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Code IJE

Industrial Journeyman Electrician Wisconsin: IJE Rules

This is the license for an electrician who works inside one company's plant rather than on construction sites. It asks for five years rather than four, and its scope stops at the property line of the business that employs you.

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  1. The scope, and where it stops
  2. The two routes in
  3. The exam and the fees
  4. Renewal, continuing education and the re-examination rule
  5. The three month document clock
  6. No reciprocity route exists
  7. How many hold it
  8. Questions people ask
  9. What this page cites

The scope, and where it stops

Form 3105 describes the work as "within the facilities or properties of the business establishment where the person is employed," with supervision exceptions for other work.

That is a different kind of limit from the residential grade. Residential is limited by occupancy, industrial is limited by employer. Change jobs and the scope moves with you, but it never covers work for anybody else's premises on its own.

The two routes in

SPS 305.443 sets the experience route at "at least 1,000 hours per year of experience for at least 5 years in industrial electrical wiring work," with education credited at "500 hours of experience, with no more than 2,000 hours and 2 years of experience through education being credited."

The alternative is completing an industrial electrical apprenticeship. Form 3105, Rev. 8/14/2024, requires a "certificate of completion from the Wisconsin Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards" for that route.

DWD publishes an Industrial Electrician apprenticeship occupation page alongside its construction electrician page, which is the program behind that certificate.

The exam and the fees

The industrial journeyman examination is open book with a passing score of 70 percent, four hours of seat time and a Pearson VUE candidate fee of $95.00. Table 305.02 sets $35 to apply, $30 for the state examination fee and $100 for the license.

The permitted materials PDF prints the same three item list for this exam as for the others, with one oddity: a stray "2017" printed after "SPS 316" on item 1. It is a typesetting slip in the document rather than a separate rule.

Renewal, continuing education and the re-examination rule

Four year term, expiring June 30, renewal fee $100.00. Continuing education is "at least 18 hours of acceptable continuing education prior to the expiration date of the license" under SPS 305.443.

The industrial section carries the same re-examination rule as the journeyman section. A licensee who never passed the examination, and who is refused renewal for missing the hours, has to take and pass the examination to get the license back.

The three month document clock

Form 3105 carries a deadline worth diarising. Where DSPS requests additional documents, they "must be uploaded within three (3) months from the date they were requested," failing which the applicant resubmits and repays the fee.

Form 3112, the residential master form, carries the same sentence. Neither fee is refundable: SPS 305.02 says fees "for licenses, certifications, registrations, and enrollment and for processing examinations shall not be refundable."

No reciprocity route exists

Form 3105 contains no reciprocity category. Our source file records the position as "No reciprocity category exists; only two pathways are offered," which are the experience route with examination and the apprenticeship route.

An industrial electrician moving into Wisconsin qualifies here on hours or on an apprenticeship, the same as anybody else.

How many hold it

The DSPS count file, as of 06/01/2026, gives 770 in state active industrial journeymen, 437 in state inactive, and 1,474 in total across in state and out of state records.

It is the third largest licensed electrician grade in Wisconsin, well behind journeyman and master and well ahead of the two residential grades.

Questions people ask

What is an industrial journeyman electrician in Wisconsin?

A licensed electrician whose work sits within the facilities or properties of the business establishment that employs them, with supervision exceptions for other work. The code on the license is IJE.

How many years for a Wisconsin industrial journeyman license?

At least 1,000 hours per year for at least five years in industrial electrical wiring work, under SPS 305.443, or completion of an industrial electrical apprenticeship.

What proof does the apprenticeship route need?

Form 3105 requires a certificate of completion from the Wisconsin Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards, which sits inside the Department of Workforce Development.

How much continuing education does an industrial journeyman owe?

At least 18 hours before the expiration date of the license, under SPS 305.443, across a four year term ending June 30.

Can an industrial journeyman work on construction sites?

The license scope is the employer's own facilities and properties, with supervision exceptions for other work. For general construction work the grade to hold is the journeyman license.

Does Wisconsin reciprocate an industrial electrician license?

No. Form 3105 has no reciprocity category and offers only the experience route and the apprenticeship route.

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The Wisconsin examinations are open book, and the allowance is a generous one: the code book or handbook, one binder holding SPS 305, SPS 316 and printed notes, and up to two bound reference books. The DSPS exam pages still name the 2017 National Electrical Code, DSPS expects its exam updates to be completed by 1 October 2026, and the trade press reports the questions changing from that date. The field code, SPS 316, went to the 2023 edition on 1 September 2026, so for one month the book you work to and the book you test on are different.

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