Tex.
Occ. Code Section 1305.1575
Career and Technology Education Program for Residential Wireman License; Instructors
(a)
In this section:(1)
“Career and technology education program” means:(A)
a career and technology education program under Subchapter F (Public Education Career and Technology Education Goals), Chapter 29 (Educational Programs), Education Code; or(B)
a program determined by the department to be similar to that described by Paragraph (A) and offered by:(i)
an institution of higher education; or(ii)
a private school, as defined by Section 5.001 (Definitions), Education Code.(2)
“Institution of higher education” means an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003 (Definitions), Education Code.(b)
A person who successfully completes a sequence of courses in the electrical trade that are offered through a career and technology education program may apply for and take an examination for a license as a residential wireman, regardless of whether the person has completed the number of hours of on-the-job training required by Section 1305.157 (Residential Wireman)(1).(c)
The commission by rule shall establish standards for the essential knowledge and skills of a career and technology education program described by Subsection (b), subject to the approval of the State Board of Education if the courses are to be offered in a high school. The rules must:(1)
require the program to consist of an appropriate number of hours of classroom instruction and a practical component; and(2)
provide for crediting appropriate on-the-job training toward meeting the requirements of the practical component.(d)
A student of any age enrolled in a career and technology education program is eligible to take the sequence of courses described by Subsection (b) without being licensed under this chapter. This subsection does not authorize a person to perform electrical work without the appropriate license outside of a program described by this section.(e)
A person may not provide instruction in a program described by this section unless the person is licensed as a master electrician, journeyman electrician, or residential wireman.(f)
A career and technology education program offered under this section by an institution of higher education may not be more stringent than a program offered by a public high school.(g)
Hours spent completing a program described by this section may not be credited toward any on-the-job training required to apply for a license under this chapter.
Source:
Section 1305.1575 — Career and Technology Education Program for Residential Wireman License; Instructors, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1305.htm#1305.1575 (accessed May 4, 2024).
