The following types of specialty electrical contractors may
apply to be certified under the provisions of Chapter 489, Part II, F.S., and
Chapter 61G6-5, F.A.C., above. In order to be admitted to a specialty
contractor examination, the person must show 6 years of comprehensive training,
technical education, or broad experience on the type of electrical or alarm
system work for which certification is desired.
(1) Lighting Maintenance Specialty Electrical
Contractor. The scope of certification of a lighting maintenance specialty
contractor is limited to the installation, repair, alteration, or replacement
of lighting fixtures in or on buildings, signs, billboards, roadways, streets,
parking lots and other similar structures. However, the scope of the
certification does not include the provision of, or work beyond, the last
electrical supplying source, outlet, or disconnecting means.
(2) Sign Specialty Electrical Contractor. The
scope of certification includes the structural fabrication including concrete
foundation, erection, installation, alteration, repair, service and wiring of
electrical signs, non-electrical signs and outline lighting. The scope of
certification shall not include the provision of, or any electrical work
beyond, the last disconnect mean or terminal points. However, a contractor
certified under this section may provide the electrical entrance requirements
for metering and main disconnect of remote billboards or signs which are
independent of any structure or building and which require no more than
twenty-five (25) kilowatts at two hundred fifty (250) volts maximum.
(3) Residential Electrical Contractor. The
scope of certification includes installation, repair, alteration, addition to,
replacement of or design of electrical wiring, fixtures, appliances, apparatus,
raceways, conduit, or any part thereof, in a 1, 2, 3, or 4 family residence not
exceeding 2 stories in height, and accessory use structures in connection with
the residence. The electrical service installed or worked upon is limited to
single phase, 400 ampere single service.
(4) Limited Energy Systems Specialty. The
scope of certification of a limited energy systems specialty contractor
includes the installation, repair, fabrication, erection, alteration, addition
to, or design of electrical wiring, fixtures, appliances, thermostats,
apparatus, raceways, conduit, and fiber optics (transmission of light over
stranded glass) or any part thereof not to exceed 98 volts, (RMS). The scope of
work of this license does not include installation, repair, fabrication,
erection, alteration, addition to, or design of electrical wiring, fixtures,
appliances, thermostats, apparatus, raceways, conduit, that are part of an
alarm system.
(a) The scope of certification
is limited to electrical circuits and equipment as set forth in Section
489.505(7),
F.S.
(b) The scope of certification
shall not include work performed by public utilities exempt under the terms of
Section 489.503(4),
F.S., or exempt due to the regulatory jurisdiction of the Florida Public
Service Commission.
(c) The scope
of work of this license may also be performed by the following certified and
registered license categories: Unlimited Electrical Contractor, Alarm System
Contractor I, Alarm System Contractor II, and Residential Electrical
Contractor.
(5) Utility
Line Electrical Contractor. The scope of certification of a utility line
electrical contractor means a utility contractor whose business includes all
types of transmission electrical circuits, distribution electrical circuits,
and substation construction done for investor owned electrical utilities, city
municipal electrical utilities, and cooperatives under the rural electric
authority between point of origin and point of delivery.
(6) Two-Way Radio Communications Enhancement
Systems Specialty. The scope of certification of a two-way radio communications
enhancement system specialty contractor includes the installation, repair,
alteration, addition to, testing, replacement and design of electrical wiring,
fixtures, antennae, amplifiers, appliances, apparatus, raceways, conduit, or
any part thereof not to exceed 98 volts (RMS), for two-way radio communications
enhancement systems in all structures. The scope of this license does not
include the connection of a system to a fire alarm panel. The scope of work of
this license may also be performed by the following license categories:
Certified Unlimited Electrical Contractor; Certified Alarm System Contractor I;
and Registered Alarm System Contractor I.
Notes
Fla. Admin.
Code Ann. R. 61G6-7.001
Rulemaking Authority
489.511(4) FS.
Law Implemented 489.505(19),
489.511(4)
FS.
New 1-2-80,
Amended 7-29-84, 10-14-84, Formerly 21GG-7.01, Amended 2-23-86, 12-24-87,
6-21-89, 3-3-92, Formerly 21GG-7.001, Amended 1-28-96, 12-25-96, 6-11-97,
12-24-97, 7-19-98, 10-7-99, 2-17-00, 4-30-01, 4-30-03, 9-16-07, 12-2-08,
8-22-11, Amended by
Florida
Register Volume 45, Number 137, July 16, 2019 effective
8/1/2019, Amended by
Florida
Register Volume 46, Number 122, June 23, 2020 effective
7/8/2020, Amended by
Florida
Register Volume 50, Number 177, September 10, 2024 effective
9/25/2024.
New 1-2-80, Amended 7-29-84, 10-14-84, Formerly 21GG-7.01,
Amended 2-23-86, 12-24-87, 6-21-89, 3-3-92, Formerly 21GG-7.001, Amended
1-28-96, 12-25-96, 6-11-97, 12-24-97, 7-19-98, 10-7-99, 2-17-00, 4-30-01,
4-30-03, 9-16-07, 12-2-08, 8-22-11, 8-1-19,
7-8-20.