Evansville City licensing panel approves master electrician application, clears scores of apprentice, journeyman and master licenses

The Evansville City licensing panel approved a master electrician application from an operator tied to the Mister Sparky franchise and voted to approve a slate of apprentice, journeyman and master-license applications during a regularly scheduled meeting (date not specified).

The approvals included a verbal vote to accept the application of Richard Turner, who said he has worked as a facilities manager at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and for General Motors and indicated he will test to qualify a Mister Sparky franchise in the Evansville area. The panel also approved multiple apprentice and journeyman applications, several master licenses, and three continuing-education courses. Separately, a board member moved, and the members approved, a prohibition on receiving signature attachments submitted as separate documents with applications.

The meeting mattered to local contractors and training programs because it cleared new entrants to local electrical work and set administrative policies for future applications. Approvals and policy changes affect apprenticeship pipelines, permit applicants and firms that hire licensed electricians.

Panel members asked for clarifications about Turner’s work history, who held the master licenses under which he worked, and where he took licensing tests. Turner said he worked under several now-deceased master electricians,…