If your license has lapsed,  call Nikki York with VT Division of Fire Safety at 802-479-7564.

Unless you do electrical work just on residential duplexes or a few other special situations, you'll need a license to work in Vermont.

To get information on these exceptions and an application contact:    

State Electricians Licensing Board

1311 US Route 302 B Berlin, Suite 600

Barre, VT 05641

(802)  479-7561

http://www.dps.state.vt.us/fire/licensing/Electrical.htm

The Board issues master, journeyman, and Type-S journeyman licenses.

Type-S classifications are:

Automatic gas or oil heating, outdoor advertising, refrigeration or air conditioning, appliance and motor repair, well pumps, gas pumps and bulk plants, farming equipment, commercial fire alarm system, lightning rod installation, elevator, household fire detection, and electric lock installation.

The Board will review your application and if you're eligible they'll send you information on the exam they require for a license. For any license, you must certify that you don't owe any taxes or child support.

To qualify for the master license you need two years of experience as a journeyman, Board-approved equivalent experience, or have completed the journeyman's requirements and 4,000 hours work experience. For a journeyman's license you need to complete a Board-approved apprenticeship program of 576 hours and 8,000 hours of experience under a licensed electrician. You may be able to get the Board to accept military or out-of-state work experience for these requirements. For a Type-S journeyman license you need to complete a Board-approved training program and one year of work experience or two years of work experience under a licensed electrician. You will also have to complete 8 hours of continuing education in your specialty every three years.

The exam company is:  International Code Council - 900 Montclair Road - Birmingham, AL 35213  

(877) 783-3926    http://www2.iccsafe.org

Exams are administered by LaserGrade, LP.

Contact them to find the nearest testing center.

LaserGrade, LP

(800) 211-2754

http://www.lasergrade.com

If you have an electrician's license in New Hampshire or Maine you can get a Vermont license through a reciprocity agreement Vermont has with those states. Or if you can prove you have a valid electrician's license in another state with qualifications at least equal to Vermont's, and that state accepts Vermont electricians' licenses, you can get a Vermont license without taking an exam. You'll still need to pay the fees.

Recommended Reading for the Electrical Exams

1. •National Electrical Code
   

2. •State of VT Electricians' Licensing Board Rules, Department of Labor and Industry, Electricians' Licensing Board
   

3. •Type-S Journeyman Exam
   

4. •National Electrical Code
   

5. •Electricians' Licensing and Electrical Installation Laws and Board Rules, 26 V.S.A. Chapter 15, Department of Labor and Industry,
   

6. •American Electrician's Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Company
   

7. •National Fire Alarm Code, National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, MA 02269
   

You can get these books from:

Builders' Book Depot

1033 Jefferson, Suite 500

Phoenix, AZ 85034

(800) 284-3434

http://www.buildersbookdepot.com/