FINAL BILL REPORT
SB 6133
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C 32 L 12
Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Requiring training for eligibility for certain electrician certifications.
Sponsors: Senators Conway, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Nelson, Kline and Keiser.
Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection
House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development
Background: To become a certified electrician, a person must start as an electrical trainee. An electrical trainee must obtain an electrical training certificate. The certificate, which must be renewed biennially, allows the trainee to learn the electrical construction trade while under the direct supervision of a certified electrician. To renew the certificate, the trainee must complete 32 hours of approved classroom training, which increases to 48 hours on July 1, 2013.
An applicant for a journeyman certificate of competency or a specialty electrician certificate of competency must have worked in the electrical construction trade for a minimum of 2000 to 8000 hours, depending on the certificate applied for.
Summary: An applicant for a journeyman certificate of competency or a specialty electrician certificate of competency must complete a minimum of 24 to 96 hours of classroom training, depending on the number of work hours required for certification, to be certified.
Votes on Final Passage:
Senate | 25 | 24 | |
House | 56 | 42 |
Effective: | July 1, 2013 |