Alaska Electrical Administrator License Exam Prep

What you'll learn

• Explain how electrical licensing works in Alaska, including the roles of the licensing division and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the six administrator categories and the link between administrators and contractors.
• Determine eligibility for the unlimited commercial wiring and residential wiring categories under 12 AAC 32, and explain how the certificate of fitness ladder and hour caps under 8 AAC 90 feed into it.
• Prepare a complete administrator application, obtain the eligibility letter, book the PSI exam and manage rescheduling, identification and retakes.
• Describe the format, content outline and allowed references of the Alaska administrator exams and prepare references that meet the candidate bulletin.
• Identify the NEC and NESC editions Alaska has adopted under 8 AAC 70.025, explain the absence of statewide technical amendments, and apply local adoption rules under AS 18.60.590(b).
• Explain state, deputy and local electrical inspection in Alaska, the 15-day correction rule, appeals, and the administrator's personal inspection duty.
• Describe the duties of an electrical administrator, including the one-contractor rule, change notices, records, trainee ratios and the grounds and penalties for discipline.
• State Alaska's contractor registration, administrator, bonding, insurance and workers' compensation requirements and the consequences of working unregistered.
• Apply the basics of electrical contracts and Alaska's mechanics' lien law, including the notice of right to lien, notice of completion, recording and enforcement deadlines and public payment bonds.
• Apply AKOSH standards and reporting deadlines and Alaska workers' compensation rules to an electrical contractor's operations.
• Renew and maintain the administrator license and certificates of fitness, meet continuing education rules, and explain reciprocity and exam waivers.
• Use a timed, evidence-based method to review practice tests and answer open book code and Alaska law questions on exam day.