# Journeyman Electrician — Electrician licence progression: training hours and prerequisites by US state

For Journeyman Electrician, state is Texas; issuing authority is Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR); on-the-job training hours is 8,000 hours; hours to sit the exam is at least 7,000 hours of on-the-job training; prerequisite is under the supervision of a Master Electrician licensed in Texas, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Licence level:** Journeyman Electrician _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State:** Texas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Issuing authority:** Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)
- **On-the-job training hours:** 8,000 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Hours to sit the exam:** at least 7,000 hours of on-the-job training _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Prerequisite:** under the supervision of a Master Electrician licensed in Texas _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How experience is proved:** Experience Verification Form signed by each supervising Master Electrician

## What the source says

> 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.

## Source

- https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/journeyman-electrician.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
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