Electrical Coursework Required For Hawaii Electricians
Act 35, SLH 2010 requires all journey workers and maintenance electricians to provide verification of completion of electrical academic coursework conducted at or accepted by a University of Hawaii Community College. For more information, read the Requirements for Electrician's Contractor Licenses.
Electrical Requirements and Coursework for Electricians
Journey Worker Electrician (EJ)
5 years but not less than 10,000 hours in residential or commercial wiring and satisfactory completion, accepted by a University of Hawaii Community College offering an appropriate program of study, of 240 hours of electrical academic coursework.
Supervising Electrician (ES)
4 years experience as a licensed journey worker electrician or equivalent.
Journey Worker Industrial Electrician (EJI)
4 years but not less than 8,000 hours in industrial electrical work and satisfactory completion, accepted by a University of Hawaii Community College offering an appropriate program of study, of 200 hours of electrical academic coursework.
Supervising Industrial Electrician (ESI)
3 years experience as a licensed journey worker electrician or equivalent.
Journey Worker Specialty Electrician (EJS)
3 years but not less than 6,000 hours in the trade and satisfactory completion, accepted by a University of Hawaii Community College offering an appropriate program of study, of 120 hours of electrical academic coursework.
Supervising Specialty Electrician (ESS)
2 years experience as a licensed journey worker specialty electrician or equivalent.
Maintenance Electrician (EM)
1 year of electrical maintenance work and satisfactory completion, accepted by a University of Hawaii Community College offering an appropriate program of study, of 80 hours of electrical academic coursework or 2 years of schooling in the trade with not less than 1,000 hours of hands-on lab exercises.
For supervising electrician categories, equivalent experience in the trade means having been "licensed" as a journey worker or supervising level electrician (EJ, EJS, ESS) for at least 4 years in another county, state, or country when requirements for licensure are substantially equivalent to those in force in this state.
Electrical Coursework Required For Electricians Only
The table below provides information on Academic Coursework for Electricians located only in Hawaii.
| Courses | Maintenance Electrician (80 hours) | Journey Worker Specialty Electrician (120 hours) | Journey Worker Industrial Electrician (200 hours) | Journey Worker Electrician (240 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC Theory I (20 hours) | X | X | X | X |
| DC Theory II (20 hours) | X | |||
| AC Theory I (10 hours) | X | X | X | X |
| AC Theory II (10 hours) | X | X | X | |
| AC Theory III (20 hours) | X | X | ||
| Codeology, Basic (20 hours) | X | X | X | |
| Codeology, Residential and Commercial (20 hours) | X | |||
| Grounding I (20 hours) | X | X | X | |
| Grounding II (10 hours) | X | X | ||
| Grounding III (10 hours) | X | |||
| Motor and Motor Control Maintenance (20 hours) | X | |||
| Motors (30 hours) | X | X | ||
| Motor Control (30 hours) | X | X | ||
| Transformers (30 hours) | X | X | ||
| Test Instruments (10 hours) | X | X | ||
| Configuring and Installing Structured Cabling Systems (20 hours) | X | |||
| Required List for the Electricians Academic Coursework | ||||
Before submitting your coursework for review, check if your coursework has been approved on the Approved Academic Coursework Required by HRS §448E-5 Minimum Requirements.
For more information on the special Coursework to obtain an Electrician Contractor License in Hawaii read the Requirements For Electrical Examination And License pdf.
