1. (1) All applicants for electrical contractor licensure must submit a completed application, application fee, personal identification and supportive documents before taking an examination approved by the Board. After reviewing the documents submitted, the Board may approve or deny an applicant’s request to sit for the examination. The Board shall examine applicants at least once every three (3) months according to the method deemed by it to be the most appropriate to test the qualifications of applicants.
2. (2) The scope of licensing for an electrical contractor includes installation, design, plan, lay-out and directly supervising electrical construction activities. This work supervised must be commercial, industrial, or residential.
3. (3) An electrical contractors’ license in the state of Alabama is unlimited in voltage and bid requirements.
4. (4) An applicant for statewide electrical contractor license must document to the Board’s satisfaction a minimum of eight thousand (8,000) hours of experience in the overall design, planning, lay-out, and direct supervision of electrical construction activities and the soliciting and installing of electrical power or control systems This requirement may be satisfied with the documentation of eight thousand (8,000) hours of experience as a journeyman electrician in charge of jobs.
5. (5) The applicant’s electrical construction experience and activities must be truthfully, clearly and sufficiently documented on the application where indicated.
6. (6) The applicant for an electrical contractor’s license may substitute (1) year of college education or equivalent from an electrical curriculum accredited by the Alabama Post-Secondary of Community College System or one (1) year of an approved industry recognized apprenticeship program for one thousand (1,000) hours of electrical experience. A maximum of two thousand (2,000) hours of the eight thousand (8,000) hours total requirement can be met with the substituted hours. The applicant must provide appropriate documentation of the substituted hours in an electrical curriculum or apprenticeship program, subject to the approval of the Board.
7. (7) All applications submitted to the Board to qualify to sit for the electrical contractor’s examination expire in one year from the approval date if the applicant has not successfully passed the requisite examination and fulfilled the requirements for licensing by the Board. If an applicant seeks to be qualified to take an examination to be licensed as an electrical contractor after the expiration date, a new application must be submitted to the Board.
8. (8) All licenses shall expire annually.
9. (9) No electrical contractor license shall be issued except in compliance with this act and none shall be issued except to a person or a person in a firm, partnership, association or corporation.
10. (10) The Board may recognize a license issued by any other reciprocating state that, in the Board’s opinion, has standards of practice or licensure equal to or greater than those required by this state. A list of the approved reciprocal states is maintained at the Board office. The Executive Director shall review and approve or deny all applicants for a reciprocal license.
11. (11) An applicant for an electrical contractor’s license that holds a valid professional electrical engineer’s license registered in the state of Alabama is qualified to sit for the requisite examination.

Author: Jeffrey M. Becraft

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, 34-36-6; 34-36-7

Editor’s Note: Rule .01 was renumbered to .02 as per certification filed February 11, 2011; effective March 18, 2011.

History: Filed March 7, 1986. Repealed and New Rule: Filed February 11, 2011; effective March 18, 2011. Repealed and New Rule: Published December 31, 2025; effective February 14, 2026.