Kentucky Master Electrician License Exam Prep

What you'll learn

• Explain how Kentucky regulates electrical work through KRS 227A, the regulations in 815 KAR 35 and the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, and how personal licenses relate to the contractor license.
• Determine eligibility for the master electrician license from documented hours, training, teaching, degree and military credit, and identify when reciprocity applies.
• Prepare a master electrician application, respond to requests for information, contest a denial within the regulation's deadline and book the exam.
• Describe the exam formats and allowed references reported in department and NASCLA sources and build a pacing plan for an open-book exam.
• Explain how Kentucky adopts the NEC by regulation and apply the 2023 NEC with the sections delayed or made enforceable by department memo.
• Identify the inspection authority for a job under KRS 198B.060, file permits, schedule inspections and handle corrections and releases.
• Describe the duties of a master electrician and of a contractor's designated master, including designee eligibility, replacement deadlines and supervision of unlicensed workers.
• State the electrical contractor license requirements, including general liability insurance, the certificate holder rule, workers' compensation and unemployment compliance, fees and bonding.
• Apply Kentucky mechanics' lien rules, including the notice of intent, the six-month lien statement, the copy to the owner and the twelve-month enforcement period.
• Apply Kentucky OSH, NFPA 70E work practices, serious injury reporting and workers' compensation duties to an electrical contractor's operations.
• Plan license renewal on the two-year birth-month cycle with six hours of approved continuing education each year, and handle late renewal, reinstatement and inactive status.
• Prepare for and take the exam using a study plan, timed practice, a miss log, a Kentucky review sheet and a test-day routine.