Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 121-3-.01 - Statewide Electrical Contractor License

(1) Statewide Class I Electrical Contractor licenses are restricted to electrical contracting involving single-phase electrical installations that do not exceed 200 amperes at the service drop or the service lateral. Class II Electrical Contractor licenses are unrestricted.

(2) To obtain a statewide Class I or Class II Electrical Contractor license, a person must be at least 21 years of age, submit a completed application, meet the experience requirements as described in this rule, obtain a minimum score of seventy (70) on the appropriate examination, and pay the fees required by the Board.

(3) An applicant must submit three (3) references on the required form from persons who can attest to the applicant's electrical experience to the satisfaction of the Division. At least one of the three references must be from a licensed electrical contractor who shall include his or her registration number on the form.

(4) Applicants for statewide Electrical Contractor license must document a minimum of 4 years of Primary experience in the electrical field as would be covered by the Georgia Electrical Code or the National Electrical Code.

(a) Primary Experience shall mean working experience gained through the direct installation of electrical systems and directly related activities of a type covered by the National Electrical Code. The public welfare and overall life safety responsibility require that an electrical contractor have actual in-the-field experience and be competent in all phases of electrical work.

(5) Applicants may be credited up to one (1) year of experience based on Secondary Experience or Education. Secondary Experience time will be credited at a rate of fifty percent (50%). (For example, three (3) years of Primary Experience and two (2) years of Secondary Experience would meet the 4 years of required experience.)

(a) Secondary Experience shall mean work or training experience related to electrical contracting work involving electrical systems covered by the National Electrical Code. Examples of Secondary Experience include:

(i) Instruction received on electrical installation, theory, and code by a full-time secondary or post-secondary instructor in an established class at a recognized learning center.

(ii) Inspection of electrical wiring by a full-time municipal or county inspector.

(iii) Electrical engineering design by a registered professional engineer.

(iv) Work performed for a licensed electrical contractor with the applicant having sole responsibility in at least three (3) of the following areas: estimating; project management; scheduling and assigning work; preparing progress charts (CPM or other flow charts); sales and cash flow responsibilities such as budgetary, preparation of pay request, and invoices.

(v) Installation of electrically lighted signs.

(b) Education may be applied toward the experience requirements as follows:

(i) Completion of a 2-year academic diploma program as 2 years of experience.

(ii) Completion of a 2-year academic certificate program offered by a vocational-technical school as 2 years of experience.

(6) Applicants for Class II Licenses must document experience with installations in excess of single phase, 200 amperes systems.

(7) Class I applicants must document experience in at least five (5) of the following, plus item (h), and Class II applicants must document work experience in all of the following areas:

(a) Installation of raceway systems, including pull boxes, junction boxes, conduit bodies and the connections in the system and to cabinets, panelboards, switchboards, and boxes, which meet all Code use and installation requirements.

(b) Installation of conductors, including flexible cords, cables, splices, taps, terminations, bonding jumpers, overcurrent protective devices, and metering devices, in cabinets, panelboards, switchboards, boxes, and conduit, which meet all Code use and installation requirements, such as to sizing, ampacity, and voltage.

(c) Installation of service entrances, metering devices, cabinets, switchboards, service risers and fasteners, overcurrent protective devices, disconnecting means, ground electrodes, main bonding jumpers, and ground fault protectors which all meet Code installation requirements, such as to sizing, rating, clearances, and weatherproofing.

(d) Installation of motors and generators with feeders, branch circuits, overcurrent protective devices, disconnect means, and controllers, all of which meet Code installation requirements, such as sizing, rating, usage, and location.

(e) Installation of switches, disconnects, and controls that supply lighting fixtures, appliances, electrical circuits, controls for heating and air conditioning equipment, and other utilization and general use equipment, according to use and Code installation requirements.

(f) Installation of materials and equipment required for use in special occupancies according to use and Code installation requirements, as defined by Chapter 5 of the National Electrical Code.

(g) Bonding of interior metal piping systems, installation of properly sized equipment grounding conductors, grounding of exposed noncurrent carrying metal parts of electrical equipment, and protection of grounding conductors from physical damage.

(h) Determination of general lighting loads, minimum branch circuits, minimum ampacity of conductors in feeder and branch circuits, maximum allowable conductor fill for raceways, net loads, using specified or optional methods, rates or demand factors, and derating factors given in the Code.

