Iowa Code r. 661-505.102 - Standards for postsecondary electrical education programs
The board will develop policies establishing the following minimum standards for an approved postsecondary electrical education program:
(1) All necessary subject
matter areas as published by the board and available on request from the board
office and from the board website. Instruction is to include at least four
hours of instruction on the Iowa electrical statute, Iowa Code chapter 103,
with a minimum of one hour on Iowa electrical licensing requirements.
(2) Minimum number of contact hours and
necessary program attendance policies. Each approved program is to include 30
to 40 percent of contact hours that involve lecture, with all remaining hours
consisting of laboratory or shop hours. A student cannot take the licensing
examination until all contact hours and the specified number of hours of
on-the-job training are completed.
a. A
postsecondary electrical education program for a journeyman electrician license
is to include at least 2,000 hours of instruction, with the student completing
at least 6,000 hours of on-the-job training before the student will be eligible
to take the journeyman electrician examination.
b. A postsecondary electrical education
program for a residential electrician license is to include at least 1,000
hours of instruction, with the student completing at least 4,000 hours of
on-the-job training before the student will be eligible to take the residential
electrician examination.
(3) Minimum qualifications for instructors
which include:
a. Current licensing as an
electrician, as set out in the board's policy; and
b. Compliance with standards set by the Iowa
department of education for an instructor at a community college.
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