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Los Angeles County
Long Beach CA Electrician License: Classes and Exams
Long Beach sits in Los Angeles County, so the county's rules and the county's training reach it. The college in town is on the state approved list, and the certification card comes from the state.
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The license a Long Beach electrician needs
The card comes from the state, not the city. The Department of Industrial Relations certifies electricians in five classifications, and an electrician who makes connections of greater than 100 volt amps for a C-10 contractor holds one of those cards or a trainee registration.
Contracting is the other half. The Contractors State License Board issues the C-10 Electrical license to the business, on four years of journey level experience and two exams of its own.
The county layer
Long Beach is in Los Angeles County, and the county runs one registration of its own. Los Angeles County Public Works issues a Certificate of Registration as a Maintenance Electrician for an electrician permanently employed by a firm to work on that firm's own premises, on two years of experience with that firm and with no exam described. It expires on June 30 biennially in even numbered years, and the contact is (626) 458-3170.
The fee appears twice in county material, at $222.10 on the certification page and $305.26 in the 2026 County of Los Angeles Electrical Code. Ask which applies to your situation, and ask the county whether the registration reaches work inside city limits.
That county code adopts the 2025 California Electrical Code by reference, effective January 1, 2026.
Where to train in Long Beach
- Long Beach City College, Trades, Technology and Community Learning Campus, 1305 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, CA 90806. The Electrical Technology program is built so that a student can install, maintain and repair electrical equipment and systems safely, and it offers Certificates of Achievement, Certificates of Completion and Associate in Science degrees in Automation Technician, network installation, General Industrial Electrician, High Voltage Test Technician, Solar Installation and Maintenance, and Traffic Signal Technician. The college states that it is California Division of Apprenticeship Standards Approved School #101 and that students may register to take the electrician certification exam on completion.
- California Electrical Training Inc., school #151, 3301 E. Hill St. Suite 408, Signal Hill, CA 90755, is the nearest other approved trainee school.
- The union route runs through the county. The Electrical Training Institute at 6023 S. Garfield Ave in Commerce takes applications for the IBEW Local 11 apprenticeship in windows during 2026 on January 5, April 6, July 6 and October 5 to 9, staying open until 2,000 applications are received.
The State of California approves those schools. This site is not one of them, and nothing published here counts as trainee instruction or toward the 32 renewal hours.
Where the exams are given
The certification exam is delivered by CPS HR Consulting through Pearson VUE for exams on or after June 1, 2026. Candidates receive an authorization to test by email and pick a site inside the Pearson VUE scheduling system, and neither the Candidate Information Bulletin nor the state test information page publishes a list of California test center cities.
The nearest contractor test centers on the Board's list are Carson and Lawndale, with El Monte and Santa Fe Springs, Diamond Bar and Irvine a little further out. Both contractor exams are closed book and run 3 and a half hours each.
What the work pays around Long Beach
Long Beach has no separate metro area in the wage tables; it sits inside Los Angeles, Long Beach and Anaheim. The median there is $35.49 an hour and $73,810 a year, from O*NET OnLine citing Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data, against a state median of $36.62 and $76,160.
The Bureau's May 2025 release for the same metro puts construction and extraction occupations at 3.0 percent of local employment and $37.07 mean hourly, across the whole group.
Your next move in Long Beach
Long Beach City College is the local classroom route, and it is on the state approved list, so enrollment there supports a trainee registration.
Get the C-10 employer lined up first. Hours worked for anyone else do not count toward the 8,000 the General Electrician certification asks for.
Questions people ask
Does Long Beach have its own electrician license?
No city electrician license appears in the sources cited on this page. The certification card comes from the Department of Industrial Relations, and Los Angeles County runs a separate maintenance electrician registration.
Is Long Beach City College state approved for electrician trainees?
The college states that it is California Division of Apprenticeship Standards Approved School #101, and that students may register to take the electrician certification exam on completion of the program.
What does Long Beach City College offer?
Certificates of Achievement, Certificates of Completion and Associate in Science degrees in Automation Technician, network installation, General Industrial Electrician, High Voltage Test Technician, Solar Installation and Maintenance, and Traffic Signal Technician.
Where do I take the exam near Long Beach?
Carson and Lawndale are the nearest contractor test centers on the Board's list. The state certification exam is scheduled inside the Pearson VUE system, which publishes no California city list.
How do I join the union apprenticeship from Long Beach?
Through the Electrical Training Institute in Commerce, which handles IBEW Local 11 applications. Its 2026 windows are January 5, April 6, July 6 and October 5 to 9, and applications stay open until 2,000 are received.
What do electricians earn in Long Beach?
Long Beach sits inside the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Anaheim area, where the median is $35.49 an hour and $73,810 a year, from O*NET OnLine citing Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data.
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What this page cites
- Long Beach City College electrical technology Describes the program, its credentials and its state approved school number. source
- LA County maintenance electrician registration Sets the county certificate, its experience rule, its expiration and its fee. source
- 2026 County of Los Angeles Electrical Code Adopts the 2025 California Electrical Code by reference and prints its own registration fee. source
- CSLB examination FAQ Lists Carson and Lawndale among the contractor test centers and sets the exam rules. source
- O*NET OnLine local wages, 47-2111 Metro median wages for electricians, citing Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data. source
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