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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to electricians.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 448E-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§448E-5 Minimum requirements. An applicant shall possess the following minimum qualifications:
(1) Journey worker electrician. Every applicant to
be eligible for the journey worker electrician examination shall be at least
eighteen years of age and shall provide satisfactory evidence of experience in
residential or commercial wiring of at least five years full-time or its
equivalent, but not less than [10,000] ten thousand hours of
experience in the trade under the supervision of a journey worker or
supervising electrician.
(2) Journey worker specialty electrician. Every
applicant to be eligible for the journey worker specialty electrician
examination shall be at least eighteen years of age and shall have had at least
[five years' experience] three years full-time or its
equivalent, but not less than six thousand hours of experience in the trade[.]
under the supervision of a journey worker, journey worker specialty,
supervising, or supervising specialty electrician.
(3) Supervising electrician. Every applicant to be eligible for the supervising electrician examination shall have been registered with the board as a journey worker electrician for at least a period of four years in the trade or shall have had equivalent experience in the trade.
(4) Supervising specialty electrician. Every
applicant to be eligible for the supervising specialty electrician examination
shall have been registered with the board as a journey worker specialty
electrician for at least a period of [four] two years in the
trade or shall have had equivalent experience in the trade.
(5) Journey worker plumber. Every applicant to be
eligible for the journey worker plumber examination shall have had experience
of at least five years' full-time or its equivalent but not less than [10,000]
ten thousand hours as a journey worker's or master plumber's helper, and
is able to furnish satisfactory evidence of such fact.
(6) Master plumber. Every applicant to be eligible for the master plumber examination shall have been registered with the board as a journey worker plumber for at least two years or shall have had equivalent experience in the trade.
(7) Maintenance electrician. Every applicant to be eligible for the maintenance electrician examination shall be not less than eighteen years of age and shall have had at least one year of experience in performing electrical maintenance work or proof of two years of schooling in the electrical trade.
(8) Journey worker industrial electrician. Every
applicant to be eligible for the journey worker industrial electrician
examination shall be at least eighteen years of age and shall have had
experience in industrial electrical work of at least [five] four
years full-time or its equivalent, but not less than [10,000] eight
thousand hours[.] of experience.
(9) Supervising industrial electrician. Every
applicant to be eligible for the supervising industrial electrician examination
shall have been registered with the board as a journey worker industrial
electrician for a period of at least [four] three years or shall
have had equivalent experience in the trade."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Electricians; Minimum Requirements
Description:
Reduces the minimum experience requirements to obtain licenses for certain types of electricians, and specifies the types of electricians a journey worker specialty electrician must train under.
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