Which Georgia Electrician License Are You On?

Check your employer's license before your first day, not four years later

Primary Experience only counts when it's gained under an active licensed electrical contractor, and Form 44 says experience from an unlicensed contractor doesn't count. Two good years for somebody without a license are two years you can't put on the application, however well the work went. The state's licensee search settles it in seconds and it's free.

Board Rule 121-3-.01; Form 44, Application - Electrical EXAM

Nobody can sell you a Georgia journeyman license

If a site offers you a Georgia journeyman license or a state journeyman number, there's nothing behind it. The board's FAQ answers the question directly: it licenses electrical contractors, not electricians. What you can hold in Georgia is a Class I or Class II contractor license, and what you need to work is a job with somebody who holds one.

Board FAQ, Secretary of State

Class I reads 200 amperes in the rule and 400 on the form

The current rules compilation restricts Class I to single phase installations that don't exceed 200 amperes at the service drop or the service lateral. The board's own application form, revised 06-22, uses 400 amperes in the parallel Class 2 experience test, and Augusta's local sheet repeats 400. Both are live Georgia documents. If your work sits between the two figures, ask the Division before you quote it.

Board Rule 121-3-.01; Form 44, Application - Electrical EXAM

A Class II candidate who studies the Class I outline under-studies transformers

The business and law half of both papers is the same 30 questions, so the whole difference sits inside the technical 110. Transformers carry 7 questions on the Class I paper and 21 on Class II, three times as many, and rotating equipment goes from 9 to 16. Study the Class II outline rather than one somebody handed you for Class I.

PSI bulletin 4783

The bulletin doesn't print the LV letters beside its four exam names

The rule names four classes, LV-A, LV-T, LV-G and LV-U. PSI's bulletin names four exams by plain words: alarm, telecommunications, general and unrestricted. The two lists line up by subject and that's how we've matched them, but the bulletin prints no mapping of its own. Confirm which exam goes with the class you applied for when the board approves you.

PSI candidate information bulletin 4739, Georgia low voltage contractors; Board Rule 121-3-.06

The board's FAQ says reciprocity is closed, effective May 2026

The FAQ says Georgia doesn't currently offer licensure by reciprocity at this time and dates that answer effective May 2026. The August 2022 form and the how-to guide are still posted and still describe the five state route. Both sit on the Secretary of State's own site and both were read the same day. Call the Licensing Division on 404-424-9966 before you build a plan on this.

Board FAQ, Secretary of State; Form 44 Electrical - Reciprocity, revised August 2022

Only the references on the bulletin's list come into the room

The exam is open book in the sense that references are allowed and closed in the sense that only the listed titles are. Anything else is removed at check in and confiscated. References may be highlighted, underlined or tabbed with permanent tabs, and photocopies and handwritten notes aren't allowed. Check your books against the bulletin before you drive to the test center.

PSI bulletin 4783

Out of state licenses here cover contractors, not journeymen

Reciprocity in Georgia, where it applies at all, is between contractor licenses and only for the Class 2 non-restricted one. A journeyman or master card from another state isn't a smaller version of that. Plan on the examination route and start the Georgia hour record on your first day here. Ask the board how it credits the supervisors you worked under elsewhere.

Form 44 Electrical - Reciprocity, revised August 2022; Board FAQ, Secretary of State

The late renewal window has two different end dates on the board's own site

The board page says the late renewal period runs July 1, 2026 to August 15, 2026. The how-to guide and the fee schedule say July 1 to July 31. Both were read the same day from the state's own site. Work to July 31 and treat anything after that as a bonus, and call the Licensing Division on 404-424-9966 if you're going to be close.

Board landing page; how-to guide, electrical contractors; Board fee schedule

Board approval comes before PSI will book you a seat

You don't book the Class II exam and then apply. The board approves the application first and PSI schedules you after that, by appointment Monday through Saturday. The how-to guide puts review at generally 20 business days from receipt, excluding weekends and holidays, and says an application left deficient for 60 days may be withdrawn. Get the experience letters ready before you count on a date.

PSI bulletin 4783; how-to guide, electrical contractors

Three official board pages print three different sets of fees

The fee schedule, the application forms and the how-to guide each print their own numbers, and the live schedule sits inside the GOALS portal on a page that returned an error rather than data. Read the total in GOALS at the moment you pay and don't budget from a published PDF. The $45.00 and $70.00 rows people quote as electrical renewal belong to Journeyman Plumber and Utility Foreman.

Board fee schedule; Form 44, Application - Electrical EXAM; how-to guide, electrical contractors

Augusta's local requirement is framed as a business license, not a trade card

Opinion 99-2 says a local government can't add licensing requirements on top of the state electrical contractor license. Augusta-Richmond County still requires its own electrical contractor business license, with insurance and a bond behind it, and its sheet tells you to get the state license first. Both documents are current. Budget for the local license and the insurance and bond behind it before you pull a permit there.

Attorney General Opinion 99-2; Augusta-Richmond County electrical contractor requirement sheet