Licensing board: Delaware Board of Electrical Examiners (Division of Professional Regulation)
License levels
- Apprentice Electrician: requirements: Check with board source
- Journeyperson Electrician: By examination: Verification of Employment form(s) showing at least 8,000 hours of full-time experience performing electrical work under the supervision of a licensed master electrician, master electrician special, limited electrician or limited electrician special. By certificate: a certificate of completion from a Department of Labor or approved apprentice program (no journeyperson exam). source
- Master, Master Special, Limited, Limited Special and Residential Electrician: requirements: Check with board source
Exam
The Board of Electrical Examiners must approve you to sit for the exam; exams are given by ProV and based on the most up to date NEC adopted in Delaware. "You must obtain a minimum score of 75% to pass the exam." source
Continuing education and renewal
Electrician licenses expire on June 30 of even years and are renewed every two years in DELPROS. CE for a full renewal period: journeypersons, residential and apprentice electricians 5 hours; master, master special, limited and limited special 10 hours (5 on the NEC from the second renewal). source
Reciprocity
Licensure by reciprocity if you hold a current journeyperson license from a jurisdiction with substantially similar requirements, or (if not similar) you have five years of full-time, supervised experience; otherwise you must pass the journeyperson exam. PA municipal licenses: apply by exam. source
Renewal dates and CE for this license: Credential Renewal Calendar.
Last checked 2026-10-19. Code edition by state: NFPA NEC enforcement maps.
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