8 AAC 90.115 - Plumber and electrician examinations

(a) Except as provided under (b) and (e) of this section, an individual who holds the appropriate trainee certificate of fitness may request an appointment to take an examination for electrician journeyman, power lineman journeyman, residential wireman, plumber journeyman, plumber restricted PG, or plumber restricted PU at the offices of the division in Juneau, Anchorage, and Fairbanks.

(b) An applicant may request that an examination be made available at a location not specified under (a) of this section by submitting a written request to the office of the division in Anchorage. In response to the applicant's written request, the department may

(1) if able to reasonably provide the resources to administer the examination at the applicant's requested location, make the examination available at the applicant's requested location;

(2) refer the applicant to an approved third-party testing facility; the applicant shall be responsible for the expense of taking an examination at a third-party testing facility; for an applicant's examination from a third-party testing facility to be valid, the third-party testing facility must provide the applicant with its own examination and provide documentation to the department that the applicant received a passing score; or

(3) refer the applicant to an approved exam proctor; the applicant shall be responsible for the expense of taking an examination provided by an exam proctor; for an applicant's examination from an exam proctor to be valid, the exam proctor must provide the applicant's examination to the department for grading.

(c) The minimum passing score for an examination under this section is 70 percent.

(d) An applicant who fails to pass an examination administered by the department or conducted by proctor under this section is eligible to retake the examination 30 days after the date of the failed examination.

(e) A union based in the state may administer its own examination to an applicant under this section if an agreement on examination standards is in place between the union and the department. The union must provide documentation to the department that the applicant passed the examination with a score of not less than 70 percent by providing a sworn affidavit by a union official on a form provided by the department.

Notes

8 AAC 90.115

Eff. 12/25/98, Register 148; am 4/16/2022, Register 242, July 2022; am 10/28/2023, Register 248, January 2024

For the purposes of 8 AAC 90.115, the Anchorage office can be contacted at Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection, 1251 Muldoon Road, Suite 113, Anchorage, AK 99504, phone: (907) 269-4925.

Authority:AS 18.62.050

AS 18.62.060

AS 18.62.070

AS 23.05.060