Arizona C-11 Electrical Contractor License: Requirements and How to Apply
What Arizona requires for a C-11 commercial or CR-11 dual electrical contractor license: the qualifying party, four years of experience, PSI's 110-question trade exam on the 2017 NEC, the Statutes and Rules Exam, fees and renewal.
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Arizona C-11 Electrical Contractor License: Requirements and How to Apply
Arizona has no state journeyman or master electrician license. The Registrar of Contractors (ROC) licenses the electrical contracting business, and each license names a qualifying party who has passed the exams. The C-11 Electrical (Commercial) license covers wiring and equipment under 600 volts, and the CR-11 dual license covers both commercial and residential work. Both are earned with the same PSI trade exam. Everything below comes from A.R.S. 32-1122, the Arizona Administrative Code (R4-9-106), ROC's licensing pages and PSI's Arizona bulletin and outlines.
Who takes the exams
The qualifying party is the person whose experience and exam scores qualify the business. To serve as one you need:
| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| Experience | Four years of practical or management experience in the trade, at least two of them in the past ten years |
| Training credit | Accredited technical training can count for up to two of the four years |
| Exams | PSI's C-11 trade exam plus ROC's Statutes and Rules Exam |
How to apply
- Pass the trade exam with PSI: $66, at a test center or with a remote proctor.
- Pass ROC's Statutes and Rules Exam: $61, an open-book online course and exam on Arizona contractor law.
- Apply to ROC within two years of passing, with your original score report.
- Pay the license fee: $580 for a commercial C-11 or $850 for a dual CR-11 license, for two years.
You can also qualify with the national NASCLA Accredited Electrical Contractor exam instead of the ROC trade exam; it is a different, 100-question exam on the 2020 or 2023 NEC.
The exam in brief
| Item | Arizona C-11 (CR-11) trade exam |
|---|---|
| Vendor | PSI, at test centers in Flagstaff, Glendale, Phoenix, Tempe and Tucson, any PSI center, or remote |
| Scored questions | 110 (PSI adds 5 to 10 unscored) |
| Time | 4 hours |
| Passing score | 70% (77 correct) |
| Format | Open book, computer-based |
| Code | 2017 NEC, plus NFPA 72 (2016) and 29 CFR 1926 |
Out-of-state contractors
Arizona has no reciprocity agreements. The Registrar may waive the trade exam if you held a comparable, exam-based license in another state within the past five years, but the Statutes and Rules Exam still applies.
Renewal
Licenses renew every two years. Arizona requires no continuing education for contractor license renewal.
Practice for the exam
Our Arizona C-11 practice test is weighted like PSI's C-11 outline, and every question cites the 2017 NEC section you would look up on test day.
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