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Georgia Low Voltage Exams: Four Classes and Formats

Low voltage work in Georgia takes its own statewide license from its own division of the same board, and PSI runs four separate exams for it. Here's what each class covers, how many questions it carries and which references go in the room with you.

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  1. This is not the electrical contractor license
  2. The four classes in the rule
  3. The four exams and what each carries
  4. The content outline
  5. The pass mark and the references
  6. Booking, identification and retakes
  7. What we couldn't confirm
  8. Questions people ask
  9. What this page cites

This is not the electrical contractor license

The statewide low voltage contractor license sits with the Division of Low Voltage Contractors, a different division of the same State Construction Industry Licensing Board. The electrical application form says plainly that a separate statewide low voltage contractor license is required for low voltage work.

So an electrical contractor license doesn't carry low voltage work with it, and a low voltage license doesn't carry electrical contracting. They're two applications, two exams and two renewals.

The license types page puts all six classes on one page.

The four classes in the rule

Board Rule 121-3-.06 sets four statewide low voltage classes.

Each applicant needs at least one year of experience in low voltage wiring in the category applied for. Electronics courses taken through a school of engineering technology or a technical trade school count as experience equal to the instructional time, up to six months.

The four exams and what each carries

PSI's low voltage bulletin lists four examinations, and it names them by the plain words rather than by the LV letters the rule uses. Each one runs four hours.

The gap between the scored count and the total is unscored pretest material, the same way the electrical exams work.

Unlike the electrical exams, these are single sitting papers. Four hours, one part, no scheduled break in the bulletin.

The content outline

Every low voltage exam splits into two categories, and the second one carries most of the paper.

Regulations, laws and administrative functions

Installation and servicing

Inside installation and servicing the bulletin lists five subject areas: reading blueprints, distribution methods, interior cable and wire installation, exterior cable and wire installation, and documentation.

Roughly three quarters of every one of these papers is installation and servicing, which is a different balance from the electrical exams where business and law is about a fifth.

The pass mark and the references

The minimum passing final scaled score for each low voltage examination is 70, the same figure the electrical exams use.

Five references go into every one of the four exams: an ADA employer guide, the NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law, and Project Management, 5th edition, the IRS Employer's Tax Guide Circular E for 2025 or 2026, CFR Title 29 Part 1926, and the Georgia State Electrical Code, being the 2023 National Electrical Code or the handbook with the Georgia amendments.

Then it varies by class. The BICSI Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual, 2014, 13th edition is required for the telecommunications exam and optional for general. The alarm and unrestricted exams add NFPA 72-2016 and NFPA 101-2015, plus UL 681-2018 and UL 1076-2018.

The marking rule is identical to the electrical exams. Highlight, underline or tab with permanent tabs, and leave photocopies and handwritten notes at home.

Booking, identification and retakes

You schedule at PSI's Georgia contractor page on its test taker site or by phone on 855-898-0711, after the board has approved you.

Check in takes two forms of identification, one of them a current government issued document with your name, signature and photograph, the second carrying your name and signature for comparison. Temporary identification isn't accepted.

Fail twice and a Board approved review course comes before a third attempt, the same rule the electrical exams carry. Scores go to the board on an official report that can take up to six weeks.

What we couldn't confirm

The low voltage bulletin prints no exam fee and no Georgia test center address, exactly like the electrical one. Ask PSI when you schedule.

It also doesn't print the LV-A, LV-T, LV-G and LV-U letters beside its four exam names. We've matched them by subject because the rule's four categories and the bulletin's four exams line up, and we're telling you that's a match by subject rather than a mapping the bulletin prints.

Questions people ask

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

Yes. The statewide low voltage contractor license comes from the Division of Low Voltage Contractors, and the electrical application form says a separate low voltage license is required for that work.

How many questions is the Georgia low voltage exam?

It depends on the class. Alarm and telecommunications are 75 scored questions each, general is 50 and unrestricted is 90, with unscored pretest items on top of each.

How long is the low voltage exam?

Four hours for each of the four exams, in one sitting. The electrical contractor exams are eight hours in two parts, so this is a different day.

What score do I need?

A final scaled score of 70, the same as the electrical exams. The bulletin doesn't publish the raw count behind it.

What experience does a low voltage license need?

At least one year in low voltage wiring in the category you're applying for, under Board Rule 121-3-.06. Electronics courses at a school of engineering technology or a technical trade school credit as experience equal to the instructional time, up to six months.

Which references can I take into the low voltage exam?

Five apply to all four exams, including the 2023 National Electrical Code as the Georgia State Electrical Code. Telecommunications adds the BICSI manual, and alarm and unrestricted add NFPA 72, NFPA 101, UL 681 and UL 1076.

Is the code book on the low voltage exam the same edition?

Yes, the 2023 National Electrical Code, which is also the edition in force in Georgia. The Georgia amendments to it took effect on January 1, 2026.

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