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§ 4-292-020 — Qualifications

Municipal Code of Chicago (2026 S-74, current through Council Journal of June 17, 2026) · Municipal Code of Chicago § 4-292-020

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4-292-020 Qualifications.

(a) An applicant for a license as a supervising electrician shall be at least 21 years of age, and shall have at least two years’ experience installing, altering, repairing and maintaining electrical wires, equipment, and apparatus, or equivalent experience, under the direct supervision of a supervising electrician or equivalent person. An applicant shall: (1) furnish the name(s) and address(es) of the applicant’s current and former employer(s); (2) identify the period(s) of time during which the applicant was employed by each such employer; (3) describe in what capacity the applicant was so employed; and (4) provide any other information reasonably required by the Commissioner to assess the applicant’s qualifications to act as a supervising electrician. Such information shall be submitted using forms made available by the Commissioner in accordance with Section 4-292-030. (b) The Commissioner shall prepare as many different examinations as are necessary to adequately provide for the number of applicants in different specialties. Each applicant shall be required to pass an examination sufficiently strict to indicate that the applicant has satisfactory knowledge and technical training to perform or supervise the work of installing, altering, repairing, or maintaining electrical wires and apparatus authorized by permits issued by the Commissioner. It shall be the Commissioner’s responsibility to control and supervise such examinations. (c) Each applicant shall be required to pay an examination fee as provided in Section 4-5-120 of this Code for each examination that the applicant takes. Such fee shall be paid prior to the day the examination is taken. (Added Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. IV, § 9; Amend Coun. J. 12-19-25, p. 38125, Art. XVIII, § 2)