Oregon Electrician License Renewal

At a glance

Renews every

Three years. Most licenses of one type expire on the same date, so a first license can be short; the expiration date is printed on your license

Next renewal: journeyman and supervising

Oct. 1, 2027 for general journeyman (J) and limited residential (LR) licenses. Oct. 1, 2028 for general supervising (S) and limited supervising (PS) licenses

Next renewal: limited licenses

Oct. 1, 2030 for limited journeyman manufacturing plant (PJ), limited maintenance (LME), Class A and Class B limited energy technician (LEA, LEB), limited renewable energy technician (LRT), limited journeyman sign (SIG), limited journeyman stage (ST), limited building maintenance (BME) and limited elevator journeyman (E) licenses

Fee

$100 for a three-year general journeyman or general supervising electrician license. $50 for a three-year Class A or Class B limited energy technician or limited journeyman sign electrician license

CE: supervising electricians

24 hours each three-year cycle for a general supervising (S) or limited supervising (PS) electrician: 12 hours of code change, 8 code related and a 4-hour Oregon rule and law course

CE: journeyman electricians

24 hours each three-year cycle for a general journeyman (J) electrician: 8 hours of code change, 12 code related and a 4-hour Oregon rule and law course. 16 hours for a limited residential (LR) or limited journeyman manufacturing plant (PJ) electrician: 8 code change, 4 code related and 4 Oregon rule and law

CE: limited licenses

8 hours for a limited maintenance electrician (2 code change, 6 code related), a Class A limited energy technician (8 code change) or a Class B limited energy technician (2 code change, 6 code related). 4 hours for a limited renewable energy technician or limited journeyman sign electrician (2 code change, 2 code related). For these licenses, the code change hours include Oregon rule and law material. Limited building maintenance, limited elevator journeyman, limited stage and limited maintenance manufactured structures electricians need none

Code change hours

Part of your hours must be code change courses: you haven't met the requirement without the right number of them, whatever your total

Approved courses

Only approved courses and providers count. Providers report your hours to BCD, and your CE must be in BCD's system before you can renew: check it in the License Holder Search. You report First Aid/CPR (a live, hands-on course), OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 credits yourself, by emailing proof and your license number to bcd.ce@dcbs.oregon.gov

First renewal

No CE if your license was issued within 6 months of its expiration date. Within 12 months: the lesser of 8 hours or your license's requirement. Within 24 months: the lesser of 16 hours or your license's requirement. New licensees don't need a code change course

Renew

Online through BCD's license system (ordcbs.mylicense.com), on or before the expiration date: complete the renewal, finish all your CE and pay the fee. BCD mails a renewal notice to the address it has for you, and keeping that address current is your responsibility

After expiration

You can't work under an expired license until every renewal requirement, CE included, is met. Within one year of expiration you can reapply, pay the renewal fee and finish the CE you owed. After one year you apply again and retake the exam

Extensions

BCD or its board may extend the time to finish CE or renew for hardship or illness (a written request), never for not paying the fee or a renewal application that was lost or never arrived; and for military duty of 60 days or more (a written request with your orders)

CE classes can be taken any time during the three-year cycle, so there's no need to leave them for the last few weeks.

BCD sets CE hours and next renewal dates by license type: if you hold more than one BCD license, check each one.

How to renew

1. Check the expiration date printed on your license, or BCD's next renewal date for your license type.
2. Look up your CE in the License Holder Search and finish the hours you're missing with approved courses, code change hours and the Oregon rule and law course included. Give providers time to report them.
3. Renew online through BCD's license system and pay the fee on or before the expiration date.
4. If you missed it, stop work under the license and reapply within one year to avoid retaking the exam.

Deadline checklist

• 90 days outCheck your expiration date and look up your CE in the License Holder Search. Book approved courses for the hours you're missing, code change and Oregon rule and law included.
• 30 days outFinish your CE and check the hours show on your license record: you can't renew until they do.
• 14 days outRenew online through BCD's license system and pay the fee.
• Expiration dateLast day to renew. After it you can't work under the license; within one year you can still reapply without retaking the exam.

Put this renewal in your calendar

Know your expiration date? Download a free calendar file with reminders before it, no sign-up needed. It's made in your browser: nothing you type is sent to us (your browser keeps it only if you follow the sign-up link, for your new ledger). A Google Calendar button sends just that one event to Google.

The file covers one date: once you renew, make a new one. How to add it to your calendar

Frequently asked questions