[SBE] Certification

[chscherer at everestkc.net]

----- Original Message -----
From: Albert Muick <radioresearch_field_operations at yahoo.com>

> Has anyone ever seen any legal challenges to the electrical 

> boards' attempts

> to regulate  the electrical side of the broadcast industry?  I'm just

> wondering if they, nationally, could be coerced to recognize the 

> SBE cert either by wooing or legal action.  At the heart of most of these 

> "boards" is a valid effort to cut down on disasters, but there is a sideline 

> of feeding business to the licensed contractors in the state or county; after 

> all, the unions were big sponsors of these boards.


There have been a few municipalities that have stepped up enforcement of the non-electrician performing the work we do. The SBE has been involved in some of them, and has put forth that SBE certification should be considered an acceptable substitute for an electrician's license (or other requirement) for work at the broadcast facilities.

There was also a suggestion from Bill Sacks to the SBE to attempt to modify the National Electrical Code to provide a blanket approach. This idea was offered later in my term as SBE president, and I do not know where it stands now.