{
  "name": "Electrician licence progression: training hours and prerequisites by US state",
  "description": "What it takes to move up the electrician licence ladder in each US state: the on-the-job training hours, the classroom hours, the licence you must already hold and for how long, and the separate hour threshold that lets you sit the exam before you qualify for the licence. One record is one licence level in one state, sourced from that state's licensing authority. Answers 'how many hours of on-the-job training for a journeyman electrician in Texas', 'journeyman electrician requirements by state', 'how do I become a master electrician', 'how many hours to take the electrician exam', and 'do my apprentice hours transfer to another state'. Texas has two thresholds that are constantly conflated \u2014 7,000 hours to sit the exam, 8,000 hours for the licence \u2014 and master requires holding the journeyman licence for two years plus 12,000 hours, with industrial journeyman experience explicitly excluded. There is no federal electrician licence and no national board, so the comparison exists nowhere and the search results are exam-prep vendors.",
  "url": "https://referencesource.org/electrician-licence-progression-by-state/",
  "licence": "Facts extracted from the freely published licensing pages of state licensing authorities, with a short attributed quote and a link back. Licence requirements are public regulatory facts. No source page carries a restrictive notice.",
  "last_verified": "2026-08-06",
  "stale_after": "2027-02-02",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/journeyman-electrician.htm",
    "https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/master-electrician.htm"
  ],
  "records": [
    {
      "licence_level": "Journeyman Electrician",
      "state": "Texas",
      "issuing_authority": "Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)",
      "ojt_hours": "8,000 hours",
      "exam_eligibility_hours": "at least 7,000 hours of on-the-job training",
      "prerequisite": "under the supervision of a Master Electrician licensed in Texas",
      "verification_method": "Experience Verification Form signed by each supervising Master Electrician",
      "id": "texas-journeyman-electrician",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/electrician-licence-progression-by-state/texas-journeyman-electrician/",
      "source": "https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/journeyman-electrician.htm",
      "source_quote": "To apply for a Journeyman Electrician license, you must have completed at least 7,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a Master Electrician licensed in Texas. Submitting at least 7,000 hours of on-the-job training will simply allow you to take the examination before reaching the full 8,000 hours required for licensure.",
      "verified_fields": [
        "exam_eligibility_hours",
        "licence_level",
        "ojt_hours",
        "prerequisite"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "state"
      ]
    },
    {
      "licence_level": "Master Electrician",
      "state": "Texas",
      "issuing_authority": "Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)",
      "ojt_hours": "12,000 hours",
      "prerequisite": "must have held Journeyman Electrician license for at least two years. Note that Journeyman Industrial Electrician experience may not be used to qualify for a Master Electrician license.",
      "verification_method": "Experience Verification Form signed by each supervising Master Electrician",
      "id": "texas-master-electrician",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/electrician-licence-progression-by-state/texas-master-electrician/",
      "source": "https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/master-electrician.htm",
      "source_quote": "Note that Journeyman Industrial Electrician experience may not be used to qualify for a Master Electrician license. You must also be able to show that you have completed 12,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a Master Electrician licensed in Texas.",
      "verified_fields": [
        "licence_level",
        "ojt_hours"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "state"
      ]
    }
  ]
}