Sec. 3k.
(1) Subject to section 5(6) or (7), the department of labor shall issue a sign specialist's license to a person not less than 18 years of age who does all of the following:
(a) Files a completed application form provided by the department of labor.
(b) Pays the examination fee prescribed in section 3 and passes an examination provided for by the board and the department of labor.
(c) Pays the license fee prescribed in section 3.
(d) Has not less than 4,000 hours of experience, obtained over a period of not less than 2 years, related to the manufacture, installation, maintenance, connection, or repair of electric signs and related wiring as verified by a contractor licensed under this act who is the current employer of the applicant. The hours of experience may be obtained from multiple employers, and equivalent education as determined by the board may be substituted for work experience.
(e) Demonstrates the successful completion of a course concerning the installation, maintenance, connection, or repair of electric signs and related wiring as contained in the sign electrician's workbook published by the American technical publishers, inc. or any other course designed to address the installation, maintenance, connection, or repair of electric signs and related wiring, as approved by the board.
(2) Upon failure to pass the sign specialist examination 2 times within a period of 2 years, an applicant shall be ineligible to sit for another examination until he or she presents to the board proof of the successful completion of a course on code and electrical fundamentals approved by the board, in order to become eligible again to sit for an examination.
(3) As a condition of renewal of a sign specialist's license, the sign specialist shall demonstrate the successful completion of a course, approved by the board, concerning any update or change in applicable sections of the code within 12 months after the update or change in that code. This requirement applies only during or after those years that the code is updated or changed.
(4) A licensed master electrician, journeyman electrician, or apprentice electrician shall not be required to have a sign specialist's license to perform those work activities.
History: Add. 1992, Act 130, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1992
Last modified: October 10, 2016