Contractor/Trades Requirements - Wisconsin

Listed below are the current state requirements for a(n) Contractor/Trades in the state of Wisconsin.

Completion Requirements
Master and Journeyman Electricians must complete 18 hours of continuing education by March 30th every 3 years.

Renewal Dates
Master and Journeyman Electricians renew June 30th every 3 years.

Statute:
Wisconsin Administrative Code, Chapter 5 Comm 5.08

Special Designations or Stipulations:
For those license, certification or registration categories which require continuing educational credit for renewal, the license, certification or registration holder shall obtain the necessary amount of continuing educational credit at least 3 months prior to the expiration date of the license, certification or registration.

The time period during which a license, certification or registration holder may obtain continuing education credit to fulfill the renewal obligations shall commence 3 months prior to the expiration date of the previous license, certification or registration term.

Requests for a course, program or seminar to be recognized for approval shall be submitted in writing to the department.

Requests for course, program or seminar to be recognized for approval shall be received by the department at least 30 calendar days prior to the first day of the course, program or seminar is to be conducted.

Requests for approval shall include sufficient information to determine if the course, program or seminar complies with the appropriate subsection of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

Audit Potential:
Random

Allowed Carry-Over Hours:
None

Applicable Course of Study:
Only courses, programs and seminars approved in writing by the department shall be used for credit to fulfill continuing education requirements.

Thirty minutes of attendance in an approved course, program or seminar shall be deemed equal to 0.5 hours of acceptable continuing education.

Continuing education credit for attendance in approved continuing education courses, programs or seminars in other than 30-minute increments shall be rounded down to the next half hour.

Courses, programs and seminars to be considered for approval towards continuing education credit shall relate to the skills and knowledge of one or more license, certification or registration categories.

Proof of Compliance:
The individual organization which had obtained the course, program or seminar approval shall maintain an attendance of those individuals who have attended and completed the course, program or seminar. The attendance record shall include all of the following:
(1) The course name.
(2) The course identification number assigned by the department.
(3) The date or dates the course was held or completed.
(4) The name of each attendee.
(5) The name of each license, certification or registration held by the attendee for which the course applies.
(6) The license, certification or registration number assigned by the department of each attendee.

A copy of the attendance record shall be forwarded by the person or organization which had obtained the course, program or seminar approval to the department within 14 calendar days after completion of the course or program.

Each license, certification or registration holder shall retain evidence of compliance with continuing education requirements throughout the license, certification or registration period for which continuing education credit was required for renewal of the license, certification or registration.

The department shall accept as evidence of compliance original or copies of documents, certified by the individual or organization providing the course, program or seminar, indicating attendance and completion of the continuing education credit.

The department may require a license, certification or registration holder to submit evidence of compliance for the continuing education credit which was required to renew the license, certification, or registration.

Non-Compliance Penalties:
N/A

Disallowed Credits:
N/A

Exceptions or exemptions:
N/A

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