Electrician Licensing in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico licenses electricians territory-wide. The journeyman-level credential is the Expert Electrician License — Perito Electricista, issued by the Puerto Rico Department of State — Expert Electricians Examining Board (Junta Examinadora de Peritos Electricistas).
Source: Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget (Ley 115 de 1976), checked 2026-10-07
Page last reviewed 2026-10-01 against official sources; credential requirements checked 2026-09-05. Confirm with the issuing authority before applying.
How electrical licensing works in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s Department of State, through the Expert Electricians Examining Board (Junta Examinadora de Peritos Electricistas), issues individual electrical worker credentials. The system distinguishes the Aprendiz certificate, the Ayudante license and the Perito license. Apprentices and assistants work under a Colegio-member Perito’s supervision; the Perito has the broader professional scope.
The credential panels separate each authorization’s qualifications, examinations, charges and maintenance requirements. This page covers those three worker credentials. It does not inventory business registrations, municipal permits, engineering licenses or separate project approvals.
Credential-specific requirements
Requirements differ by credential. Expand any credential for the work or business activity you plan to perform. Issued by Puerto Rico Department of State — Expert Electricians Examining Board (Junta Examinadora de Peritos Electricistas) unless noted.
Apprentice Expert Electrician Certificate — Aprendiz de Perito Electricista Apprentice
- Issuing authority
- Puerto Rico Department of State — Expert Electricians Examining Board (Junta Examinadora de Peritos Electricistas) →
- Scope of work
- Entry-level authorization to assist a licensed, Colegio-member Perito Electricista under supervision. A Perito may have no more than nine authorized apprentices or assistants under immediate supervision. Applying for an examination does not authorize apprentice work.
- Experience or qualification
- At least 16 when applying. Provide high-school evidence or evidence of an approved electrical apprenticeship course, and certification from each supervising Colegio-member Perito. The current application also requires identification, an affidavit, medical and health certificates, ASUME compliance, and criminal-record documentation where applicable. Submit the complete supporting documentation within the administrator’s 60-day application window.
- Examination
- No examination is listed for issuance in Article 8(A) or the current apprentice application checklist.
- Initial fee
- $30 for the initial certificate, as currently listed by Didaxis. Supporting-document costs are separate.
- Renewal
- Two-year certificate; Didaxis lists $30 for renewal. Article 8(A) and the initial application say to file at least 30 days before expiration; the renewal page says the process opens 90 days before expiration and also uses a 90-day advance-filing instruction. Confirm the filing deadline with the Board. The Board may allow a 30-day late-renewal period with a $15 penalty; after it, a new application meeting all requirements is required. The renewal checklist again requires supervisor certification and current supporting documents.
- Official application
- Apply / forms →
Assistant Expert Electrician License — Ayudante de Perito Electricista Assistant
- Issuing authority
- Puerto Rico Department of State — Expert Electricians Examining Board (Junta Examinadora de Peritos Electricistas) →
- Scope of work
- Authorization for a skilled assistant working under a licensed, Colegio-member Perito Electricista. It does not confer the Perito’s independent scope. The supervising Perito may have no more than nine authorized apprentices or assistants under immediate supervision.
- Experience or qualification
- At least 18 when applying; high-school graduation plus at least 500 hours of general electricity with renewable energy at an eligible vocational or technological institution. Submit the official transcript broken down into hours. Current licensing instructions also require an affidavit, medical and health certificates, ASUME compliance, and criminal-record documentation. Older-study renewable-energy exemptions require Board confirmation because statutory and operational cutoff wording differ; see the guidance below.
- Examination
- Pass the assistant theoretical examination. Statutory topics include Ohm’s law, materials, professional laws and applicable electrical regulations. Didaxis requires the complete initial-license application within 90 business days after notification of the result; otherwise the result expires and reexamination is required.
- Initial fee
- $100 for the theoretical examination and $30 for the initial license, as currently listed by Didaxis. These are separate charges.
- Renewal
- Two-year license; Didaxis lists $30 for renewal. Law 102-2024 requires filing at least 30 days before expiration and permits the Board to grant up to 120 days after expiration with a $15 penalty. The current renewal page opens the process 90 days before expiration and also uses a 90-day advance-filing instruction; confirm the deadline with the Board. Applications after the grace period require qualification anew. The older 30-day assistant grace clause still visible in the consolidated law is superseded by the enacted amendment. Colegio membership and dues are separate from the Board’s renewal charge.
- Official application
- Apply / forms →
Expert Electrician License — Perito Electricista Electrician
- Issuing authority
- Puerto Rico Department of State — Expert Electricians Examining Board (Junta Examinadora de Peritos Electricistas) →
- Scope of work
- Individual authorization for diagnosis, maintenance, installation and repair of high- and low-voltage electrical systems and equipment in residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and similar settings, including AC/DC and renewable-energy installations. Colegio membership is required for professional practice. This worker license is distinct from business registration and project approvals.
