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SENATE BILL 5926
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senators Deccio, McCaslin, Amondson, Sellar and Hochstatter
Read first time 02/26/93. Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.
AN ACT Relating to certificates of competency for electricians; and amending RCW 19.28.530.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 19.28.530 and 1988 c 81 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Upon receipt of the application, the
department shall review the application and determine whether the applicant is
eligible to take an examination for the journeyman or specialty certificate of
competency. To be eligible to take the examination for a journeyman
certificate the applicant must have worked in the electrical construction trade
for a minimum of four years employed full time, of which two years shall be in
industrial or commercial electrical installation under the supervision of a
journeyman electrician certified under this chapter and not more than a total
of two years in all specialties under the supervision of a journeyman
electrician certified under this chapter or an appropriate specialty
electrician certified under this chapter or have successfully completed an
apprenticeship program approved under chapter 49.04 RCW for the electrical
construction trade. To be eligible to take the examination to become a specialty
electrician the applicant shall have worked in that specialty of the electrical
construction trade, under the supervision of a journeyman electrician certified
under this chapter or an appropriate specialty electrician certified under this
chapter, for a minimum of two years employed full time, or have successfully
completed an approved apprenticeship program under chapter 49.04 RCW for the
applicant's specialty in the electrical construction trade. Before January 1,
1984, applicants for nonresidential maintenance specialty licenses are eligible
to become nonresidential maintenance specialists upon certification to the
department that they have the equivalent of two years full-time experience in
that specialty field. Persons applying before January 1, 1984, for a
journeyman certificate are eligible to take the examination to become
journeymen until July 1, 1984, upon certification to the department that they
have the equivalent of five years full-time experience in nonresidential
maintenance, of which two years shall be in industrial electrical
installation. Any applicant who has successfully completed a two-year postsecondary
technical ((school)) program in the electrical construction trade ((in
a school that is approved by the commission for vocational education)) offered
by a public community or technical college in Washington state or by an
institution that is licensed under chapter 28C.10 RCW by the work force
training and education coordinating board, shall be eligible to take the
journeyman examination. No other requirement for eligibility may be imposed.
The department may substitute up to two years of the technical school
program for two years of work experience under a journeyman electrician. The
applicant shall obtain the additional two years of work experience required in
industrial or commercial electrical installation prior to the beginning, or
after the completion, of the technical school program. Any applicant who has
received training in the electrical construction trade in the armed service of
the United States may be eligible to take the examination for the certificate
of competency. ((Any applicant who is a graduate of a trade school program
in the electrical construction trade that was established during 1946 is
eligible to take the examination for the certificate of competency. No other
requirement for eligibility may be imposed.)) Any applicant who is a
graduate of an approved trade or technical school program in the electrical
construction trade that is accredited by the state or the national association
of technical and trade schools is eligible to take the journeyman examination.
(2) The department shall establish reasonable rules for the examinations to be given applicants for certificates of competency. In establishing the rules, the department shall consult with the board. Upon determination that the applicant is eligible to take the examination, the department shall so notify the applicant, indicating the time and place for taking the examination.
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