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Course Details

Description

Prepare for the National Standard Residential Electrician (ICC G18) Exam at Pearson VUE with our online exam prep course!

This exam prep course includes access to our online self-paced course with discussions of best practices for taking the exam, book highlighting instruction videos, practice quizzes, learning modules, and an exam simulator mirroring the features of the real exam.

Exam Overview

Exam Subject Areas

General Knowledge

- Electrical Theory and General Electrical Load Calculations, Code Definitions and Terms

12%

Services and Service Equipment

- Service Load Calculations

- Service Equipment & Service Conductors

- System Grounding and Bonding

 22%

Feeders

- Load Calculations

- Equipment Grounding

13%

Branch Circuits and Conductors:

- Branch Circuit Calculations

-  Required Outlets & GFCI/ AFCI Protection

- Overcurrent Protection

- Equipment Grounding

- Conductor

25%

Wiring Methods and Materials

- Raceway Installations

- Boxes and Enclosures

- Flexible Cords and Cables

13%

Equipment and Devices

- Luminaires

- Receptacles, Switches and Other Devices

-  Appliances and Other Equipment

8%

Special Occupancies, Equipment, and Conditions

- Swimming Pools and Similar Installations

- Low Voltage Circuits, Alarm & Similar Systems

7%

Applying for the Exam

Some licensing agencies may require you to apply through them prior to testing with ICC, while others may not. You should check with the licensing agency you are applying to for licensing requirements prior to registering for an examination.

You can find more information about the exam procedures on ICC's website. You can find the ICC Information Bulletin for the exam linked here.

Books Included

The exam is open-book. You may use the following approved references when taking the exam:

  1. NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, 2017 edition
  2. Ugly's Electrical Reference

We offer these books in a bundle linked here. We also offer pre-tabbed and highlighted books, containing all our course curriculum highlights and permanent pre-printed tabs that save you hours of preparing the books for your exam.

Additional Materials

The exam, administered by Pearson VUE and PRONTO, is open-book. You may bring the approved references into the exam, and reference manuals may be tabbed and highlighted. Tabs must be permanent adhesive tabs - removable tabs such as post-its are not allowed in the examination center. Tabs for the books allowed inside the exam are available here.

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