What people come here for
Every page below is on this site, and every figure on it carries the board page, the rule or the bulletin it came from.
The path
- Florida Electrician License Questions - Answered, Cited
Florida electrician license questions answered in plain words: the county journeyman card, certified and registered contractors, hours, fees and the exam.
- Florida Electrical Apprentice - Registered Programs
A Florida electrical apprentice needs no state card. Here's how registered apprenticeship works, who runs it, and how it feeds the county journeyman card.
- How to Become an Electrician in Florida - Step by Step
How to become an electrician in Florida: get hired, train, log the hours, take a county journeyman card, then sit the state contractor exam. Costs and pay.
- Florida Electrician License - Requirements and the Path
A Florida electrician license means a DBPR contractor license, and journeyman cards come from counties. Every license, the experience and what it costs.
- Florida Electrician Hours and Experience - What Counts
Florida electrician experience rules run in two tracks: years for the state contractor exam, hours or an apprenticeship for the county journeyman card.
The licenses
- Florida Electrical Contractor License - EC and ER Rules
A Florida electrical contractor license is either certified for the whole state or registered for one jurisdiction. Experience, money, insurance and forms.
- Journeyman Electrician License Florida - County Cards
A journeyman electrician license in Florida comes from a county or city, not the state. The statute floor, cross county recognition and county rules.
- Florida Electrical License Types - EC, ER, ES and More
Florida electrical license types split into certified and registered, plus specialty categories. What each letter allows and where it lets you work.
Rules and money
- Florida Electrician Continuing Education - 11 Hours
Florida electrician continuing education runs 11 hours a cycle for electrical contractors and 7 for alarm and specialty, due before the August 31 renewal.
- Florida Electrician License Fees - Renewal and Dates
Florida electrician license fees, the August 31 renewal in even years, delinquent and inactive costs, plus what the counties charge for a journeyman card.
- Florida Electrician License Reciprocity - Endorsement
Florida electrician license reciprocity does not exist as an agreement. The board recognizes certain out of state exams for endorsement instead. The list.
- Florida Electrician License Lookup - DBPR Verification
A Florida electrician license lookup runs through DBPR's own search. What to type, what the prefixes mean, and where county journeyman cards are checked.
The exam
- Florida Electrical Contractor Exam Questions Answered
Twenty questions about the Florida electrical contractor exam and the code, each answered short and cited to the department, the statutes or the vendor.
- Florida Alarm Systems I Exam - 100 Questions, 5 Hours
The Florida Alarm Systems I exam is 100 questions in five hours, open book, 75 percent to pass, with NFPA 72, NFPA 780 and the 2023 NEC on the list.
- Florida Alarm Systems II Exam - Burglar Alarm Scope
The Florida Alarm Systems II exam is 100 questions in five hours, open book, 75 percent to pass, for the burglar alarm only EG license.
- Florida Electrical Exam Book Rules - Tabs and Binding
Florida electrical exam book rules: permanent tabs are allowed, removable tabs and sticky notes are not, and printed PDF references have to be bound.
- Florida Business Exam for Contractors - 50 Questions
The Florida business exam for electrical contractors is 50 questions in two and a half hours, open book, and needs 75 percent to pass.
- Florida Electrical Contractor Exam - 100 Questions
The Florida electrical contractor exam is 100 questions in five hours, open book, 75 percent to pass, with the 2023 NEC on the approved reference list.
- Florida County Journeyman Electrician Exams Explained
Florida has no state journeyman exam. Counties run their own proctored exams, and section 489.5335 sets a 75 percent floor plus hours or an apprenticeship.
- Florida Electrical Contractor Exam Content - by Area
What the Florida electrical contractor exam covers: a technical paper, a business paper, and the reference list that stands in for a syllabus.
- Florida Lighting Maintenance Specialty Exam - Format
The Florida lighting maintenance specialty exam is 100 questions in five hours, open book, 75 percent to pass, on the 2023 NEC and two sign titles.
- Florida Limited Energy Specialty Exam - Format, Books
The Florida Limited Energy Specialty exam is 100 questions in five hours, open book, 75 percent to pass, with the NTC Blue Book and the 2023 NEC listed.
- Florida Residential Electrical Contractor Exam Format
The Florida residential electrical contractor exam is 100 questions in five hours, open book, 75 percent to pass, on the 2023 NEC plus the business paper.
- Failed the Florida Electrical Exam - Retakes Explained
Florida electrical exam retakes: three attempts on the business section, a new authorization after each technical failure, and a $67.25 retake fee.
- Florida Sign Specialty Electrical Exam - 100 Questions
The Florida sign specialty electrical exam is 100 questions in five hours, open book, 75 percent to pass, with sign structure and neon titles on the list.
