How Do You Become A Licensed Electrician In Kentucky?
According to the Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, any person who performs nonexempt electrical work, without being under the supervision of a licensed or master electrician, must have a license. An exempt person would be a homeowner working on their own property, a maintenance worker doing routine repairs on electrical systems, or someone who’s installing or repairing low-voltage telecommunications systems. It’ll take several years to become a licensed electrician in Kentucky, and it will require a lot of work. But it does pay off. As of September 2009, the average salary of a Lexington, Kentucky electrician is $43,116. Apprentice under the direct supervision of a master electrician. A master electrician has at least eight years of work experience, or 576 hours of classroom time and six years of work experience. As an apprentice electrician you’ll learn, among other things, how to install wiring to specification, how to troubleshoot various problems, how to w