1. (a) A trainee certificate of fitness authorizes the holder to perform work subject to the standards established in AS 18.60.580 and performed under the conditions set out under this section.
2. (b) The department will issue a trainee certificate of fitness upon payment of the applicable fees required by AS 18.62.030, if the applicant submits documented proof of indenture in an apprentice electrician program accredited by the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship.
3. (c) The ratio of individuals working under trainee certificates on a job site may not be more than two electrician trainees for every certified electrician journeyman or residential wireman, as applicable, or two power lineman trainees for every certified power lineman journeyman.
4. (d) Notwithstanding (a) - (c) of this section, a person holding a power lineman journeyman certificate of fitness may work as a trainee on a project within the scope of the National Electrical Code established in AS 18.60.580 and 8 AAC 70.025(a), a person holding a residential wireman certificate of fitness may work as a trainee on a project within the scope of the National Electrical Safety Code established in AS 18.60.580 and 8 AAC 70.025(b), and on a project within the scope of the National Electrical Code that is outside the scope of a residential wireman, and a person holding an electrical journeyman certificate of fitness may work as a trainee on a project within the scope of the National Electrical Safety Code.
5. (e) Repealed 8/8/2025.
6. (f) Apprentice programs must return trainee certificates surrendered under (e) to the Anchorage office of the mechanical inspection section not later than 30 days from the date of surrender.

(Eff. 9/13/80, Register 75; am 6/14/84, Register 90; am 12/25/98, Register 148; am 12/17/99, Register 152; am 9/25/2002, Register 163; am 12/6/2003, Register 168; am 6/14/2006, Register 178; am 9/27/2008, Register 187; am 4/16/2022, Register 242)

Authority: AS 18.62.030, AS 18.62.050, AS 18.62.060, AS 18.62.070