Georgia Electrical Contractor Experience Calculator
Georgia counts four years of primary experience at 2,000 hours to the year, and credits up to one year of secondary experience or education against it. Put your hours in and this gives you the first day the four years is satisfied.
How this was calculated
The method, and what each number rests on
Georgia licenses electrical contractors, not electricians. Board rule 121-3-.01 asks for a minimum of four years of primary experience, and the application form gives the conversion as 2,000 hours to one year, so four years is 8,000 hours of primary experience.
Primary experience is defined in the rule as working experience gained through the direct installation of electrical systems. Secondary experience is instruction, municipal inspection work, professional engineering design and administrative responsibility for a licensed contractor, and it credits at 50 percent.
Paragraph (5) caps the credit for secondary experience or education at one year, which is 2,000 hours, so that is the ceiling on the credit field above. The same paragraph also says a two year academic diploma or a two year vocational-technical certificate counts as two years of experience, which does not sit easily with the one year cap. Both readings are on the page and neither is presented as settled.
The eight experience areas matter as much as the hours. Class II applicants document work in all eight and experience with installations above single phase 200 amperes. Class I applicants document at least five of them plus general lighting loads in the rule, and the board application form says six. Neither is a date, so neither is computed here.
Two board documents give two ages. Rule 121-3-.01(2) sets a minimum age of 21, while the affidavit on Form 44, the electrical exam application, has the applicant verify being 18 or older. Plan on 21 and ask the board if your dates sit between the two. The application also asks for three notarized reference forms, at least one from a licensed electrical contractor, a background check and secure and verifiable identification.
The date arithmetic is plain. Hours still to work divided by hours a week, rounded up to a whole week, added to your start date. Every week is treated the same, so overtime, layoffs and weather are yours to adjust, and nothing here says whether the board will accept your experience.
What each one asks for
| What you are working toward | What it takes | The detail |
|---|---|---|
| Class II, unrestricted | 8,000 hours of primary experience | Experience in all eight areas, including installations above single phase 200 amperes. |
| Class I, restricted | 8,000 hours of primary experience | Experience in at least five of the eight areas plus general lighting loads. The board form says six areas. |
Questions people ask
How many hours does the Class II, unrestricted need?
It asks for 8,000 hours. The figure comes from Board rule 121-3-.01.
Does anything I enter here leave my browser?
No. The arithmetic runs in the page and the numbers are saved in your own browser if you press save. They only leave the device if you use the email button, and then they go to the address you type and nowhere else.
Will the board accept the hours this page counts?
That is not a question a calculator can answer. This page works the published rule with the numbers you give it. Whether your own experience is documented well enough is a decision the board makes on the paperwork.
Why does the date move when I change the weekly hours?
Because the date is arithmetic: what you still owe divided by what you work in a week, rounded up to a whole week, added to your start date. Every week is treated the same, so overtime, layoffs and weather are yours to adjust.
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