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Failed the Florida Electrical Exam: Retakes Explained

The two sections are treated differently after a failure, and the difference costs money. The business section allows three attempts. The technical and safety section sends you back to the department each time.

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On this page
  1. The two rules, side by side
  2. What a retake costs
  3. The three year clock on a pass
  4. What the board may require after three
  5. How to spend the gap between attempts
  6. Questions people ask
  7. What this page cites

The two rules, side by side

Business section. The booklet allows three attempts. After three unsuccessful attempts the candidate has to reapply.

Technical and safety section. Each time a candidate fails this section, they reapply to the department to receive a new authorization to test.

So a business failure costs a retake fee and a new appointment. A technical failure costs a trip back through the department.

What a retake costs

The retake examination fee the board publishes is $67.25. The certified examination application is $263.25 and the computer based exam fee to the vendor is $123.75.

Application fees are not refundable. Section 489.509 says the examination fee is refundable if the applicant is ineligible, while the application fee is not.

Cancelling late or missing an appointment can forfeit fees on its own, so treat the appointment as money already spent.

The three year clock on a pass

A passing score is valid for three years from the date of the examination. That matters when you pass one section and stall on the other.

The initial certified license checklist also asks for proof that both parts were passed with scores no older than three years. Pass the second paper inside that window or the first one stops counting.

What the board may require after three

Section 489.511 lets the board determine the frequency of examination attempts and allows it to require additional education after three unsuccessful attempts.

Rule 61G6-6.005 is the reexamination rule, with an effective date of 1 August 2019. We couldn't read a published board policy setting out what additional education means in practice, so we're not going to describe one. Ask the board's office before you plan a fourth attempt.

How to spend the gap between attempts

A failed open book paper is usually a time problem rather than a knowledge problem. Two hundred pages of new reading rarely fixes it. Faster lookups do.

Work timed sets rather than untimed ones. The free practice test gives you 30 timed questions with the arithmetic worked on every miss. The diagnostic scores you across the main areas and puts them in score order, which is a quick route to a study list.

Then rebuild your tabs around the questions that cost you time rather than the ones you got wrong.

We're not a training provider, an approved course or an examination vendor, and nothing here is endorsed by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, the Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board or Pearson VUE. We're independent of all three.

Questions people ask

How many times can I take the Florida business exam?

Three attempts. After three unsuccessful attempts the booklet says the candidate has to reapply to the department.

How many times can I take the technical exam?

The booklet says that each time a candidate fails the technical and safety section they have to reapply to the department for a new authorization to test.

What's the retake fee?

The board publishes a retake examination fee of $67.25. The application fee that started the process is not refundable.

Is there a waiting period before a retake?

The booklet doesn't print a fixed wait. What it prints is the attempt rule for each section, and section 489.511 lets the board determine the frequency of attempts.

How long does a passing score last?

Three years from the date of the examination, and the initial license checklist asks for scores no older than three years.

Does the board require a course after three failures?

Section 489.511 allows the board to require additional education after three unsuccessful attempts. We couldn't confirm a published policy describing what that means, so ask the board's office.

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What this page cites

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Every rule here is cited to the section it comes from, and corrections are logged in public with the date. This is study material rather than electrical advice, and it does not replace your own code book or your inspector.

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