North Carolina splits their Building Inspector License into three different levels:
| Primary Experience |
% of Hours Accepted |
|---|---|
| Journeyman electrician or electrician mechanic | 100 |
| Electrical Foreman | 100 |
| Electrical General Foreman | 100 |
| Electrical Superintendent | 100 |
| Electrical General Superintendent | 100 |
| Estimator for licensed electrical contractor | 100 |
| Electrical Inspector recognized as such by the State Dept. of Insurance | 100 |
| Time spent by a professional engineer who is responsible for follow-up project supervision, beyond the point of delivery, in electrical engineering, design consulting |
100 |
| Full-time instructor teaching National Electric Code, NFPA 72 and related electrical courses at a college, university, community college, technical institute, high school or vocational school |
80 |
| Maintenance journeyman electrician or electrician mechanic employed in a full time electrical maintenance department |
100 |
| Time actually spent in electrical maintenance by a maintenance journeyman electrician or electrician mechanic regularly employed in other than a full-time electrical maintenance department |
100 |
| Military person holding an electrician rating or rank of at least E-4 who is engaged in land based electrical installations similar to or equivalent to work performed by an electrical contractor. |
100 |
| Time actually spent in part-time or incidental work in any primary experience category | 100 |
| Time actually spent installing or maintaining fire alarm/low voltage systems | 100 |
| Time as a holder of NICET certification on NFPA 72 Level I, II, III or IV applicable to Fire Alarm Low- Voltage only | 100 |
| Secondary Experience | % of Hours Accepted |
|---|---|
| Apprentice electrician training in an apprentice program approved by the NC Community College System |
100 |
| Time spent as an apprentice electrician or helper | 80 |
| Time actually spent in electrical maintenance by a maintenance apprentice or electrician helper regularly employed in other than a full-time electrical maintenance department |
80 |
| Student satisfactorily completing National Electrical Code and related electrical courses at a college, university, community college, technical institute, high school or vocational school |
50 |
| Time spent by a professional engineer who is not responsible for the follow-up project supervision, beyond the point of delivery, in electrical engineering, design, or consulting |
50 |
| Electrical construction design under the supervision of a professional engineer | 50 |
| Sales representative for an electrical wholesaler, distributor, or manufacturer | 20 |
| Appliance service and repair | 20 |
| Electric utility lineman | 10 |
| Electric utility serviceman |
20 |