- Florida Electrical Exam Day - ID, Timing and Check In
What to bring to the Florida electrical contractor exam: two signature IDs, one government issued, your authorization notice and your own bound books.
- Florida Utility Line Electrical Exam - Format and Books
The Florida utility line electrical exam is 100 questions in five hours, open book, 75 percent to pass, and it's the only area that carries the NESC.
- Which NEC Edition Is on the Florida Exam - 2023 Book
The Florida electrical contractor exam references the 2023 NEC, listed as RN9, and the 2026 edition is scheduled to take over on August 21, 2027.
The code
- Florida Building Code 9th Edition - Where It Stands Now
The Florida Building Code 9th Edition (2026) is built on the 2024 International Codes, and the Commission's process page prints no effective date yet.
- Florida Electrical Code Amendments - The Local Rules
Florida electrical code amendments are local. The Commission's matrix records pool lighting limits in Broward and Miami-Dade, and a Pinellas raceway rule.
- Florida Electrical Code - Which Edition Applies in 2026
The Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), took effect December 31, 2023, and it's where the National Electrical Code is adopted, in Chapter 27.
Study
- Florida Electrical Exam Study Plan - Six Weeks, Cited
A six week study plan for the Florida electrical contractor exam, built around an open book paper, the 2023 NEC and three minutes a question.
- Florida Electrician Practice Questions - Free, by Topic
Free Florida electrician practice questions by topic, with the working and the code section on every miss, plus a timed practice test and the $79 bank.
- Florida Electrician Exam Tools - Calculators and Labs
Free Florida electrician exam tools: eight calculators, six games, four labs and five drills that show the working, plus an eligibility calculator.
Your city
What a person in each of these eight cities does to get licensed, the training programs there, the nearest test center and the local wage.
- Jacksonville FL Electrician License - Classes and Cards
A Jacksonville electrician license means a DBPR contractor license plus a city certificate of competency. Training, the exam and Jacksonville pay.
- Miami FL Electrician License - Classes and County Cards
A Miami electrician license runs through Miami-Dade's Construction Trades Qualifying Board plus the state DBPR license. Cards, classes, exams and pay.
- Tampa FL Electrician License - Classes and County Cards
A Tampa electrician license means the state DBPR license plus, if you want it, a Hillsborough County journeyman certificate. Training, exams and pay.
- Orlando FL Electrician License - Classes and State Rules
An Orlando electrician license is a state DBPR license, since Orange County issues no journeyman card. Registration, training around Orlando and pay.
- St. Petersburg FL Electrician License - PCCLB and Classes
A St. Petersburg electrician needs PCCLB certification to work in Pinellas County, plus the state license to contract. Rules, classes, exams and pay.
- Hialeah FL Electrician License - Miami-Dade Card Rules
A Hialeah electrician license runs on Miami-Dade County rules plus the state DBPR license. The county card, where to train nearby, exams and local pay.
- Tallahassee FL Electrician License - Classes and Exams
A Tallahassee electrician license is the state DBPR license, issued from the board's own city. Local classes, the exam, county questions and area pay.
- Fort Lauderdale FL Electrician License - Broward Cards
A Fort Lauderdale electrician license means a Broward County certificate of competency plus the state DBPR license. Rules, classes, exams and local pay.
Hands-on labs
In a lab you drag the conductor, turn the dial or drop conductors into a box, and the page answers with the number it just changed and the code section behind it. All four are free and none of them asks for an account.
- Conduit bending simulator
Offsets, saddles and 90s, worked live.
- Switch wiring lab
3-way and 4-way, drag the wires.
- Box fill lab
Drop conductors in and watch it fill.
- Grounding electrode lab
Build it, bond it, size the GEC.
How it works
- Sit thirty questions against the clock. The practice test is timed and scored by content area. Thirty questions are free, they run with no account and no network, and every miss comes back with the arithmetic worked out and the section named.
- Work the area you lost. The score report names the area you are weakest in. Practice questions by topic holds 54 topics with 25 questions each, free.
- Open the bank when the free set runs out. $79 once opens the other 470 questions and the seven remaining rungs of the calculation ladder. One payment, no subscription, no account, and no email address on file with us.
Thirty free questions, timed, with the working shown
Every miss comes back with the arithmetic worked out and the code section named, so you learn the trap and not just the answer. No account.
All questions here are original. They are not actual exam questions, and no question bank can promise you a pass.
What this page cites
- DBPR Electrical Contractors The certified and registered license types and what each one allows. source
- Section 489.5335, Florida Statutes Journeyman licensing in Florida is county and city law, not state law. source
- Electrical candidate information booklet Question counts, five hour papers, the 75 percent pass mark and the tabbing rules. source
- Approved reference list NFPA 70 at the 2023 edition, with a 2026 edition dated 21 August 2027. source
The 2023 to 2026 section crosswalk maps every section that moved, both directions, $29 once.