License For Erie, Pa

Sparkymjm

I've been searching all over the internet for info on how to transfer my license from sc to pa. can any one help?

mdshunk

There is no electrical licensing for the state of PA.

Erie has their own licensing, which is covered here:

http://www.erie.pa.us/pdf/ordinances/I-UNIFORM.CON.pdf

Sparkymjm

Thank you for that, but it does not say any thing about transfering a license into the city . would you have a number to call?

mdshunk

I don't have any specific information related to Erie, but I can tell you generally how most local licenses in PA work. The fact that you have a license from another jurisdiction normally only makes you elegible to sit for their test. No direct transfer, in 99% of the cases. Many local jurisdictions only offer "their" test twice a year. I guess you should just Google up Eire's city hall and ring them up on Tuesday. I truly wish you the best of luck. PA has one screwed up licensing system. Myself, I have 14 seperate licenses at the moment. That's a lot of dough every year. I'm nowhere near Erie, so I can't help you out any better on that matter.

Magnettica

Wow, you have 14 licenses?!!

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Bkessler

You mean every city that requires a license has it's own test? in PA. That insane. I get PO because I need a business license in every city I work in in Socal. I have about 14 different business licenses at about 90 buck each average.

mdshunk

Yup. People on the internet try to get down on me because I live and work in PA, and try to tell me what hacks we must be for not having statewide licensing. They don't have a clue, do they?

mdshunk

Yes, that's exactly what I'm telling you. Mind you, not every jurisdiction has a licensing requirement. Indeed, I'd say that geographically, most of the state requires no license at all to do electrical work. When you get to a town or city of any decent size, then you need to get their license. Most of the hacks work out in the townships for this reason.

pudge565

Some areas in PA don't require you to take a test to be licensed some you just have to pay like 100 bucks.