- Experience or qualification
- Article 8(C) requires age 18, high-school graduation and Puerto Rico residency. The ordinary route requires an eligible general-electricity program with renewable energy and practice, or an accredited engineering program; either must contain at least 1,000 hours of study and practice. It also requires one year working as an assistant under a Colegio-member Perito. Didaxis requires an active assistant license when applying for and taking both exams, issued at least one year earlier. Its older-study route uses 800 hours and waives the assistant-license copy for qualifying pre-March-1993 candidates; confirm the exact cutoff and any experience-credit alternative with the Board. Medical, health, ASUME and criminal-record documents remain part of the application.
- Examination
- Pass both theoretical and practical examinations; Article 9 sets a minimum of 70% on each. A passed part expires after two years. The current license page also requires the completed application within 90 business days after result notification and warns that missed filing can invalidate results. Confirm how both deadlines apply to your results; do not assume two years is the application deadline.
- Initial fee
- $100 for the theoretical exam, $100 for the practical exam, and $60 for the initial license, as currently listed by Didaxis. Colegio dues and supporting-document charges are separate.
- Renewal
- Maintain Colegio membership and the applicable annual dues. The current Colegio law requires licensed Peritos to complete at least eight hours of electricity-related continuing education annually, subject to applicable exemptions and credit rules; approved outside-provider coursework is reported to the Colegio. A recurring Perito license expiration term and renewal fee were not established by the retrieved current instructions. Confirm current license status and any maintenance process directly with the Board and Colegio; do not apply the apprentice or assistant two-year term to this license.
- Official application
- Apply / forms →
Licensed in another state?
No reviewed route into Puerto Rico is listed yet. Ask Puerto Rico Department of State — Expert Electricians Examining Board (Junta Examinadora de Peritos Electricistas) how it treats a license from another state.
Supervision and professional membership
A Perito may supervise no more than nine authorized apprentices or assistants immediately. The apprentice is an entry-level worker; the assistant is a skilled helper. Neither label should be read as permission to perform the Perito’s work independently, and an examination application does not replace a worker certificate or license.
The Colegio de Peritos Electricistas is separate from the examining Board. The current Colegio law includes both licensed Peritos and Ayudantes as members, with annual dues. Its eight-hour annual continuing-education provision expressly names licensed Peritos. This page does not extend that numerical requirement to apprentices or assistants without verified support.
Older training and renewal differences
Didaxis describes an older-study route for expert applicants using 800 hours and an exception to the assistant-license documentation requirement. Its exam page uses a pre-March 6, 1993 cutoff, while the license page uses both “before March 1993” and “on or before March 1993.” Applicants near that boundary should have the Board confirm which route applies before paying.
Renewable-energy exemptions also need confirmation: the consolidated statute describes license applications on or before July 30, 2017, while current Didaxis instructions describe studies on or before that date. This page does not treat the two conditions as interchangeable.
For renewal, current apprentice and assistant pages use 90-day advance-filing language, while the law uses 30 days. Law 102-2024 specifically expanded the assistant’s possible late-renewal window to 120 days; it did not give apprentices that same window. The credential panels retain the differences. A possible late-renewal application window should not be assumed to authorize work with an expired credential.
Work and project boundaries
The licensing law separately addresses utility acceptance of electrical installations and certification by authorized professionals. A worker credential is not a complete checklist for a business or project. This page has no municipal-authority inventory and makes no claim that local approvals are unnecessary.
Article 11 authorizes the Board to establish reciprocal licensing arrangements when comparable conditions are met. That authority alone does not establish a current agreement with a particular state. Ask the Board about your existing credential before relying on a reciprocal route.
Before you apply
Use the current licensing and renewal directory and examination directory. The individual panels link to the relevant initial application instructions. The administrator requires complete supporting records and may impose short filing windows after examination results; review the checklist before paying.
For verification, use the administrator’s professional register. The public register entry point was checked, but this research did not run an individual license search. Contact the examining Board to resolve an older training history, a filing-date difference or the Perito license-maintenance process. This page was re-verified against didaxispr.com and the Puerto Rico Department of State on October 1, 2026.
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Cite this page
- Title
- Electrician Licensing in Puerto Rico
- URL
- https://tradesdir.com/electrical/licensing/puerto-rico
- Information checked
- 2026-10-01
Suggested citation: Electrician Licensing in Puerto Rico. Trades Directory. https://tradesdir.com/electrical/licensing/puerto-rico (information checked 2026-10-01).