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Georgia Electrical License Types: Class I, II and LV

Georgia has two electrical contractor classes and four low voltage classes, and the same license is printed under three different names depending on the document. This page lines them up, gives the scope of each and flags the one figure the state's own papers disagree on.

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On this page
  1. Three names, two licenses
  2. Class I, the restricted license
  3. Class II, the unrestricted license
  4. The experience areas the application asks about
  5. The four low voltage classes
  6. What Georgia does not issue
  7. Which class to aim at
  8. Questions people ask
  9. What this page cites

Three names, two licenses

Read three Georgia pages about the same license and you'll see three sets of words. The board's landing page lists a Restricted License and a Non-Restricted License. Form 44 prints Class 1 Restricted and Class 2 Non-Restricted. Board Rule 121-3-.01 prints Class I and Class II.

They're the same two licenses. We use the rule's numbering, Class I and Class II, because the rule is the document that sets the scope.

Class I, the restricted license

Rule 121-3-.01 says Statewide Class I Electrical Contractor licenses are restricted to electrical contracting involving single phase electrical installations that don't exceed 200 amperes at the service drop or the service lateral.

That's a scope limit on the contracting you take, not on the hours you work for somebody else. It covers a lot of residential work and small light commercial, and it stops at three phase and at the ampere line.

On the experience side, the rule says a Class I applicant has to document experience in at least five of the listed areas plus the general lighting load item. The 06-22 application form says at least six areas. Both are the board's own documents, and they don't match.

Class II, the unrestricted license

The rule gives this one a single sentence: Class II Electrical Contractor licenses are unrestricted. No phase limit, no ampere limit.

What it costs you is a wider experience record. Rule 121-3-.01(7) says a Class II applicant has to document work experience in all of the listed areas, and Rule 121-3-.01(6) adds experience with installations above single phase 200 ampere systems.

The application form uses 400 amperes there instead of 200. Nothing we could fetch resolves it, so if your record sits between the two numbers, ask the board before you file.

The experience areas the application asks about

Rule 121-3-.01(7) lists them, and the application walks you through them one at a time:

Class I applicants document a subset plus the lighting load item. Class II applicants document all of them. The experience page goes through how to keep a record that answers each one.

The four low voltage classes

Low voltage is a separate statewide license from a different division of the same board, and the electrical application says you need it for that work. Rule 121-3-.06 sets the classes:

The experience bar is lower and shaped differently. Each applicant needs at least one year of experience in low voltage wiring in the category applied for, and courses in electronics through a school of engineering technology or a technical trade school count as experience equal to the actual instructional time, capped at six months.

The board's low voltage rules pointer and its division page are the places to start if that's the license you want.

What Georgia does not issue

No journeyman license. No master license. No apprentice card, permit or registration from the state. No residential wireman tier.

The board's FAQ puts the whole thing in one line: the board licenses electrical contractors, not electricians. Everything an individual electrician does in Georgia is done as an employee of somebody who holds one of the licenses above.

If you've come from a state with a journeyman ladder, the journeyman page explains what the word means on a Georgia job site and how your hours get recorded instead.

Which class to aim at

If your work has been houses, small services and single phase panels, Class I matches the record you already have and the scope you already work in.

If you want to take three phase work, larger services or anything the restriction cuts off, it's Class II, and the record you keep now has to cover all the areas plus the larger installations.

You can hold Class I now and sit for Class II later. The application is the same form, the exam is the longer one, and the experience documentation is what changes.

Questions people ask

What can a Class 1 electrical contractor do in Georgia?

Under Rule 121-3-.01, single phase electrical contracting that doesn't exceed 200 amperes at the service drop or the service lateral. The board's application form says 400 amperes in the parallel Class 2 test, so the exact line is not settled between the state's own documents.

Is Class II the same as unrestricted?

Yes. The rule says Class II Electrical Contractor licenses are unrestricted, and the board's landing page calls the same license Non-Restricted.

Do I need a separate license for low voltage work in Georgia?

Yes. The electrical application form says a separate statewide low voltage contractor license is required, and Rule 121-3-.06 sets the four classes LV-A, LV-T, LV-G and LV-U.

How much experience does a low voltage license take?

At least one year of low voltage wiring experience in the category you're applying for. Electronics coursework at a school of engineering technology or a technical trade school counts as experience equal to the instructional time, up to six months.

Can I upgrade from Class I to Class II?

You apply again and sit the Class II exam. The added weight is on the experience record, since a Class II applicant documents all of the listed areas plus larger than single phase installations.

Does Georgia issue a residential electrician license?

No. The two classes above are the whole electrical contractor ladder, and there's no residential only tier in the rule.

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