New Hampshire Master Electrician

One computer exam of 126 questions in 300 minutes (5 hours), open book, and you need 70%. It covers the same code areas as the journeyman exam, but 25 questions (about a fifth) are on New Hampshire’s licensing law: RSA 319-C and the Board’s rules Elec 100-400.

You must hold the journeyman qualification: pass the journeyman exam, then work 2,000 hours as a journeyman doing electrical installations before the Board lets you take the master exam (Elec 304.01(f)).

New Hampshire has long-standing agreements that recognize master licenses from Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts. Its NERA membership covers journeymen only. Confirm with the Board before you apply.

The 2020 NEC. Prov’s forms are titled “Journeyman Electrician 2020” and “Master Electrician 2020,” and both reference lists name the 2020 NEC. New Hampshire’s building code moved to the 2023 NEC on July 1, 2025 (RSA 155-A:1, as amended by HB 134), and the Board’s rule says code questions follow the adopted edition (Elec 305.01), so a 2023 form could follow. Prov has not announced one; check Prov’s bulletin before you test.

Yes. The journeyman list is the 2020 NEC (the 2023 NEC is also listed), Ugly’s Electrical References 2020, the American Electricians’ Handbook 17th edition, RSA 319-C with the Board’s rules Elec 300-400, and New Hampshire’s AFCI amendment documents. The master list is the 2020 NEC, Ugly’s 2020, the American Electricians’ Handbook and RSA 319-C with Elec 100-400. You may print the state law and rules yourself. Permanent tabs and pen highlighting are allowed; sticky notes, handwritten notes and pasted-in indexes are not.

Prov gives the exam by computer at four New Hampshire test centers (two in Concord, one in Nashua and one in Newington), at any other Prov center in the country, or from home with a remote proctor through Examroom.ai. You need the Electricians’ Board’s approval first; then you schedule with Prov online or at (801) 733-4455.

A $50 application fee to the Board (Elec 305.04, nonrefundable) and a $90 exam fee to Prov for each attempt. You can cancel or reschedule free up to three days before your exam; after that the fee is lost.

You need 70%, and Prov scores the exam as soon as you finish. If you fail, wait 30 days to retest; there is no limit on attempts. If you have not passed within a year of the Board receiving your application, you file a new application and pay the fees again (RSA 319-C:8).

New Hampshire’s licensing law: RSA 319-C and the Electricians’ Board rules. Expect questions on who must be licensed and the exceptions, apprentice supervision ratios, license qualifications, renewal, lapsed licenses, continuing education and discipline. The journeyman exam has 9 of these questions from Elec 300-400; the master exam has 25 and adds the Board’s organization and procedure rules (Elec 100-200).

Yes. Its amendments to the 2020 NEC delete some rules, such as surge protection at dwelling services (230.67) and GFCI for dwelling outdoor outlets (210.8(F)), and change others, such as which receptacles need GFCI protection (210.8(A) and (B)). State law also bars enforcing AFCI requirements beyond the 2014 NEC (RSA 155-A:2, XI). Prov’s list names the national code, so our code questions stay off the sections New Hampshire amends.

Every two years from the date your license was issued (Elec 401.01). Each time a new NEC edition is published, you must finish a 15-hour code-update course, with at least an hour on New Hampshire’s law and rules, within 12 months from the following January 1 (Elec 403.01). For the 2026 NEC that deadline is December 31, 2026.

Neither the Board nor Prov publishes pass rates for the New Hampshire electrician exams.