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Electrical in Pennsylvania
These pages summarize rules to help you plan. They are not legal advice. Before you place students at a work site or change a program, check with your state agency, your district's counsel and your insurance carrier.
In short
Pennsylvania CTC students earn NCCER levels and SOAR credit; any paid electrical work by a minor needs a student-learner training agreement and a work permit.
State program: CIP 46.0399, SOAR Program of Study 14
What a high school can deliver
NCCER levels, OSHA-10, the PA Skills Certificate and SOAR college credit; there is no state license to earn.
Credentials students can earn
NOCTI Electrical Power and Transmission Installers (PA) assessment; NCCER (various) and OSHA on PDE list for 46.0399 (current list: Confirm with the agency)
Age and hour requirements
Apprentice federal floor 16 (state minimum: Confirm with the agency; many sponsors set 18). No state license.
Other agencies involved
None. Municipal licensing where it exists.
Who can teach it
Career and Technical Instructional I: 8,000 hours, or 4,000 plus bachelor's; occupational competency assessment; 18 credits (Experience-Based Type 24 while finishing, 5 years). Certificate areas: Electrical Construction/Maintenance, Industrial or General.
Child labor rules for work placements
Work permit for every minor; 28 hours a school week at 16-17. 34 Pa. Code ch. 11 bars all minors from electrical work except apprentices, student learners and approved graduates: training agreement and plan required. Federal HOs 2, 7, 15 barred.
College credit after high school
SOAR POS 14: at least 9 technical credits (one college reports 23), 2.75 technical GPA, Competent/Advanced score, 16-month window; SOAR under revision ().
Where to go next
- The full Electrical guide, showing Pennsylvania
- The Pennsylvania state profile
- Add this pathway to your plan
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