Terms Used In Michigan Laws 339.5725

  • Apprentice electrician: means an individual other than an electrical contractor, master electrician, or electrical journeyman, who is engaged in learning about and assisting in the installation or alteration of electrical wiring and equipment under the direct personal supervision of an electrical journeyman or master electrician. See Michigan Laws 339.5701
  • Electrical contractor: means a person that is engaged in the business of erecting, installing, altering, repairing, servicing, or maintaining electrical wiring. See Michigan Laws 339.5701
  • Electrical journeyman: means an individual other than an electrical contractor who, as his or her principal occupation, is engaged in the practical installation or alteration of electrical wiring. See Michigan Laws 339.5701
  • License: includes the whole or part of a governmental permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of permission required under a specific article of this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
  • Master electrician: means an individual who has the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to supervise the installation of electrical wiring and equipment in accordance with the standard rules and regulations governing that work. See Michigan Laws 339.5703
  • Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or common law trust or a combination of those legal entities. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
  A person that holds a valid electrical contractor‘s license, master electrician‘s license, electrical journeyman‘s license, or apprentice electrician‘s registration is not required to hold any specialty licenses in order to perform specialty installations.