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

For Master Electrician, state is Texas; issuing authority is Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR); on-the-job training hours is 12,000 hours; prerequisite is 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; how experience is proved is Experience Verification Form signed by each supervising Master Electrician, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Licence level:** Master 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:** 12,000 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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.
- **How experience is proved:** Experience Verification Form signed by each supervising Master Electrician

## What the source says

> 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.

## Source

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

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