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Who is required to be certified?
California’s electrician certification law
requires anyone performing electrical work for a
C-10 contractor to fall into one of the following
categories:
- Certified Journeyman Electrician who
has taken and passed the state exam. Click here
to view the full list of certified electricians
in California.
Click here to check the certification status
of a journeyman.
- Indentured Apprentice in a
state-approved apprenticeship program. Not sure
if you or on of your employees is an apprentice?
Click here to search the DAS database.
- Electrician Trainee registered with
the state and attending courses in an approved
program.
Click here to check the certification status
of a trainee.
Click here for more details on electrician
certification requirements.
When is renewal required?
A certified
electrician must renew his or her certification
prior to the expiration date of his or her
certification. In most cases, certification expires
three years from the effective date.
However, if you became certified before it was
mandatory, then the certification is treated as
having become valid on the first anniversary of the
certification date that falls after the
certification deadline. For example, for those who
were certified prior to the Dec. 31, 2005 deadline
for general and fire/life/safety electricians, such
as on November 1, 2005, his or her certification
became valid on November 1, 2006 and the deadline to
renew is November 1, 2009. The deadline for
residential certification was December 31, 2006.
To find out when a certification expiration date is,
click here to enter the Certification Number
from your card in the Search field at the DAS
website and click through to print the Verification
statement to show the extended expiration date.
Renewal Requirements
To be eligible to apply for renewal of your
certification, the certified electrician must work 2,000 hours in the
industry and take 32 hours of continuing education
relevant to his or her category of certification that is
being requested in order to renew. Those 2,000 hours
in the industry and 32 hours of continuing education
must have been completed within three years of the
valid date of the certification.
Continuing Education: A certified
electrician can earn hours toward his or her 32-hour
renewal requirement by taking courses from an approved
educational provider such as WECA.
WECA offers a wide variety of CE
courses, including class-room based and online
classes, as well as courses available on CD-ROM.
Click here to see a full catalog of the CE courses
offered by WECA.
Courses that are relevant to the
category of electrician certification that is being
requested to be renewed qualify for your CE
requirement. Current certification categories
include general, residential and fire/life/safety.
Non-residential lighting and voice-data-video (VDV)
categories will soon be available through the state.
Currently, all of WECA’s CE courses are relevant
to both the general and residential categories.
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