Sec.20-344-2. Types of licenses

The following licenses shall be issued by the board to qualified applicants:

(a) A service dealer certified electronics technician owner unrestricted license shall be issued to a person having passed black and white, color, and practical and oral examinations conducted by the board and having an established place of business who offers his services to the public, i.e., any person who for another and for a fee or other valuable consideration or with the intention, or expectation, or upon the promise, of receiving a fee or other valuable consideration, engages in the business of maintaining, repairing and servicing television receiving equipment;

(b) A certified electronics technician unrestricted license shall be issued to a person having passed black and white, color, and practical and oral examinations conducted by the board and who is in the employ of another in the business of repairing, maintaining and servicing television receiving equipment for a fee or other valuable consideration and whose services may be rendered directly or indirectly to the public;

(c) The aforesaid licensees may service, repair, or maintain all television systems provided for in chapter 394 of the general statutes, as amended, and these regulations as long as his license is current and in effect;

(d) Repealed, February 9, 1976;

(e) Repealed, February 9, 1976;

(f) An apprentice electronics technician license may be issued to a person who has had no technical education in television repair, or has completed courses in basic electronics, or has started but not completed a course in television repair, and who has obtained employment in the trade of television repair, provided the applicant and his employer have enrolled in the apprentice program prepared and offered by the state board of television examiners, the state board of education and the Connecticut state apprenticeship council. Such program shall consist of three years of on-the-job training of which the first two years shall be under supervision of a licensed certified electronics technician, including home study and classroom related instruction and one year of practical experience, under limited supervision of a certified electronics technician, following successful completion of the prescribed two year on-the-job training and course of instruction. Upon notice from the apprenticeship council that the applicant and his employer have been approved and the applicant enrolled in the state apprenticeship program, the board shall issue an apprentice license to the applicant which shall be effective for a period of three years, subject to annual review by the board. Upon completion of the one year of practical experience under limited supervision, the apprentice shall apply to the board to be tested for a certified electronics technician license. Any apprentice who, at any time during his apprenticeship, changes employers shall notify the board in writing within fifteen days giving the name of his new employer. During the limited supervision period, the employer shall be responsible for all work performed by the apprentice. (1) If the applicant should fail three consecutive examinations, his status shall revert back to that of an apprentice under supervision of a certified electronics technician for a period of not less than six months after which time he may again apply to the board to be tested for a certified electronics technician license. The above conditions shall prevail for an apprentice licensed under this paragraph until he passes the state requirements for a certified electronics technician license. (2) Applicants with prior experience in electronics may be enrolled in the apprentice program at the level of their past experience. Temporary permission to work may be granted pending approval of the applicant and his employer by the state apprenticeship council. (3) An apprentice license may be issued to an applicant enrolled in a program other than that offered by the state board of education and the state apprenticeship council provided such program is at least equal in content and requirements to the state program and such program is approved by said board and council. (4) A part time apprentice license may be issued to an applicant who submits proof of successful completion of a television repair course approved by the state board of education and the state apprenticeship council, or who has the training and experience to qualify for a license but has not worked in the television repair field for one year or longer prior to the time of his application, and who wishes to complete the required one year of practical experience on a part time basis. For purposes of a part time license, one year shall be computed on the basis of two thousand hours of work. Such work shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph (g) with respect to limited supervision. (5) All apprentice licenses issued by the board prior to July 1, 1970, shall continue in effect provided the requirements of the board in effect at the time the license was issued are met.

(g) An apprentice electronics technician license shall be issued to a person who has completed his technical school education in television repair, and has obtained employment in a licensed shop. After having practical shop experience of four hundred hours or six months under the direct supervision of a licensed certified electronics technician who is in the employ of a service dealer certified electronics technician owner, the apprentice may perform television service repairs for his employer for the last six months of his apprenticeship under limited supervision of his employer. At the end of his one year of practical experience, the apprentice shall apply to the board for a change in category to a certified electronics technician license. Any apprentice who terminates his employment any time during the apprenticeship shall immediately notify the board in writing within fifteen days giving the name of his new employer. Before an apprentice starts training under the limited supervision of a certified electronics technician, his employer shall notify the board in writing that the apprentice has reached the stage in his training when limited supervision only is required. During the limited supervision period, the employer shall be responsible for all work performed by the apprentice. When an apprentice has completed his time as set forth in subdivisions (f) and (g) of section 20-344-2, he must apply to the board for a certified electronics technician license. If he should fail three consecutive examinations, his status shall revert back to apprentice under direct supervision of a certified electronics technician for a period of not less than six months after which time he may again apply to the board to be tested for a certified electronics technician license. The above conditions shall prevail for an apprentice until he passes the state requirements for a certified electronics technician license;

(h) A service dealer non-technician owner license shall be issued to a person, firm, corporation or partnership which guarantees television or radio service to the public whether it employs certified electronic technicians or lets out its work to other service organizations;

(i) A certified master antenna service dealer license restricted to antenna installation and repair shall be issued to a person restricted to contracting to install, repair or maintain all types of television antenna systems for the public and other dealers in the trade, who has passed an examination conducted by the board and whose employees are licensed as certified antenna technicians restricted to antenna installation and repair only and who performs no work on television sets;

(j) A certified antenna technician license restricted to antenna installation and repair shall be issued to a person who has passed an examination by the board and who is in the employ of another in the business of the installation, repair and maintenance of television antenna systems and who performs installations, repairs and maintenance for his employer only and who performs no repairs on television sets.

(k) A certified service dealer license restricted to antenna installation and repair shall be issued to a person restricted to contracting to install, repair or maintain individual antenna systems, primarily used in the home, for the public and dealers in the trade where the only amplification source shall be at the antenna, and who has passed an examination conducted by the board and who performs no work on television sets or master antenna systems;

(l) A certified radio electronics served dealer license shall be issued to a person having passed examinations conducted by the board and having an established place of business who engages in the business of maintaining, repairing and servicing radio receiving equipment, phonographs and tape recorders for the public for a fee or other valuable consideration or with the intention, or expectation or upon the promise, of receiving a fee or other valuable consideration

(m) A certified radio electronics technician license restricted to repair of radio receiving equipment, phonographs and tape recorders shall be issued to a person who has passed examinations conducted by the board and who is in the employ of another in the business of repairing, maintaining and servicing radio receiving equipment, phonographs and tape recorders for a fee or other valuable consideration and whose services may be rendered directly or indirectly to the public.

(Effective February 9, 1976)