(a) An apprentice electrician is any person working as an apprentice for a licensed electrical contractor and under the direct supervision of a licensed journeyman electrician, or a licensed master electrician. - (i) Apprentice electricians renewing their registration with the Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety will be required to provide proof of the following:
- (A) The total number of hours of on-the-job electrical work experience obtained during the twelve (12) month period from July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current year. Work shall have been governed by the minimum standards of the NEC, under the direct supervision or attestation of a licensed journeyman or licensed master electrician. A breakdown indicating number of hours obtained in residential, commercial, and industrial work categories shall be included. Documentation of work history shall be through notarized letters on company letterhead from past or present employers.
- (B) The total number of hours of successfully completed electrically related classroom instruction instruction obtained through accredited schools or through approved apprenticeship programs during the twelve (12) month period from July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current year. Documentation of all electrically related classroom instruction, time spent in electrical school, and time spent in approved on-line classroom instruction shall be through transcripts from an accredited school or classroom training records from an approved electrical apprenticeship program.
- (ii) Apprentice electricians will not be advanced to the next year of apprenticeship training until proof of one (1) year (2,000 hours) of on-the-job electrical work experience and 144 hours of successfully completed electrically related classroom instruction or approved on-line classroom instruction, obtained through an approved electrical apprenticeship program, can be documented for the current year of their apprenticeship registration.
- (iii) Each apprentice electrician shall be supervised by a licensed master or journeyman electrician during his entire training period.
- (A) First (1st) year apprentice who has less than 2,000 hours on-the-job training and less than 144 hours related classroom training shall be supervised 100 percent of the workday by a licensed master or licensed journeyman, who must be present on the job.
- (B) Second (2nd) year apprentice who has at least 2,000 hours on-the-job training and 144 hours of related classroom training but less than 4,000 on-the-job-training or 288 hours of related training shall be supervised 100 percent of the workday by a licensed master or licensed journeyman, who must be present on the job.
- (C) Third (3rd) year apprentice who has at least 4,000 hours on-the-job training and at least 288 hours of related classroom training, but less than 6,000 hours on-the-job-training or 432 hours of related training shall be supervised at least 50 percent of the workday by a licensed master or licensed journeyman, who must be present on the job.
- (D) Fourth (4th) year apprentice who has at least 6,000 hours on-the-job training and 432 hours of related classroom training but less than 8,000 hours on-the-job-training or 576 hours of related training shall be supervised 25 percent of the workday by a licensed master or licensed journeyman, who must be present on the job.
- (E) Fifth (5th) year apprentice who has at least 8,000 hours on-the-job-training and 576 hours of related training shall be supervised 25 percent of the workday by a licensed master or licensed journeyman, who must be present on the job.
- (F) An apprentice who has at least 10,000 hours on-the-job-training regardless of hours of related training shall be supervised 100 percent of the workday by a licensed master or licensed journeyman, who must be present on the job.
(b) Electrical contractors employing apprentice electricians in the State of Wyoming must have an electrical apprenticeship training program to provide classroom instruction for all apprentice electricians in their employ. Requirements for apprenticeship training programs shall be as follows: - (i) The training program must provide at least 144 hours per year, 576 hours over a four (4) year apprenticeship program, of a structured and comprehensive sequence of instruction in subjects, such as electrical theory, the National Electrical Code, and other technical subjects related to the electrical trade.
- (ii) Classes for electrical apprenticeship training programs must be conducted on a regular pre-scheduled basis with enough scheduled classes to accommodate the 144 hour per year requirement.
- (iii) Instructors for electrical apprenticeship training programs must be licensed journeyman electricians, licensed master electricians, or other persons with adequate electrical expertise as determined by the Department.