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Duval County
Jacksonville FL Electrician License: Classes and Cards
Jacksonville runs its own Construction Trades Qualifying Board alongside the state license, so there are two sets of paperwork here. This page separates them, names the training in town and gives the local pay figure.
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The license a Jacksonville electrician needs
The license Florida issues is a contractor license from the Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board, certified for the whole state or registered for one jurisdiction. While you work for somebody who holds one, s. 489.503 covers you as an employee inside their scope.
There's no state journeyman card. Section 489.5335 leaves that to counties and municipalities, and in Duval County the authority is the city's own board.
The Construction Trades Qualifying Board
Jacksonville's Construction Trades Qualifying Board works under Chapter 62 and Chapter 342 of the municipal ordinances. It regulates 12 construction trade categories, electrical among them, and issues certificates of competency in categories that include contractor, master craftsman, journeyman craftsman, serviceman, installer, specialty subcontractor, alarm contractor registration, welding craftsman and maintenance craftsman.
The board has 16 mayor appointed members and meets the second Wednesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. in the Civil Service Board Room, 231 E Forsyth Street, Suite 410. The office runs Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on (904) 255-7970.
Published fees run $10 to $75 to apply, $50 to $160 for a biennial renewal and $65 to $150 to sit an examination, by certificate type. The $180 that shows up on the same list is the alarm contractor registration fee, not an application fee. The board's own site at contrades.coj.net holds the lookup and the category list, but the list did not render for us, so the journeyman electrician requirements and the exact fee are unconfirmed here. Call the board before you plan around a number.
Whatever the local rule, the state floor in s. 489.5335 still applies: a proctored exam at 75 percent, a registered apprenticeship or 12,000 hours of on the job training, and Florida Building Commission code coursework.
Where to train in Jacksonville
- The Electrical Training Alliance of Jacksonville, 4951 Richard Street, Jacksonville, FL 32207, (904) 737-7533. A four year electrical apprenticeship affiliated with NECA and IBEW. Applicants must be 18 to apply, and graduates receive 30 credits toward an associate degree at Florida State College at Jacksonville or 43 credits at Valdosta State University.
- IBEW Local 177. The local's apprenticeship page names the same school at 4951 Richard Street, takes applications there and online, and says the apprenticeship committee meets the second Tuesday of every month at 2:00 p.m.
- Florida State College at Jacksonville, Electricity Career Certificate, program code 5632. 1,200 contact hours across three courses, full time days for eight months, Monday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with part time evening classes planned at the Cecil campus for Fall 2026. In state cost is about $3,504 in total across Electrician Helper, Residential Electrician and Commercial Electrician.
- ABC First Coast is the area chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. Its home page links online courses, the STEP safety program and webinars, and does not describe a craft apprenticeship, so ask the chapter what it runs this year.
We found no IEC chapter page serving Jacksonville, so none is named here. The IBEW Florida training facility list carries the Jacksonville school's contact details as well.
The exam and where you sit it
The state exams run through Pearson VUE as computer based tests. DBPR says candidates can schedule within 72 hours after approval, by phone or through the Florida electrical program page.
Pearson VUE does not publish a static list of Florida centers for this program. Seats are found through the program test center locator, and the candidate information booklet points candidates the same way, so we're not printing an address we could not confirm.
What the work pays in Jacksonville
O*NET, republishing Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data, gives electricians in the Jacksonville metro area a median of $28.02 an hour, or $58,280 a year.
That sits above the Florida median of $27.52 an hour, or $57,250 a year, on the same page.
Your next move
If you are starting out, apply to the apprenticeship and take a job with a licensed contractor while you wait. Hours count from the first week and nobody can add them back later.
If you have the years, call the city board about the journeyman craftsman certificate, then look at the state license: certified through the exam, or registered on the back of a local competency card.
Questions people ask
Do I need a license to work as an electrician in Jacksonville?
Not to work for a licensed contractor. Section 489.503 covers employees acting inside their employer's scope. To contract in your own name you need a DBPR certified or registered license, and Jacksonville also issues its own certificates of competency.
Who issues a journeyman card in Jacksonville?
The Construction Trades Qualifying Board of Jacksonville, under Chapter 62 and Chapter 342 of the municipal ordinances. Its categories include journeyman craftsman and master craftsman, and it meets the second Wednesday of each month at 5:00 p.m.
What does a Jacksonville certificate of competency cost?
The city publishes ranges rather than one price: $10 to $75 to apply, $50 to $160 for a biennial renewal and $65 to $150 to sit an exam, by certificate type. The $180 on the list is the alarm contractor registration fee. The board's own category list did not render for us, so confirm the electrical figures with the board.
Where can I take electrician classes in Jacksonville?
The Electrical Training Alliance of Jacksonville runs a four year apprenticeship at 4951 Richard Street with IBEW Local 177, and Florida State College at Jacksonville runs a 1,200 hour Electricity Career Certificate, program 5632, at about $3,504 in state.
Where is the electrical exam test center in Jacksonville?
Pearson VUE does not publish a static list of Florida centers for the DBPR electrical program. Use the program's own test center locator to find a seat, which is what the candidate information booklet tells candidates to do.
What do electricians earn in Jacksonville?
O*NET, using Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data, gives a Jacksonville metro median of $28.02 an hour, or $58,280 a year, against a Florida median of $27.52.
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What this page cites
- Construction Trades Qualifying Board of Jacksonville The city board's authority, categories, meetings and published fee ranges. source
- Section 489.5335, Florida Statutes The state floor every local journeyman license works from. source
- Electrical Training Alliance of Jacksonville Four year apprenticeship, address and the college credits on completion. source
- Florida State College at Jacksonville, program 5632 1,200 contact hours, the schedule and the in state cost. source
- O*NET local wages for Florida electricians The Jacksonville metro median, from Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data. source
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