(8) Applicants who can demonstrate six (6) years of electrical contracting experience to the satisfaction of the Division are not required to demonstrate Primary Experience gained through the direct installation of electrical systems.

(a) Applicants shall notify the Division that he or she has the necessary knowledge of technology and related work experience for the license Class for which they are applying.

(b) Education will be credited at a rate of 50%, and no more than two (2) years of experience may be based on Education. (For example, four (4) years of experience and four (4) years of education would meet the required six (6) years of experience.)

(c) Applicants shall provide at least one (1) reference from a licensed architect, professional engineer, or electrical engineer who shall include his or her licensed number on the form and can attest to the applicant's submitted experience.

(9) Nothing in these rules shall be construed to permit the unlicensed practice of Electrical Contracting.

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Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 121-3-.01

O.C.G.A. §§ 43-14-1, 43-14-5, 43-14-6, 43-14-8.

Original Rule entitled "Applications" was filed as Emergency Rule 121-3-1-0.3-.01 on July 28, 1980; effective July 22, 1980, the date of adoption, to remain in effect for a period of 120 days or until the effective date of a permanent Rule covering the same subject matter superseding this Emergency Rule, as specified by the Agency. Amended: Emergency Rule 121-3-1-0.3-.01 repealed and Emergency Rule 121-3-1-0.9-.01 entitled "Application and Examination for Licensure," adopted. Filed September 29, 1980; effective September 25, 1980, the date of adoption, to remain in effect for a period of 120 days or until the effective date of a permanent Rule covering the same subject matter superseding this Emergency Rule, as specified by the Agency. Amended: Emergency Rule repealed and permanent Rule of same title adopted. Filed November 7, 1980; effective November 27, 1980. Amended: Emergency Rule 121-3-1-0.13-.01 was filed on January 26, 1981, effective January 21, 1981, the date of adoption, to remain in effect for a period of 120 days or until the effective date of a permanent Rule covering the same subject matter superseding this Emergency Rule, as specified by the Agency. (Said Emergency Rule repealed paragraph (7) and adopted a new paragraph (7).) Amended: Rule repealed by Emergency Rule 121-3-0.15-.01 entitled "Application for Statewide License." Filed April 28, 1981; effective April 22, 1981, the date of adoption, to remain in effect for a period of 120 days or until the effective date of a permanent Rule covering the same subject matter superseding this Emergency Rule, as specified by the Agency. Amended: Emergency Rule 121-3-0.15-.01 repealed and permanent Rule 121-3-.01, of same title, adopted. Filed July 30, 1981; effective August 19, 1981. Amended: Filed December 8, 1982; effective January 1, 1983, as specified by the Agency. Amended: Rule repealed by Emergency Rule 121-3-0.22-.01. Filed March 22, 1983; effective March 16, 1983, the date of adoption, to remain in effect for a period of 120 days or until the effective date of a permanent Rule covering the same subject matter superseding this Emergency Rule, as specified by the Agency. (Said Emergency Rule expired July 13, 1983.) Amended: Rule repealed and a new Rule of same title adopted. Filed July 13, 1983; effective August 2, 1983. Amended: Filed July 31, 1984; effective August 20, 1984. Amended: Filed May 30, 1985; effective June 19, 1985. Amended: Emergency Rule 121-3-0.35 containing paragraph 121-3-0.35-.01(2) was filed and effective on June 6, 1986, to remain in effect for a period of 120 days or until the adoption of a new paragraph superseding this Emergency Rule, as specified by the Agency. Amended: Emergency Rule repealed and Rule amended. Filed September 4, 1986; effective September 24, 1986. Amended: F. Oct. 26, 1989; eff. Nov. 15, 1989. Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Feb. 22, 1990; eff. Mar. 14, 1990. Amended: F. Jun. 6, 1991; eff. Jun. 26, 1991. Amended: F. Dec. 10, 1992; eff. Dec. 30, 1992. Amended: F. Jun. 18, 1993; eff. July 8, 1993. Amended: New Rule entitled "Statewide Electrical Contractor License" (i.e., Rule 121-2-.01 renumbered as Rule 121-3-.01). F. Feb. 27, 2025; eff. Mar. 19, 2025.