Electrical Licensing Boards - New Hampshire

• 8000 hours practical experience as an apprentice to a journeyman or master electrician licensed by the board; and
• At least one of the following:
  • 576 hours of electrical schooling in blocks of 144 hours per year; or as an associate or higher degree in an electrical curriculum;
  • Have 10 years of experience as a journeyman or master electrician licensed as required in another jurisdiction; or
  • Have taken the journeyman or master exam in NH previously.
  • Credit for school time, not to exceed 2000 hours, towards the practical experience requirement for completion of prescribed courses in electrical installations at approved schools.

Requirements

Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming [National Electrical Reciprocal Alliance (NERA)] Active reciprocal agreements for the journeyman license with the States of Maine, and Vermont and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These are long standing agreements that recognize the master and journeyman licenses of these areas as being substantially equal to those of New Hampshire.

• 8000 hours practical experience as an apprentice to a journeyman or master electrician licensed by the board; and
• At least one of the following:
  • 600 hours of electrical schooling in blocks of 150 hours per year; or as an associate or higher degree in an electrical curriculum;
  • Have 10 years of experience as a journeyman or master electrician licensed as required in another jurisdiction; or
  • Have taken the journeyman or master exam in NH previously.
  • Credit for school time, not to exceed 2000 hours, towards the practical experience requirement for completion of prescribed courses in electrical installations at an approved school.
  • Pass the journeyman examination and shall obtain 2000 hours of experience as a journeyman in performing electrical installations prior to being examined.

Requirements