Requirements, license levels, and the issuing authority, sourced from Georgia's official board.
Georgia licenses the CONTRACTOR, not the individual tradesperson: there is no state journeyman electrician license. A worker builds the four years of primary experience under a licensed contractor and then applies in their own name, and the class they qualify for decides the size of job they may contract for.
| Requirements | TWO CLASSES, AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THE WORK YOU MAY TAKE (Rule 121-3-.01). A Class I license is RESTRICTED to electrical contracting involving single-phase installations that do not exceed 200 amperes at the service drop or the service lateral. Class II is non-restricted. ELIGIBILITY. Be at least 21 years of age, file a completed application, meet the experience requirement, score a minimum of SEVENTY (70) on the appropriate examination, and pay the board's fees. EXPERIENCE. Four years of primary experience, meaning the direct installation of electrical systems. Up to one of those four years may be met with secondary experience or with education, credited at 50 percent. The primary experience areas are raceway systems, conductors, service entrances, motors and generators, switches and controls, special occupancies, bonding and grounding, and load calculations. A Class I applicant must show experience across a specified subset of those areas; a Class II applicant must show experience in ALL of them AND experience with electrical installations in excess of single-phase, 400-ampere systems, worked under a Class II (non-restricted) contractor. NOTE ON A DISCREPANCY IN THE BOARD'S OWN DOCUMENTS: the board's public notice states a Class I applicant needs experience in at least SIX of the primary areas, while the rule text as published reads as five or more. Both are recorded here rather than one being picked; confirm the current count with the division before relying on it. REFERENCES. Three references on the required form from people who can attest to the applicant's electrical experience to the division's satisfaction, of which at least one must be from a licensed electrical contractor giving their registration number. FEES. Examination application $40.00 ($30.00 application plus a $10.00 processing fee). Reinstatement application $160.00 ($150.00 plus the $10.00 processing fee). |
| Reciprocity | Georgia offers reciprocity for NON-RESTRICTED (Class II) electrical contractors with Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. There is no reciprocity route for the restricted Class I license. Applicants use the division's separate Electrical Reciprocity application form. |
| Renewal | Licenses renew BIENNIALLY by the expiration date set by the Joint Secretary (Rule 121-4-.02(1)); master and journeyman plumbers renew by 30 November of even-numbered years. A license not renewed by the deadline is invalid, and may be renewed during the established late-renewal period on payment of the late fee published on the board's fee schedule ($100 within 30 days of expiration). Reinstatement of a lapsed license is at the division's discretion, and a license lapsed MORE THAN THREE YEARS requires retaking and passing the licensing examination (Rule 121-4-.02(5)). Electrical contractors must complete FOUR hours of board-approved continuing education per year, eight per two-year renewal period (Rule 121-4-.05). |
| Notes | Georgia licenses the CONTRACTOR, not the individual tradesperson: there is no state journeyman electrician license. A worker builds the four years of primary experience under a licensed contractor and then applies in their own name, and the class they qualify for decides the size of job they may contract for. |
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Sources: rules.sos.ga.gov, rules.sos.ga.gov, sos.ga.gov, sos.ga.gov. Always confirm current requirements with the issuing authority.
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