Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota Electrical Commission

Licensing & Renewals

The web portal for the Electrical Commission will be offline starting Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, due to technical difficulties. Please contact our office for assistance with new applications or renewals at 605.773.3573 or electrical@state.sd.us.

Experience Requirements

After completing four years (for a total of 8,000 hours) as an apprentice working under the employment and supervision of an electrical contractor, you will be ready to write the journeyman's exam.

It will then take another two years as a journeyman (with a total of 4,000 hours of additional work under a contractor, including a minimum of 2,000 hours of commercial work) to write the electrical contractor's exam.

Experience hours must be licensed in order for your working time to count toward the hours required to take the exams.

Anyone who holds a license or registration with the State of South Dakota must have the required continuing education hours in order to renew his or her license or registration. Licensees are required to attain 16 hours of continuing education (a minimum of 8 code hours) due by the time you send in your renewal or by June 30 whichever is sooner.

For questions on license renewal, please email.


Other Forms for Licensees

If you are applying for an electrical contractor or class b electrician license, you will also need to fill out and submit the Bond Application at the below link.

Electrical Contractor and Class B Electricians' Bond Application (fillable PDF that must be printed and notarized before uploading.


Submitting Payments for Applications

If you have submitted your application online and selected check or money order as your payment type, you will need to mail in your payment to the following address before you application will be processed:

    

South Dakota Electrical Commission
    217 W. Missouri Ave.
    Pierre SD 57501