Electrical Systems

Electrician Apprenticeship, Experience, and Education Requirements

Most states and municipalities require electrical workers to be licensed.

Hawaii Requirements:

1) Provide verification of the following:

• Journey Worker Electrician (EJ)- 5 years but not less than 10,000 hours in residential or commercial wiring and satisfactory completion accepted by a University of Hawaii Community College offering an appropriate program of study of 240 hours of electrical academic coursework.
• Supervising Electrician (ES)- 4 years experience as a licensed journey worker electrician or equivalent.
• Journey Worker Industrial Electrician (EJI)- 4 years but not less than 8,000 hours and satisfactory completion accepted by a University of Hawaii
• Community College offering an appropriate program of study of 200 hours of electrical academic coursework.
• Supervising Industrial Electrician (ESI)- 3 years experience as a licensed journey worker industrial electrician or equivalent.
• Journey Worker Specialty Electrician (EJS)- 3 years but not less than 6,000 hours and satisfactory completion accepted by a University of Hawaii Community College offering an appropriate program of study of 120 hours of electrical academic coursework.
• Supervising Specialty Electrician (ESS)- 2 years experience as a licensed journey worker specialty electrician or equivalent.
• Maintenance Electrician (EM)- 1 year electrical maintenance wiring and satisfactory completion accepted by a University of Hawaii Community College offering an appropriate program of study of 80 hours of electrical academic coursework or 2 years of schooling in the trade with not less than 1,000 hours of hands-on lab exercises.

2) Pass the Board’s examination

(Reference: http://files.hawaii.gov/dcca/pvl/faqs/electrician_plumber_faq.pdf )

License Renewal

Prior to every license renewal, all licensed plumbers must meet continued competency requirements to renew their license:

“The licensee shall submit (1) a copy of a certificate from a University of Hawaii Community College evidencing attendance at an update course of the “NEC” or (2) a copy of a score report from Prometric verifying successful passage of the continued competency exam on the updates to the “NEC”.”

Electrical Codes

NEC 20111 Code Book by Gwen Arkin is licensed under CC BY 4.0

The National Electric Code (NEC)

• Published every 3 years by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• Not a federal law
• Regionally adoptable by states and municipalities
• Adopted in all 50 states
• Most jurisdictions do not immediately adopt new additions.
• As of April 2017, Maui County still uses the 2011 edition of the NEC to enforce safe practices

Electrical wiring for residential and commercial applications has specific electrical and building code requirements and should be done only by a licensed professional. The following information is presented for educational purposes only.