OAR 918-282-0365: Licensing Requirements for Class "B" Limited Energy Technician

(1) License and Equivalent Requirements. Applicant shall have a minimum of 4,000 hours of lawfully obtained experience. Experience must be verified as established in OAR division 30. This experience shall be obtained as follows: (a) As an apprentice in a board-approved limited energy electrical activity apprenticeship program; or (b) Through limited energy activity equivalent to an apprenticeship program, and the completion of a board-approved 32 hour training program. (2) Persons utilizing lawful experience may meet equivalent experience requirements by providing verification as required by OAR 918-030-0030 through 918-030-0050. (3) Applicants for approval under equivalent requirements must show proof of the following work categories and minimum hours of on the job training or experience: (a) Stock room and materials, including shop and service: 100 hours; (b) Limited energy installations, including cables and supports, wire pulling and splices, conduit, flex, tray and duct, control panels and controls, wiring devices, removal and finish work: 1,650 hours; (c) Trouble shooting and maintenance: 250 hours; and (d) Occupation specific applications including 2,000 hours in any of the following: (A) Communications systems, including data telecommunications, intercom, paging; (B) Specialized control systems, including HVAC, medical, boiler, clock, instrumentation, or other limited energy systems; and (C) Limited energy electrical activity defined in ORS 479.905(4). (4) Total Hours Required. Total electrical work experience shall be at least 4,000 hours. No more than 300 percent credit shall be allowed in work categories (a) through (d) in Section (3) of this rule. (5) Applicants shall also have a minimum of 288 hours of class or related training covering: (a) Electrical mathematics; (b) Safety and accident prevention; (c) Care and use of hand and power tools; (d) Blueprint reading and electrical symbols; (e) Introduction to the National Electrical Code; (f) Electrical fundamentals and basic theory, including alternating and direct current; (g) Electrical measuring devices; (h) Wiring methods; (i) Related electrical statutes and rules; (j) Fundamentals of electronics; (k) Transformers; (l) Lighting circuits; and (m) Basic mechanics — Applied physics and theory.