Texas Electrical Continuing Education
Our Texas continuing education courses are approved by the TDLR to meet your electrical CE requirements (TDLR Approved Provider #1883).
Take the continuing education to renew your TX electricians license today. All of our courses can be completed At Your Pace Online to help you meet the state's requirements to maintain your license. Once you finish your class we will report your course completion to the state for you.
TX 2023 NEC Changes Part 1
4h course
This online course reviews the first 25 of the 75 most important changes to the 2023 National Electrical Code. Changes from Section 100 through 210.70 will be covered. The course also covers safety per the 2021 NFPA 70E and Texas laws and rules per Chapters 73 and 1305.
Texas 4 Hour 2020 NEC Review - Sign Electrical
4h course
This course designed to fulfill all continuing education requirements for licensed Sign electricians in Texas, including a detailed look at every change made to the 2020 NEC in Article 600 [Electric Signs and Outline Lighting] and a survey of changes to other 2020 NEC codes of relevant to sign electricians, a review of Texas Statutes related to electricians, and a class covering changes to the 2015 NFPA 70E (Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace).
TX 2023 NEC Changes Part 3
4h course
This online course reviews the last 25 of the 75 most important changes to the 2023 National Electrical Code. Changes from Section 517.22 through Annex C will be covered. The course also covers safety per the 2021 NFPA 70E and Texas laws and rules per Chapters 73 and 1305.
TX 2023 NEC Changes Part 2
4h course
This online 2023 NEC course for Texas reviews the middle 25 of the 75 most important changes to the 2023 National Electrical Code. Changes from Section 210.70 through 517.20 will be covered. The course also covers safety per the 2021 NFPA 70E and Texas laws and rules per Chapters 73 and 1305.
Texas Electrical License Renewal
Since Texas electricians need to renew their licenses annually, it’s a process you want to stay on top of. While other states give electrical licensees several years between renewals, you need to make sure you complete yours each year.
What, exactly, does that entail? If you’re wondering how to renew an electrical license in Texas, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s the how-to for apprentices, journeymen, masters, and sign electricians.
How to renew my apprentice electrician license
Each year, your license expires on the date it was initially issued. To prevent that, you need to do three things for apprentice electrician license renewal:
- Complete your apprentice electrician continuing education. You need four hours during each renewal cycle. Fortunately, you can take these hours from a TDLR-approved online education provider, meaning you can do them from your computer, phone, or tablet whenever it’s convenient for you.
- Complete the online renewal application. Here’s the link to the webpage to start the process. You’ll need your license number and social security number to log in.
- Pay the renewal fee. It’s just $20 for apprentice electrician license renewal.
If you have an electrical sign apprentice license, the process is pretty much the same, but you’ll use this link for your online renewal application.
How to renew my journeyman electrician license
You might think that the journeyman electrician license renewal process would be more involved because of the higher level of licensure. Actually, though, the TDLR pretty much requires the same amount of work from you. To renew each year, you need to:
- Get 4 electrician continuing education hours. Again, you can take these online and at your own pace. If you choose online CE, just make sure it’s from a TDLR-approved provider.
- Send in your online renewal application. Here’s your link to start the process. You’ll need your social security and license number.
- Pay the renewal fee. This is really the only part of the process that differs. While apprentices only owe $20 each year, you’ll pay $30 for journeyman electrician license renewal.
If you’re a journeyman sign, industrial, or lineman electrician, you need the same CE hours and pay the same $30 fee. But your link to the online renewal application is different, so here you go:
Journeyman sign electrician renewal
Journeyman industrial electrician renewal
Journeyman lineman renewal
Master electrician license renewal
By the time you reach master status, you probably already know how to renew an electrical license. But to make your life easier, here’s a quick recap of your steps:
- Complete your CE. Like all other electrical licensees, you need four hours of CE each year. You can take these online to knock them out as easily as possible.
- Send in the renewal application. Start the online renewal process here.
- Pay the renewal fee. For master electrician license renewal, you owe $45 each year.
Master sign electricians, you also need four CE hours and owe $45 for renewal. You can start your online renewal at this link.
For business license renewals, check out this TDLR page on electrical contractor license renewal.