CONTINUING EDUCATION

WAC 296-46B-970 Continuing education.

(1) An individual will not be given credit for the same approved continuing education course taken more than once in the three years prior to the renewal date. No credit will be granted for any course not approved per this section.

(2) Telecommunications administrators do not require continuing education.

(3) Other administrators, master electricians, and electrician.

(a) To be eligible for renewal of an administrator certificate, master electrician, or electrician certificate of competency, the individual must have completed at least eight hours of approved continuing education for each year of the prior certification period. At least eight hours of the total required continuing education must be on the currently adopted National Electrical Code changes. Beginning January 1, 2005, four hours of the required continuing education must be on the currently adopted chapter 19.28 RCW and its related WAC(s).
(b) An individual changing an electrical administrator and an electrician certificate of competency into a master electrician’s certificate of competency as allowed in RCW 19.28.191 (1) (a) or (b) must have completed at least eight hours of approved continuing education for each year of the prior electrician certification period. Eight hours of the required continuing education must be on the currently adopted National Electrical Code changes.
(c) Any portion of a year of a prior electrician period is equal to one year for the purposes of the required continuing education.