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Wisconsin electrician license requirements

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Passages marked “not yet reviewed” are copied word-for-word from official state pages (fetched 2026-10-17) and are pending human review — read them in context on the linked source.

ItemDetail (with quote from the official source)
Experience / hours
“The renewal of a license as a licensed residential master electrician shall be contingent upon the residential master electrician obtaining at least 18 hours of acceptable continuing education prior to the expiration date of the license as specified in s.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“A person applying for registration as a registered master electrician shall have a birth date of on or before January 1, 1956; and shall have at least 15 years of experience in installing, repairing or maintaining electrical wiring.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“Completion of a construction electrician apprenticeship program in installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring that has a duration of at least 3 years and that is approved by the U.S. department of labor or by the department of workforce development.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“Experience in installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring during a period of not less than 48 months, with at least 8,000 hours of experience over that period.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
Exam
“Application for examination.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“A person applying to take a journeyman electrician license examination shall submit all of the following:”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“An application fee and examination fee in accordance with s.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“Qualifications for examination.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
Renewal
“A person may renew his or her license as a residential master electrician.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“A residential master electrician license shall be renewed in accordance with s.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“The renewal of a license as a licensed residential master electrician shall be contingent upon the residential master electrician obtaining at least 18 hours of acceptable continuing education prior to the expiration date of the license as specified in s.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“A person may renew his or her license as a journeyman electrician.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
Continuing education
“The renewal of a license as a licensed residential master electrician shall be contingent upon the residential master electrician obtaining at least 18 hours of acceptable continuing education prior to the expiration date of the license as specified in s.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“A person who holds a license as a licensed residential master electrician may apply to the department for waiver of the continuing education requirements under subd.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“The renewal of a license as a licensed journeyman electrician shall be contingent upon the journeyman electrician obtaining at least 24 hours of acceptable continuing education prior to the expiration date of the license as specified in s.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)
“A person who holds a license as a licensed journeyman electrician may apply to the department for waiver of the continuing education requirements under subd.”
Official excerpt · not yet reviewed · Wisconsin Legislature: SPS 305.44(6)

Check a license in Wisconsin

Wisconsin does not publish a bulk license file we use; check with the licensing authority’s own search (see sources).

Questions to ask the board

Sources checked: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov