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South Dakota Electrical Commission

Continuing Education

Continuing Education Applications

Continuing Education Requirements

Continuing Education Opportunities

Related South Dakota Administrative Rules - See our Laws and Rules page

Applications

Online or Correspondence Continuing Education Application

If you are interested in presenting a continuing education course, use the Instructor and Course Application. Courses are approved on a date basis only.

Continuing Education Requirements

To renew your license (every even year) you must have at least 16 hours of continuing education. Eight hours must be code-related. The remaining eight hours may be non-code.

Please note the Commission is no longer keeping track of your continuing education hours. Licensees are required to retain their copies of certificates of completion. The licensee will check the box on the renewal form stating they have attained the required continuing education to renew. Any licensee may be selected for an audit in the future. Failure to provide the appropriate documentation during the audit may result in disciplinary action. (Disciplinary action includes a fine; suspension, revocation, refusal to issue a license; or limit the scope of practice.) Starting with the biannual ending 6/30/2022 the commission will request the certificates be submitted when a licensee applies for the next level of licensure(you are not required to submit with renewal form). So, keep your certificates ladies and gentlemen. Documentation prior to the 6/30/22 biannual will be kept on file at the Commission (classes remitted to the commission and taken prior to 6/30/20). A licensee will be required to submit 3 renewal cycles of continuing education for an audit and all the continuing education earned during their supervised experience utilized when applying for the next level of licensure. Please do not contact the Commission inquiring on how many education hours you have or how to submit certificates. 

Important Reminder

The South Dakota Electrical Commission plans to move forward with renewal and the continuing education requirements without change. Licensees are required to attain 16 hours of continuing education by the time of renewal or by June 30, whichever is sooner. A minimum of eight hours are required to be on the National Electric Code. In addition, only eight hours are allowed to be pre-approved correspondence or interactive online courses. Licensees are required to remit the certificate of completion to the Commission office once an online class has been completed.

PLEASE NOTE, due to the limitations on in-person events due to COVID-19 and the uncertainty it may cause over the next few months, the Commission will allow all continuing education hours to be gained online for the 2022 renewal cycle.

Please also note some local providers are preparing webinars in anticipation of this change, so please be sure to check with local providers

The South Dakota Electrical Commission will no longer provide the annual three-hour code classes.

Continuing Education Opportunities

South Dakota Electrical Council Chapters

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