California Journeyman Electrician's Prep. & Study Guide: Overview
Until now the only person doing electrical work and required to be licensed was the Electrical contractor (C10). Most States require and have required for a number of years all electricians to be licensed. Different states have names for their licenses.
The State of Oregon has a number of different Electrical licenses; to name a few, General Apprentice, General Journeyman, General Supervisor. These three are required to be licensed if they perform construction electrical work.
If the electrician works in a manufacturing plant the classification is called Plant Electricians, and they also have a class of license, Plant Apprentice, Plant Journeyman, and Plant Supervisor. The General license allows the holder to switch back and forth from a manufacturing plant to construction. The Plant license holder is locked into doing electrical work only in manufacturing plants where she is regularly employed.
There is another license for electricians which is called the LME Limited Maintenance Electrician. This person is entitled to repair, maintain or replace only a manufacturing plant where he or she is regularly employed. He or She can only repair maintain or replace. The license does not allow to install. Most small manufacturing plants have LME electricians who also perform other maintenance duties besides electrical.
About the Author
Bob Norris was born in Martinez, California in 1922. In 1940 he began his IBEW apprenticeship and after completion entered the Navy as an electrician’s mate. Bob served on the USS Missouri during the Second World War, the ship on which the Japanese formally surrendered. After the war Bob worked as a journeyman electrician for several years and in 1948 became an electrical contractor in Auburn, California. For 35 years he worked successfully as an electrical contractor and in 1983 he retired and moved to Salem, Oregon to be closer to some family members. Bob is proud to have been a member of NECA for 40 years, as well as a member of IAEI for 17 years. Shortly after settling in Salem, Bob began teaching classes for the local IBEW and private industry. He soon passed his certification to become an electrical inspector and worked for several years as a temporary and replacement inspector for the State of Oregon. Bob has mentored and gained the respect of many of the electrical inspector colleagues he worked with over the years. He has taught thousands of journeyman and master electricians throughout Oregon. Bob has been asked to write many State of Oregon Self-Study Continuing Education Courses and has assisted the State in writing many Electrical License Exams. Along with his being in demand as a master teacher and inspector, Bob spent four summers completing his own advanced electrical training which culminated in his successfully graduating from the IBEW teaching Institute at the University of Tennessee. Two years ago, Bob and his wife decided to move back to Auburn, California where he continues to educate in both union and non-union settings. Bob has been married for 61 years, has two children, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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