46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003
RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LICENSING; CHANGING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 60-13-38 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 199, Section 41, as amended) is amended to read:
"60-13-38. CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCE--EXAMINATION--JOURNEYMEN.--
A. [No individual] A person shall not engage in the
occupation or trade of journeyman unless he holds a certificate
of competence issued by the division for the occupation or
trade in which he desires to engage.
B. The [division shall issue] categories for
certificates of competence [for] are: journeyman
[electricians] electrician, journeyman [plumbers] plumber,
journeyman gas [fitters] fitter, journeyman pipe [fitters]
fitter, journeyman sheet metal [workers] worker, journeyman
boiler [operators] operator, residential wireman and journeyman
[welders] welder working on pipelines, collection lines or
compressor stations.
C. An applicant for a certificate of competence
shall [pass] be required to take an examination approved and
adopted by the division as to his knowledge of the orders and
rules [and regulations] governing the occupation or trade for
which a certificate is sought, and [he shall also be examined]
as to his technical knowledge and ability pertaining to his
particular trade. The examination may be oral, written or
demonstrative or any combination thereof, as required by
[regulations] rules of the commission [provided that].
D. The division shall issue a certificate of
competence to any journeyman welder working on pipelines,
collection lines or compressor stations who shows evidence of
having satisfactorily completed an examination administered by
an independent testing organization or public utility employing
engineers registered with the state, such examination meeting
the minimum pipeline safety standards set by the [state
corporation] public regulation commission.
[D.] E. Applications for certificates of competence
shall be in the form and shall contain such information and
attachments as the division prescribes.
[E.] F. The division shall establish a reasonable
fee for any examination or issuance of certificate of
competence.
[F.] G. [No individual] A person is not eligible to
take an examination for a certificate of competence unless he
has had two years' experience in the occupation or trade for
which a certificate of competence is sought, or the equivalent
thereof as determined by the commission, or has successfully
completed a course in the trade approved by the vocational
education division of the state department of public education.
H. Employment of an apprentice working under the
direct supervision of a certified journeyman is not prohibited
by the Construction Industries Licensing Act.
I. A person is eligible to take an examination for a journeyman electrician certificate of competence after at least:
(1) four years of accredited training in the electrical trade;
(2) four years of apprenticeship in the electrical trade; or
(3) four years of practical experience in the electrical trade, of which two years are in the commercial trade, industrial trade or the equivalent as determined by the commission.
J. Continuing education requirements for a journeyman electrician shall include at least sixteen hours of continuing education in every three-year period between national electrical code updates, of which eight hours are code change instructions and eight hours are other industry-related instruction. All continuing education curricula and instructors shall be approved by the commission based on recommendations by the electrical bureau. Proof of completion of the continuing education requirements shall be submitted to the division with the application for renewal of certificate of competence. Failure to submit the proof of completion shall constitute grounds for suspension of certificate of competence until proof has been submitted. The continuing education requirements in this subsection shall not apply to specialty electricians.
K. A person is eligible to take an examination for a residential wireman's certificate of competence after at least:
(1) two years of accredited training or apprenticeship in the electrical trade; or
(2) two years of practical experience in wiring residential dwellings."