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You will need to achieve a number of Maine electrical license requirements to be recognized as a journeyman electrician in the state:

1. Complete at least 4 years (8,000 hours) of service as an electrician apprentice or helper

2. Finish a 576 hr long electrical course which is approved by the EEB

3. Put together and send in an Individual Examination Application

4. Sit for and achieve a pass in the Maine electrician license assessment

Your electrician program has to contain 225 hrs of mandatory coursework, including an accredited course of not less than 45 hrs dealing with the newest National Electrical Code (NEC) version. It should also comprise of 351 hrs of optional classes that contains either 351 hours of electrical-related electives or 225 hours of vocational-relatedand one hundred and thirty five hrs of degree-level coursework.

In the event that you possess military experience and training as an electrician, you should speak to the Board Administrator with the Electricians' Examining Board to be able to make sure that you obtain proper credit for your instruction in the armed forces.

Doing The Maine Electrical Permit Assessment

Before you are permitted to undergo the Maine electrical certificate exam, you'll have to hand in an Individual Examination Application documenting your work experience to the Electricians' Examining Board. The admin payment is 25 dollars and must be included with the application form either by means of credit card of check payment for the application to be accepted.

Within your application, you're going to have to report the electrician training and coursework which you've underwent, and also details of your prior jobs and how many hrs you've been employed in every company. This info will be used to determine whether you achieve the time on the job and instruction requirements to undergo the exam and be registered as a certified electrician.

After your application form has been assessed and okayed, you'll be given permission to set a date for your test from the board. You need to then get a hold of Prometric, the testing provider, to set a date for the assessment and pay the examination fee of $75. The assessment is open book and is with regards to the 2008 National Electrical Code (NEC). It consists of eighty queries and is 4 hrs in duration, and you need to acquire a mark of 70 percent to pass.

Should you ace the exam, the EEB will mail you a license form. You are going to have to put together that application form and give it back to them with the licensing fee to receive the certificate.