No person shall engage in work as an Apprentice electrician as defined in ACT 1289 of 1997 unless first registered to do so by the Arkansas Department of Labor and United State Department of Labor/ Office of Apprenticeship, and is enrolled in and attending a OA approved training program.

Information for apprentice electrician registration shall be on an application form supplied by the Arkansas Department of Labor and the application form shall be filled out completely before consideration by the Department of Labor and OA. To establish a record of apprenticeship, every apprentice electrician, shall within thirty (30) days after employment, be registered with the Arkansas Department of Labor, the Local Apprenticeship Committee, and OA. It is the responsibility of the master electrician to require apprentices to register with the Local Apprenticeship Committee. The Board of Electrical Examiners may take action against a master electrician for working an apprentice for over thirty (30) days without being so registered. In the absence of an established Local Apprenticeship Committee, an apprentice shall register directly with the State Electrical Apprenticeship Committee.

All holders of an apprentice registration issued under the provisions of this regulation may apply for renewal annually within thirty (30) days after the expiration date of the registration. The Arkansas Department of Labor may not renew a registration after the thirty (30) day period providing there is sufficient reason for not renewing such registration in the time specified and upon payment of penalties as prescribed by regulations.

The term of apprenticeship shall be a minimum of four (4) years consisting of eight (8) periods of one-thousand (1,000) hours of practical work experience and eight (8) periods of 72 hours each, running concurrently, of related classroom instruction in technical and supplemental subjects related to the trade or as approved by USDOL/OA.

Unless officially excused by the Arkansas Department of Labor, each apprentice upon completion of apprenticeship should make application with the Arkansas Department of Labor for the journeyman electrician examination within sixty (60) days.

EXPERIENCE CREDIT: The applicant must submit a request for experience credit within a sixty (60) day period of time from the date of application, furnish notarized records, affidavits, or bona fide evidence as may be required to substantiate the requested time. Please show all work experience present and past that you wish considered for work experience credit. The work experience must have a start date and end date (to present if current job) so work experience time can be calculated. The description of work experience should be sufficiently detailed to provide a clear understanding of work being performed. This time shall be evaluated by the local apprenticeship committee, if in existence, and approved by the State Electrical Apprenticeship Committee. In the absence of the local committee, credit time shall be evaluated and may be granted by the State Electrical Apprenticeship Committee. The applicant may be required to take an examination to determine credit time requested. Experience credit will only be granted for documented out of state work.