3 CCR 710-1.12 - ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

This Rule is promulgated pursuant to sections 12-20-204, 12-115-107(2)(a), and 12-115-119, C.R.S.

A. Applicant. All applicants for the position of state electrical inspector must possess a current journeyman or master electrician license issued by the State of Colorado.

B. Electrician License. Electrical inspectors must maintain a current Colorado journeyman or master electrician license.

C. Residential Inspector Training. Persons who are undergoing their two year practical electrical inspection experience training pursuant to section 12-115-119(1)(a)(I)(B), C.R.S. (one year being the equivalent of 2,000 hours):

1. Shall be accompanied at all times by a Colorado licensed electrician who is employed as an electrical inspector by the same jurisdictional authority;

2. Shall complete all of the two year practical training in the field, under actual electrical inspection situations;

3. Shall not provide any electrical inspections without being accompanied by a Colorado licensed electrical inspector;

4. Shall not sign off any electrical inspections; and

5. Shall not release any electrical meter sets to any electrical utility.

D. Registration with the State. Persons qualifying as residential electrical inspectors pursuant to section 12-115-119(1)(a)(I)(B), C.R.S., shall, when registering with the state pursuant to section 12-115-119(1)(a)(II)(b), C.R.S., prior to assumption of their duties, furnish satisfactory evidence of their two year practical experience in the electrical inspection of residential dwellings to include.

1. Beginning and ending dates;

2. Instructor name(s); and

3. Jurisdiction in which training was conducted

Notes

3 CCR 710-1.12

40 CR 04, February 25, 2017, effective 3/17/2017 40 CR 08, April 25, 2017, effective 6/1/2017 40 CR 12, June 25, 2017, effective 7/15/2017 41 CR 04, February 25, 2018, effective 3/17/2018 41 CR 20, October 25, 2018, effective 11/14/2018 43 CR 12, June 25, 2020, effective 7/15/2020 44 CR 12, June 25, 2021, effective 7/15/2021 44 CR 21, November 10, 2021, effective 11/30/2021 45 CR 12, June 25, 2022, effective 7/15/2022 45 CR 21, November 10, 2022, effective 11/30/2022