Department of Consumer and Business Services
Building Codes Division - Chapter 918
Division 282
ELECTRICAL AND ELEVATOR LICENSING
918-282-0190
Limited Journeyman Manufacturing Plant Electrician License
(1) A limited journeyman manufacturing plant electrician:
(a) Installs, maintains, replaces and repairs electrical wiring and electrical products on or in an existing and operable manufacturing or industrial plant owned or used by the licensee’s employer; and
(b) Is limited to repair and maintenance work if no supervising electrician or engineer is employed.
(2) License and Equivalent Requirements.
(a) Applicants for acceptance under equivalent requirements shall show proof of the following work categories and minimum hours of on-the-job training or experience:
(A) Installation of electrical circuits, 1,000 hours;
(B) Motors and generators, 500 hours:
(i) Dismantling and checking physical conditions;
(ii) Assembly and testing;
(iii) Repair and maintenance;
(iv) Internal and external connections to change direction of rotation and speed and for change of supply of voltage;
(v) Motor setting, drives, pulley, gears, coupling devices;
(vi) Related mechanical equipment: Traction units, cranes, winches and hoists.
(C) Manual and automatic controls, including magnetic and solid state, 1,000 hours;
(D) Trouble Shooting, 500 hours:
(i) Circuit analysis;
(ii) Use of test equipment;
(iii) Emergency repairs for temporary maintenance of service.
(E) Power distribution, 1,000 hours:
(i) Inside and outside, high and low voltage distribution systems, maintenance and replacement;
(ii) Transformer connecting, testing and repairing;
(iii) Switch gear and load centers, maintenance and repair;
(iv) Wiring, maintenance, repair and adjustment of control panels, instruments and relays.
(b) Total Hours Required. Total experience shall be at least 8,000 hours. No more than 300 percent credit shall be allowed for subjects (A) through (E) for any one subject.
(c) An applicant may substitute up to 1,000 hours of experience of any two or more of the following, provided the hours in any one subject are at least the minimum specified. Substituted experience shall be only for work experience beyond the 4,000-hour minimum category hours:
(A) Welders, welding, 100 hours:
(i) Soldering, brazing, welding (acetylene);
(ii) Welding (electric);
(iii) Maintenance and repair of welding equipment.
(B) Electric furnaces, 200 hours:
(i) Forming electrodes;
(ii) Mounting and connecting electrodes;
(iii) Operation of equipment;
(iv) Controls.
(C) Rectifiers, 100 hours:
(i) Installing, replacing and testing rectifier units;
(ii) Repairing related equipment.
(D) Meters, 100 hours:
(i) Testing meters;
(ii) Rebuilding meters;
(iii) Minor repairs;
(iv) Installation;
(v) Calibration.
(E) Batteries, 100 hours:
(i) Handling, testing, storing, maintenance;
(ii) Minor repairs, terminals, case electrolyte;
(iii) Rebuilding.
(F) Signal systems, 100 hours:
(i) Installations;
(ii) Testing;
(iii) Service (minor);
(iv) Overhaul.
(G) Lighting, 300 hours:
(i) Maintenance of indoor and outdoor lighting, general and special;
(ii) Set-up, operation, maintenance, dismantling, and storing of temporary and emergency lighting and portable power plants.
(d) Related Training Classes. Applicants shall submit transcripts with passing grades of "C" or better in graded classes and a "pass" in non-graded classes in the following related electrical training classes:
(A) Electrical mathematics;
(B) Safety and accident prevention;
(C) Care and use of hand and power tools;
(D) Blueprint reading and electrical symbols;
(E) Introduction to National Electrical Code;
(F) Electrical fundamentals and basic theory, including AC and DC;
(G) Electric measuring devices;
(H) Wiring methods;
(I) Low voltage and limited energy circuits;
(J) Industrial and commercial calculations;
(K) Motors, generators and transformers;
(L) Practical circuit sketching;
(M) Lighting circuits;
(N) Fundamentals of electronics;
(O) Welding and cutting;
(P) High voltage distribution and equipment.
[Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 479.730
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 479.730
History:
BCD 23-2000, f. 9-29-00, cert. ef. 10-1-00
BCD 19-1996, f. 9-17-96, cert. ef. 10-1-96, Renumbered from 918-320-0130
DC 15-1987, f. & cert. ef. 5-15-87, Renumbered from 814-022-0920