OAR 918-282-0240: Limited Maintenance Electrician License

(1) A limited maintenance electrician: (a) Maintains, repairs and replaces electrical installations on the premises of an industrial plant where the individual is employed; (b) Maintains, repairs and replaces electrical installations on systems that are less than 600 volts phase to phase on the premises of a commercial office building, a building occupied by the state or by a local government entity or a facility designated by the board, where the individual is employed; and (c) Is not authorized to make any new electrical installations or to perform any work on services. (2) License and Equivalent Requirements. Applicants who did not complete an approved apprenticeship program shall verify 4,000 hours of on-the-job training or experience for the following work categories and minimum hours: (a) Motors, generators and heating equipment, 500 hours; (A) Assembly and testing; (B) Repair and maintenance; (C) Internal and external connections to change direction of rotation, speed and supply voltage; (D) Motor setting, drives, pulleys, gears and coupling devices; (E) In-place motor cleaning (maximum 100 hours credit); (b) Controls, manual and automatic, including magnetic and solid state, 1,000 hours; (c) Trouble shooting, 1,000 hours; (d) Power distribution, inside and outside, high and low voltage distribution systems, maintenance and replacement, 500 hours; (e) Lighting, 500 hours; (f) Electrical oriented drawings, 100 hours; (g) Total Hours Required. The minimum work hours under each subject shall not be less than the hours specified. No more than 300 percent credit shall be allowed under subjects (a) through (f) for any one subject; (h) The applicant's on-the-job training or work experience shall be supervised by a: (A) General supervising electrician; (B) Limited supervising manufacturing plant electrician; (C) General journeyman electrician; (D) Limited journeyman manufacturing plant electrician; or (E) Limited maintenance electrician; (i) Required Educational Training. Applicants shall submit transcripts verifying successful completion, with passing grades of "C" or better in graded classes and a "pass" in non-graded classes, in the following subject areas: (A) Electricity and electronics; (B) Fundamental mechanical principles; (C) Mathematics of the trade; (D) Instrumentation and controls; (E) Federal, state and local electrical laws, codes and rules; (F) Blueprint reading, electrical drawing, pictorial, block, one-line and schematic drawings; (G) Industrial electrical safety; and (H) Certified cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course.