Pass Your Alaska Certificate Of Fitness Electrical Exam!

One-year online access unless you pass sooner: Accessible from any device with internet access!

Our guided self-study schedule contains the following: 

Electrical Theory – eCourses

Includes

• Basic Electrical Theory
• Basic DC Theory
• Basic AC Theory
• Ohms Law
• Test Equipment
• Electrical Theory Chapter Questions

Blueprint Reading – eCourses

Includes

• Label Systems & Schematic Reading
• Construction Drawing Tutorial
• Blueprint Reading Chapter Questions

Navigating the 2020 NEC – eManual

Our “Navigating the 2020 NEC” eManual helps students learn to navigate the National Electrical Code (NEC).

When you master the code, you master your Exam!

This eManual is the heart of the training program. It will familiarize you with the use, layout, and content of the 2020 NEC.

eManual includes:

• How to navigate the 2020 NEC
  • Understanding of the terms, concepts, and layout of the NEC.
• Speed drills
  • Code navigation exercises.
• Code skimming exercises
• Breaking down questions by subject:
  • Keyword Identification: how to identify the subject of a question for easy reference.
  • How to search for a code article by referencing the INDEX.
  • Code reference example questions with in-depth solutions.

Study Questions & Simulated Final Exams

• GUIDED CHAPTER QUESTIONS This covers all Alaska Certificate of Fitness Journeyman Electrician or Residential Journeyman Electrician License exam questions and answers within our course. (Organized as Question – Answer – Code Location.) These questions exist to provide a framework for you to practice locating the answers to questions through the use of your NEC Codebook. The process of constantly utilizing the code to answer practice questions will build up your speed and code knowledge to pass your electrical exam successfully.

Questions also include the following topics:

• • Electrical Theory Questions
  • Blueprint Reading Questions
    
  • Calculation Questions (Load Calculations, Conduit Fill, etc.)

• ONLINE FLASHCARDS: Virtual Flashcards provide individual randomized questions. This provides access to our entire question set and is an ideal setting to practice answering randomized exam questions. (Organized as Question – Answer – Code Location).

• SIMULATED FINAL EXAM: Final exams simulate the experience of taking your actual Certificate of Fitness Journeyman Electrician or Residential Journeyman Electrician License exam.

Simulated Finals Are:

• • Full length (Same number of questions as the exam)
  • Timed (Same amount of time allowed as the exam)
  • Randomized (Questions are assigned randomly; all exams are unique.)
  • Properly Balanced (All questions are balanced according to the Candidate Information Bulletin to guarantee a realistic exam simulation)
    

Take as Many Timed Final Exams as You Want! (Practice final exams help you rapidly gain confidence and knowledge to pass your Certificate of Fitness Journeyman Electrician or Residential Journeyman Electrician License exam effortlessly.)

THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE A COPY OF THE 2020 (NEC) NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE. IF YOU DO NOT OWN A COPY OF THE CODEBOOK, YOU MAY PURCHASE ONE BELOW.

Please get in touch with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development for current information. Licensing requirements change, and our site may not have been updated to reflect those changes.

QUESTION: Who is required to have an Alaska Certificate of Fitness license?

ANSWER: All individuals engaged as Journeyman-level Electricians performing work, must be licensed by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

QUESTION: What are the qualifications required to take the Alaska Certificate of Fitness exam?

Electrical Journeyman Certificate of Fitness: Requires a minimum of 8,000 hours of legally obtained work experience subject to the National Electrical Code.

• A minimum of 6000 hours must be commercial/industrial. A maximum of 2,000 hours may be residential.
• A maximum of 1,000 hours of trade-related classroom training and/or 1,000 hours of power lineman experience may used to meet the 8,000 hours requirement.
• No maintenance hours will be accepted.

Electrical Residential Certificate of Fitness: Requires a minimum of 4,000 hours of work in the trade.

• Up to 500 hours of trade-related classroom training can be substituted for 500 hours of the 4,000-hour requirement.
  • This license allows the holder to act as a journeyman on residential sites only. The holder will be considered a trainee-level electrician on commercial sites.
• No maintenance hours will be accepted.

QUESTION: Is there reciprocity in Alaska for the electrician exams?

ANSWER: The state of Alaska has reciprocal agreements for Electrical Journeyman with the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.

QUESTION: How do I sign up for the Alaska Certificate of Fitness Electrician exam?

ANSWER: Complete the Electrical and Plumbing Certificate of Fitness Application and submit it, along with the required experience verification and application fee, to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Mechanical Inspection Section for approval to take the exam.

• Once approved: Call the Mechanical Inspection office (907) 269-4929 to schedule testing in Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau.

QUESTION: Are there any accommodations for the Alaska Certificate of Fitness Electrician exams?

​ANSWER: Call (907) 269-4929 for more information.

QUESTION: How many questions and how long are the Alaska Certificate of Fitness licensing exams?

Journeyman Certificate of Fitness: consists of 100 questions. Test takers have 4 hours to complete the exam. The exam is open-book with authorized materials and computer-based.

Residential Journeyman Certificate of Fitness: consists of 50 questions. Test takers have 4 hours to complete the exam. The exam is open-book with authorized materials and computer-based.

QUESTION: What can I bring to the testing center?

ANSWER:

• Identification

QUESTION: Where do I go to take my Alaska Certificate of Fitness Electrician license exams?

ANSWER: Testing in Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau.

• Note: Contact the Anchorage office for information on testing in other selected Alaska communities.

QUESTION: Why should someone study this course if the Alaska Certificate of Fitness license exam is an open-book test?

ANSWER: The electrical licensing exam is a very challenging test and usually requires a month or more of preparation to pass.

The 2020 NEC is a large and complex publication containing over 800 pages of code. It is challenging to locate each correct article and answer in the time allowed during the exam without thorough preparation.

Our course is designed to familiarize you with the 2020 NEC. You will know precisely how to find the correct answers in the code when you take your exam.

We prepare you to successfully pass your exam by providing extensive knowledge of the structure of the code and by thoroughly covering each subject appearing on your Alaska Certificate of Fitness License Exam.

QUESTION: Why is a copy of the 2020 NEC required by this course?

ANSWER: The Alaska Certificate of Fitness Journeyman and Residential Journeyman License Exam is based on the 2020 NEC. This course is an excellent study companion to the Code. This course makes frequent references to code sections and guides you through the exam topics.

The Electrical Licensing Exam is an open-book code exam. To pass, you must continuously reference the 2020 National Electrical Code.

General Information Links:

• Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development Website
• Electrician Licensee Search Tool:
  Check Electrician Certification Status

Electrician Applications:

• Alaska Certificate of Fitness Application

The Alaska Electrical Certificate of Fitness exams are selected randomly from a database of thousands of potential questions. Memorizing answers is not the path to passing your exam!

If you understand how to locate exam answers in your 2020 NEC codebook, you should be able to answer 100% of these practice questions correctly.

We teach you how to navigate your codebook & pass your exam quickly. “Master The Code, Master The Exam!“

Use the 2020 (NEC) National Electrical Code) to solve these Alaska Certificate of Fitness practice questions.

Alaska Residential Electrician Certificate of Fitness Practice Test

OR

Alaska Journeyman Electrician Certificate of Fitness