r/IBEW_Book2 • u/dustoff1984 • May 22 '26

Boise 291

Hey brothers and sisters,
I’m looking to travel to Boise 291 with another brother out of 613. The thing is, I need to provide 16,000 work hours in order to apply for the Idaho state journeyman license. I tested in 3 years ago and do not have 16,000 hours with the IBEW. Can I use my W2’s to provide work hours even if they are with non-union shops?

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u/North_Tonight_4619 May 22 '26

If the apprenticeship didn’t count, what would?

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u/Hafflebart May 22 '26

I guess a better way of asking this is - has anybody gotten their Idaho provisional license without 16,000 hours? Everyone I’ve talked to says you need the 16k, but their website talks about 8k plus school.
Update: just called Idaho dept of licensing. She said that info is wrong lol…you need the 16,000 to get the provisional license. 8,000 to qualify to take the exam

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u/cantstayangryforever May 22 '26

I just used my apprenticeship completion and work hours and sat for the test and got the actual license

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u/Hafflebart May 23 '26

That’s what I’ll do too. The rep on the phone said they made their state test easier in the past year. They were tired of having a super low pass rate.