Oklahoma Limited Electrical Contractor

One PSI trade exam of 100 questions in 4 hours, open book, and you need 70%. PSI prints the same 13 areas, question counts and references for it as for the Unlimited Electrical Contractor exam: services, feeders and branch circuits, grounding and bonding, installation requirements, special occupancies, lighting and signs and general electrical knowledge at 10 questions each, down to low voltage at 2.

A contractor license for people who run electrical work without doing it. A limited electrical contractor may not do journeyman work or perform or supervise field work (OAC 158:40-7-4), so the license suits electrical engineers, estimators and project managers who qualify an electrical firm.

The 2023 NEC as adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission (OUBCC), which Oklahoma exams have used since December 14, 2024. Two Oklahoma amendments change answers: listed HVAC equipment keeps its exemption from the outdoor-outlet GFCI rule in 210.8(F) with no expiration date, and an added 422.16(B)(5) lets a gas-fired central furnace in a dwelling be cord-and-plug connected with a cord no longer than 9 feet. None of the informative annexes is adopted. OUBCC's 2026 NEC Technical Review Committee began meeting on September 9, 2026, but no adoption or effective date has been set. When Oklahoma moved to the 2023 NEC, CIB gave a 90-day testing grace period before the exams switched.

Yes, with three books: the 2023 NEC (no NEC Handbook and no spiral-bound copies), 29 CFR 1926 (the OSHA construction standards, or PSI's selections from them) and Ugly's Electrical References, any edition. Highlighting, underlining and permanent tabs are allowed; writing in the books is not. Bring a silent, non-programmable calculator.

Yes. Every Oklahoma electrical contractor license takes two passed portions: this trade exam and the separate 50-question Electrical Business and Law exam, each at 70%. A passed portion stays good for three years from the date CIB approves you to test; after that you retake both. If you already hold an Oklahoma electrical contractor license and passed Business and Law for it, a new contractor category does not require it again.

PSI charges $92 per portion, so $184 for the trade exam and Business and Law together. You need 70% on each. After a failed attempt you wait 30 days before any electrical exam, and no attempt limit is stated. Up to 10 unscored experimental questions may be added, and their time does not count against you.

CIB charges a $30 contractor application fee and $300 for the initial license (Senate Bill 1732 raises the initial contractor license to $480 from July 1, 2028). An active license also needs a $5,000 license bond, a general liability certificate of at least $50,000 combined single limit with CIB as certificate holder, and proof of workers' compensation coverage or an exemption. Without them CIB issues an inactive contractor license, which lets you work as a journeyman but not contract.

Every year, by the last day of your birth month: $200, or $300 if you renew more than 30 days late. You need 12 hours of continuing education every 3 years, 6 of them on the codes OUBCC adopts, and you are exempt for the first 3 years after passing your exam. From November 1, 2026, a license expired for more than a year can be reinstated without retesting by paying the renewal fee and a $200 penalty and completing the missed continuing education.

You must be 18 or older and have either an electrical engineering degree from an accredited college plus 8,000 hours (4 years) of commercial or industrial experience in field construction, estimating or project management, or 16,000 hours (8 years) of commercial or industrial experience performing electrical work, estimating or project management.

The questions come from the same pool, because PSI publishes one outline for both exams: the same 13 areas, the same counts and the same references. The two licenses differ in who may apply and what work they allow, not in what the trade exam covers.

Oklahoma's published reciprocity agreements cover journeyman licenses: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming, for a license earned by exam and held at least a year. A contractor who qualifies under a written contractor agreement is first licensed as a journeyman and becomes a contractor after passing the Oklahoma Business and Law exam and filing the bond and insurance. From a state with no agreement, CIB may approve exam equivalency, which waives this trade exam but not Business and Law.