Becoming An Electrician | State Licensing Requirements

Electrical Exam Preparation

well hey everybody welcome to another

episode here

from electrical code academy

incorporated my name is paul abernathy

your host in today's episode

we're gonna show you a feature on our

website that

people have asked us to provide and that

was maybe you're just getting into the

industry

and you really don't know the licensing

requirements in your specific state and

obviously getting that information

together can be pretty difficult

because some states just they make it

difficult to find this information well

what we've done here

at master the nec as well as electric

code academy inc is

is put all of that together in a simple

format for you to be able to navigate

through it and understand

what the licensing requirements are in

your state now if you're just getting

into this trade again one of the more

difficult things is to really find

information it's almost like people

don't want to share information

we do we want to show you what hours are

required for your state

what are the different licenses that you

can get in your state whether or not

your

apprentice license is required to be

licensed or there's no license required

to

to be apprenticed to even get started

and many people refer to apprentice as

as helper all those type of things we

want to break down for

you and of course when it's time for you

to learn the national electrical code

we're hoping that you're going to come

to us for a resource because i've been

teaching people the national electrical

code since back in the 80s

and i have taught literally over 40 000

students

when i worked at nema traveling around

the country or it was a head of multiple

jurisdictions back in virginia

um i have spent my life teaching people

the national electrical code

and i like teaching it and i like

teaching it in a way

that people can learn it retain it and

be able to regurgitate it to others

and so that's why i created the fast

tracks program so if you have interest

in the fast track program

again go to masternec.com if you really

want to learn the nec

you want to learn it unit by unit and

you really want to pass an exam

that's the program for you but if you're

just getting into the field

you're just trying to understand what

the licensing requirements are or you've

been working for a while and you just

don't know

how many hours i need or what types of

licenses can i get in a specific state

got you covered so let's go look at our

website because we have a lot of

features

on our website it's a very simple

website but it is

done in a way that it's easy to navigate

so let's go and give it a look

and i'll show you this new feature so

again i i understand that it can be a

struggle

getting information so let me give you a

quick overview

of our website so that you can know what

you're doing when you're navigating here

right so

first things first you'll notice that

there's a download button right here

that's to get our nifty little app you

get our app for your phone

you can reach out to us at any time and

if you become a fast track student you

can even

ask us unit questions directly instantly

through the app

that's an amazing feature that's only

available in our fast tracks program

now you will notice that it's broken

down with links then they hover over the

links

so if you need to do continuing

education for example you need to get

license renewal maybe you're a

journeyman or are you a master and you

got to renew your license

no problem simply click this tab and as

you can see

you will have a clickable map or you can

click it per state if you wish and you

can go right to the state and you can

find out about your continuing education

needs

right there from the map okay now

if you want to take one of our courses

on

maybe it's our bundle which is all of

our courses

wrapped into one bundle it's the best

value out there but let's say you want

to learn grounding and bonding

or you want to do residential commercial

wiring i had a hand in writing all of

these documents

okay and they're available in the book

format but we integrate them into our

learning program and they're embedded

into our virtual program as well this

amazing courses

and we have industrial and motor

controls as well even have electricity

101 if you want to learn the core basic

fundamentals

all of that's available here uh if you

want to see a complete list of all our

courses just click

right here on the main link it'll show

you all of our courses

uh here's the exam prep course for

example if you click that and you're

really interested in learning the nec

you'll be taken to this page and here's

the video you really should watch

it really breaks our fast tracks course

now i mean fundamentally breaks down and

you get to see what you're getting for

your money

again there's a bunch of information

tells you what units are in there very

simple straightforward

but what we want to talk about today is

you're wanting to know

what are the licensing requirements in

my state how do i find out how many

hours i need

how do i get in touch with the state

administrator to ask them more questions

don't worry come over here to the more

button and you click down here you can

find out about me

you can watch some video samples most of

our video is up on youtube anyway but

you can watch some samples

but here's what you want licensing

requirements so click on licensing

requirements

and here you go now we put everything on

this page

so alabama alaska

arizona so let's just focus on alabama

so in alabama they have different

classifications they have a journeyman

electrician and they don't have a master

electrician

they have what's called an electrical

contractor which is equivalent to a

master

so those are the two electrician

licensing there but

let's say you want to reach out to the

licensing board because you have more

questions or you want to get some kind

of

downloadable resource or documents or

maybe the local rules and regulations

then we give you a link right here this

is clickable takes you

right to their website so we put it

right here now we're also going to give

you

all the requirements for licensing right

here so here's your journeyman

requirements

and here's your electrical contractor

requirements tells you the number of

hours

and everything involved in it okay now

that's not enough

then you can go right to the state

administrator's page and i'm sure that

we're going to link you

right to where you can get any

information you need or even get phone

numbers and contact information

that way it gets you started if you just

want to get more information we're

making it as easy as possible for you on

our program now

let's say you're preparing for your exam

now you you look at the hours and you're

ready

you don't want to sit and waste time

trying to read this book because again

it wasn't designed as an instruction

manual

you can't go through here and assume

what's going to be on an exam

but we've done it for you if you click

this little link right here

you'll get your information from alabama

right here

but then you can go down and read a

little bit more and watch the video

about our fast tracks program which is

fundamentally designed to

teach you the national electrical code

to help you be successful

look i put over 30 years into this i

have taught again

over 40 000 students we break this down

unit by unit by unit go over to our

youtube channel

and watch some of the videos better yet

why don't you go here and watch

this video you will learn exactly what

the fast tracks program is all about but

that's not what this video was about

right

it's about licensing so here's alabama

shows you everything that you need to

know about alabama

you can go right back up here and click

licensing again

and let's say i want to do texas okay so

i can click here

scroll down and look for texas there's

texas

right here you have all these different

licenses

in texas okay and here's the

requirements for every single one of

them

but let's say you want to go to the

state we'll see this link right here

let's go and click it

there you go takes you right to the

state page talks about electricians

everything to do with the licensing

requirement in the state

okay so that was texas

and you can get everything that you need

to know about it from

right here on our website now and if

you're ready to study

and you really want to learn this nec

and all you got to do is click this link

read the information watch the video

and get started okay that's all it takes

to be successful in this industry

is the ability to really fundamentally

understand the information

and we're giving you the resources to

get started how to do it

how to find out how many hours you need

how much in the field training you need

instant access to the actual state

information

where you're going to find resource

guides and and local rules and

regulations that are going to be on

exams

all that's available from those links

that we embed in the program

so we're excited about offering the

licensing requirements on our website

we think that you're going to get a good

experience with it if you have any

questions at all

always email us at info masterthenc.com

i want to be a resource for you by the

way if you're in our fast tracks program

we see you every wednesday night in our

live sessions where you can work through

the units

and you can come to me and ask me

questions try to figure that in a price

that's priceless until next time folks

stay safe