1. (a) Individual applicants may meet requirements for on-the-job training by providing verified proof, in a form acceptable to the department, showing that the applicant has been supervised for the requisite period by one or more persons licensed by any jurisdiction as a master electrician or master sign electrician as appropriate for the license.

2. (b) Individual applicants may meet requirements for on-the-job training by providing proof of experience gained prior to September 1, 2004 under the supervision of an unlicensed supervisor. That supervisor must have had overall responsibility for electrical work or electrical sign work as was acceptable in the trade for a business in an area where no municipal or regional electrical license or electrical sign license was required. This proof must be submitted in a form acceptable to the department and include:

   1. (1) a verified statement from the owner or manager of the business stating that the applicant's unlicensed supervisor had overall responsibility for electrical work, or electrical sign work, as appropriate, performed by the business during the period of employment reported; or,
   2. (2) a verified statement by the unlicensed supervisor that he or she was the owner of a business with overall responsibility for work performed by the business, and that he or she supervised the applicant in the performance of electrical work or electrical sign work, as appropriate, during the period of employment reported; or,

   3. (3) when statements described in paragraph (1) and (2) are not available;

      1. (A) the applicant's verified statement setting out the period of employment, the nature of relevant work provided by the business, the nature of work performed by the applicant, the name and title of supervising persons, that the supervising persons had overall responsibility for electrical work, or electric sign work, as appropriate, and an explanation why a statement under either paragraph (1) or (2) is not available; and,

      2. (B) documentation showing applicant's relationship to the business for the relevant period, such as:

         1. (i) payroll records;
         2. (ii) applicant's personal tax records; or,
         3. (iii) other records acceptable to the department that provide proof of applicant's relationship to the business for the relevant period.

3. (c) When the applicant has been supervised by an unlicensed person, the existence of the business described in subsection (b) must be established by providing documentation for the relevant period, such as:

   1. (1) invoices showing work performed;
   2. (2) tax records of the business;
   3. (3) approval of electrical work, or electrical sign work, as appropriate, by officials from jurisdictions having authority over the work, but where no license was required;
   4. (4) yellow page and newspaper advertisements (must include date); or
   5. (5) other records acceptable to the department that provide proof of the business existence.
4. (d) A master electrician and master sign electrician shall provide verified documentation of the on-the-job training hours of a person they have supervised upon request of the department.

Source Note:The provisions of this §73.26 adopted to be effective December 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 11029; amended to be effective October 20, 2005, 30 TexReg 6730; amended to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 9433.