was 10 weeks, 5 hours of school a week, and cost about $550.

 

[al_con1987]

I wrote my B FSR in December of 2011, before the 2012 code took effect. That was a saving grace i'm sure. I was way more nervous for my FSR than my red seal but I nailed it, my dad on the other hand wrote it about a month before me and missed by 3%. He hasn't been back to write since. I found the biggest thing was to know the BC regs and stuff, there is a lot of information to know in there.

 

[Sparkshow Vancouver]

2012 FSR B Test

Hey,

I took my FSR last summer and passed with 92. The code course I took at BCIT did not make me feel comfortable so I studied at home for a couple months. I found that if you read all of the current bulletins and regulations and really understood the new changes in the code book that the test was ok. The RV park one if i can recall, has a trick. Some of the outlets are 120 v and some are 208 or 240. For the calculation make sure you convert everything to watts. take a look at the section, i could be wrong as i have never actually wired a RV Park

Good Luck!:thumbup:

 

[Aegis]

BC resident here. I did some searching on the forums before I posted, but most of the exam posts were either talking about the Red Seal exam, or the Masters. Not sure how similar British Columbia's FSR exams are to Alberta's (+ other provinces???) master electrician exam. Before being able to write the FSR exam, you need to have a current electrical code course. I was in class for that last September thru to December, and I passed with around 80%. Went away for the holidays then wrote the exam the middle of January. Got my mark back pretty quick, and I failed with with 63%. Need 70% to pass. The teacher from my class told us to expect pretty much what we got for a mark in the class as for the exam, so I'm a bit surprised that I failed. Even the week before the exam I went thru and re-did EVERY major calculation from class to I felt really confident. So right now I'm feeling pretty stupid and not sure what to do next... other than re-reading the code book and everything else... Most of my friends told me to talk to other people that have written it, but I think it's fairly uncommon exam to write, so I'm turning to the internets for help. I could go on for a while talking about what was on the exam, but I don't feel it'll be really helpful for me as I don't know what I got right/wrong. I'll just sum it up quickly: -just under 50 questions (47 or 49 I think) -10 were T/F, rest were multiple choice -most of the T/F were on the safety regulations / safety standards / general regulation -only 2 major building calculations, but water falling examples with about 3 questions each -one question on an RV park (not mobile homes nor marinas) -only code rule question I couldn't find was asking how much of a house feeder raceway is allowed to be exposed after entering a house. Couldn't find that anywhere. I remember in class the teacher told us how much of a feeder cable is allowed to enter a house (before it needs to go into a panel or JB), but I can't remember/find that either. Something like 5' for the latter. Anyways... any exam tips from BC contractors / FSRs, or even Alberta masters, I'm definitely open to hearing from you! Or if you just want to make fun of me for failing the exam, that's alright, too!

Sometimes it's just the batch of questions you get. Now if you fail 3 or 4 it's a different story. The next batch of questions might be right up your alley and you'll get 95%

 

[FrunkSlammer]

The next batch of questions might be right up your alley and you'll get 95%

Like load calculations for pubs and breweries? :drink:

 

[electricguy]

If you guessed at Questions your better not to answer them wrong it deducts more points from your score.

 

[snickers]

Hey,

I took my FSR last summer and passed with 92. The code course I took at BCIT did not make me feel comfortable so I studied at home for a couple months. I found that if you read all of the current bulletins and regulations and really understood the new changes in the code book that the test was ok. The RV park one if i can recall, has a trick. Some of the outlets are 120 v and some are 208 or 240. For the calculation make sure you convert everything to watts. take a look at the section, i could be wrong as i have never actually wired a RV Park

Good Luck!:thumbup:

I just wrote today and totally forgot the watts thing!!! Arggg. Hopefully it doesn't do me in. I felt real good on the whole thing.

 

[bijli_wala]

Fsr b

@marshallwhat I will be appearing for FER-B soon, any suggestion ht areas are important.