Electrical Requirements:
Contractor: Each application (click here for pdf)  must be accompanied by a certificate of general liability insurance and an original $10,000.00 surety bond made payable to the City of Shelbyville. Both the bond and the certificate of insurance MUST have expiration dates on them. Also the contractor must have taken the Block & Associates Exam (Experior) or equivalent exam and submit a current letter from the jurisdiction where he took said exam. If he/she has not taken the Block or equivalent exam, he has to take our exam, and it’s given on the second Wednesday of every month at 8:00 a.m.  It’s a 2 hour open-book exam and he can use his National Electric Code book.  An 80% is required to pass our exam.  ONLY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS CAN PULL PERMITS.

Journeyman: In order to receive a journeyman license in the City of Shelbyville, he/she must hold a valid journeyman license somewhere else and submit a copy of said license with this completed application (click here for pdf).  If he doesn’t hold a journeyman license somewhere else, he must take our exam.  Again, it’s given on the second Wednesday of every month here at City Hall at 8:00 a.m., and it’s a 2 hour open-book exam.  He/she may use his National Electric Code book.  The journeyman exam also has an 80% passing score required. A journeyman can hold a license in his own name to preserve his active status, but he cannot engage in electrical work unless he’s doing it under the supervision of an active contractor and a permit has been issued for the work.
 
Apprentices: Anyone actively working under the supervision of a licensed electrical contractor can obtain an apprentice license; there are no license requirements.  He/she simply fills out the electrical license application (click here for pdf) and pays the fee.

Contractor Limited (Homeowner): The contractor limited license is issued to a homeowner who owns AND lives in a house that he wishes to do electrical work in.  The homeowner can come to City Hall at 8:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of the month and take the homeowner’s exam.  It too is a 2 hour open-book exam and he/she can use the National Electric Code book.  Upon receiving at least an 80%, he can obtain a limited license that’s good for work done on that residence ONLY and expires upon completion of the job.

Maintenance: The maintenance license is issued to those individuals who are employed by a business/ industry where they may be required to do minor electrical work on that facility as a routine part of their job. If the applicant has an electrical contractor license from another jurisdiction, he/she can obtain a maintenance license here.  If not, he has to take our exam which is given the second Wednesday of every month at 8:00 a.m. here at City Hall.  It is a 2 hour open-book exam and he can use the National Electric Code book.  License must be renewed annually.  Failure to renew the license causes the license holder to begin the process again.Maintenance license holders can ONLY pull permits for the facilities where they are employed and doing the work.