Prep for PLT Exam
presented by Ed Lethert - the Low Voltage Guy
Registration Resources
- Personal License Application, Renewal; Registered unlicensed individual online renewal
- Exam Registration: http://www.dli.mn.gov/workers/electrician-or-electrical-installer/licensing-personal-electrical-license
- Unlicensed individual (electrical, elevator and power limited) WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Personal Electrical License Examination Application; Personal electrical license examination application
PLT Prep Classes
Pre-registration is required Each class will be limited to 25 registrants. PLT Services will not be responsible for cancelled classes or or other changes due to low registration, sign up early!
PLT Exam Prep Class: 8:00 - 4:30 each day (8:00 - 1:30 on last day)
4 full days - STUDENTS NEED TO PROVIDE
- Their own 2023 NEC Code Book on the FIRST DAY OF CLASS
- Highlighters (two different colors)
- Notebook, notepad or notepaper;
- Pens and pencils
- Basic 4-Function Calculator (not your cell phone please)
* State test will reflect the 2023 NEC Code Book
Pre-registration is required: class will be limited to 25 registrants, so register early.
Pre-registration is required: class will be limited to 25 registrants, so register early.
* Make sure you qualify: See Do You Qualify to Take the State PLT Test?
The course fee: $549.00 is due in advance. Please register here online where you can pay by credit card. If you choose to mail in a check, be aware that your seat is not reserved until payment is received. If you would like to call in your registration or credit card number, call 763-413-8217. Any cancellations are subject to a service fee if received less than 1 week prior to class.
The course fee: $549.00 is due in advance. Please register here online where you can pay by credit card. If you choose to mail in a check, be aware that your seat is not reserved until payment is received. If you would like to call in your registration or credit card number, call 763-413-8217. Any cancellations are subject to a service fee if received less than 1 week prior to class.
*Note: Seats are not reserved until payment is made. You must both register and pay before your registration is complete and reserved.
Order NEC Code books from Mike Holt
Do you qualify to take the State PLT Test?
3800.3520 EXAMINATION; MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE; EXPERIENCE ACCEPTABLE TO BOARD.
Subpart 1. Examination requirements. As a precondition to issuance of any electrician's license, an applicant is required to pass an examination for the type of license sought, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 326.242, subdivision 7.
Subp. 2. Minimum experience requirements. Except as otherwise provided for a master electrician license under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.242, subdivision 1, clause (1), paragraph (a), and for a Class A or B installer license under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.242, subdivision 3b, an applicant for an electrician license shall have experience acceptable to the board, as defined by subpart 4, before examination for licensure under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.242, subdivision 7.
Subp. 3. Maximum allowable credit under certain conditions. The maximum allowable electrical experience credit under the following conditions shall be as stated:
Subpart 1. Examination requirements. As a precondition to issuance of any electrician's license, an applicant is required to pass an examination for the type of license sought, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 326.242, subdivision 7.
Subp. 2. Minimum experience requirements. Except as otherwise provided for a master electrician license under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.242, subdivision 1, clause (1), paragraph (a), and for a Class A or B installer license under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.242, subdivision 3b, an applicant for an electrician license shall have experience acceptable to the board, as defined by subpart 4, before examination for licensure under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.242, subdivision 7.
Subp. 3. Maximum allowable credit under certain conditions. The maximum allowable electrical experience credit under the following conditions shall be as stated:
- before age 12, none;
- before age 16, six months;
- in foreign countries, 12 months;
- acquired during the school term of a board-approved two-year post high school electrical course and other board-approved courses requiring attendance on a full-time daily basis, none; and
- experience for a power limited technician only, acquired during the school term of board-approved part-time or night school courses, no restriction.
Subp. 4. Experience acceptable to board for certain categories in certain situations. Experience in the categories of planning for the installation of wiring, apparatus, and equipment for light, heat, and power; laying out for the installation of wiring, apparatus, and equipment for light, heat, and power; supervising the installation of wiring, apparatus, and equipment for light, heat, and power; and wiring and installing electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment for light, heat, and power is acceptable to the board in the situations described in items A to E.
- Experience while in the employ of a contractor licensed under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.242, subdivision 6.
- Experience while working in Minnesota for an employer who is not required to be licensed as a contractor, if the work is inspected under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.244, and done under the supervision of a properly licensed electrician.
- Experience while performing electrical work in Minnesota for an employer who is exempt from licensing when the work is exempt from inspection under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.244, or when the work is performed on federal property by a federal employee, if the board has determined in either situation that the experience is substantially equal to that acquired in performing work while in the employ of a licensed contractor. The determination shall be made after a personal inspection by not less than two board members and one staff employee of the board on the premises where the applicable work was performed.
- Experience while performing electrical work outside of Minnesota, which the board has determined is substantially equivalent to the work performed while in the employ of a licensed contractor in Minnesota. This determination must be based on a certification by the employer for the type of work performed.
- Experience while performing electrical work in the armed forces of the United States which the board has determined is substantially equivalent to work performed while in the employ of a licensed contractor in Minnesota. This determination shall be based on a certification by the military for the type of work performed.
Subp. 5. Schedule of minimum experience requirements and maximum experience allowances. The minimum required experience and maximum experience allowance under subpart 2 shall be as shown in items A to I for the type of license sought.
Power limited technician, the minimum total is 36 months, including:
Power limited technician, the minimum total is 36 months, including:
- planning for the installation of wiring, apparatus, and equipment for technology circuits or systems: minimum experience of zero months, maximum credit allowance of six months;
- laying out for the installation of wiring, apparatus, and equipment for technology circuits or systems: minimum experience of zero months, maximum credit allowance of six months;
- supervising the installation of wiring, apparatus, and equipment for technology circuits or systems: minimum experience of zero months, maximum credit allowance of six months;
- wiring for and installing technology circuit or system wiring, apparatus, and equipment: minimum experience of 12 months, maximum credit allowance of 36 months;
- maintaining and repairing technology circuit or system wiring, apparatus, and equipment: minimum experience of zero months, maximum credit allowance of 24 months;
- line work: minimum experience of zero months, maximum credit allowance of zero months;
- installing elevators: minimum experience of zero months, maximum credit allowance of zero months;
- wiring and maintaining process control circuits or systems: minimum experience of zero months, maximum credit allowance of six months; and
- a maximum of up to 12 months or 2,000 hours of experience credit will be allowed for the successful completion of a two-year post high school electrical course or other technical training approved by the board.