Reno Nevada Journeyman Electrician (ICC - G17-N) Exam Prep - Live Virtual + Self Study Training

The live training schedule is organized around the books and technical references used on the exam.

Because this is a seminar-style training program that covers National Electrical Code requirements, electrical calculations, services, feeders, branch circuits, wiring methods, grounding, bonding, overcurrent protection, motors, transformers, equipment, and special electrical installations, you only need to attend the sessions covering the books included on your specific exam.

The live virtual classes complement the complete online course and recorded instruction. Students can begin with self-paced lessons, attend applicable live sessions for guided review, and return to the recordings whenever they need additional help with an NEC article, calculation, conductor-sizing problem, grounding rule, motor requirement, transformer question, or reference-navigation method.

What You Get

• Complete Online Course: Organized self-study instruction covering the major electrical subjects associated with the ICC G17-N National Standard Journeyman Electrician examination.
• Recorded Classes: Recorded lessons that allow you to pause instruction, repeat calculations, and revisit difficult code topics according to your schedule.
• Live Virtual Classes: Scheduled instructor-led training organized around the National Electrical Code and the electrical subjects covered by the product.
• NEC Navigation Guidance: Training focused on locating definitions, articles, tables, exceptions, calculations, and installation requirements in the 2017 National Electrical Code.
• Electrical Calculation Review: Preparation involving Ohm’s law, power, load calculations, conductor ampacity, voltage drop, box fill, raceway fill, services, feeders, motors, and transformers.
• Grounding and Bonding Review: Study support involving grounding electrode systems, grounding electrode conductors, equipment grounding conductors, bonding jumpers, services, and separately derived systems.
• Wiring Methods Preparation: Review involving raceways, cables, boxes, fittings, conductor support, wet locations, physical protection, and permitted installation methods.
• Equipment Review: Preparation covering motors, controllers, transformers, generators, appliances, heating equipment, lighting systems, disconnects, and utilization equipment.
• Practice-Oriented Study Structure: Guidance for identifying the subject of a question, locating the applicable NEC requirement, completing calculations, and managing examination time.

Exam Details

The ICC G17-N National Standard Journeyman Electrician examination contains 80 multiple-choice questions. Candidates are allowed four hours to complete the exam.

The examination is based on the 2017 edition of NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code. Candidates should prepare with the assigned 2017 code because article wording, definitions, table values, numbering, and installation requirements may differ in later editions.

Important preparation areas include:

• General electrical knowledge and theory
• Electrical definitions and terminology
• Branch circuits and required outlets
• Feeder calculations and installation requirements
• Services and service equipment
• Load calculations and demand factors
• Conductor ampacity and temperature limitations
• Adjustment and correction factors
• Overcurrent protection
• Grounding and bonding
• Grounding electrode systems
• Raceways, cables, boxes, and fittings
• Box-fill and raceway-fill calculations
• Motors, motor circuits, and controllers
• Transformers and separately derived systems
• Generators and standby systems
• Lighting, appliances, and utilization equipment
• Special occupancies and hazardous locations
• Special equipment and special conditions
• Communications and limited-energy systems

Branch-circuit questions may involve required outlets, conductor sizing, continuous loads, overcurrent protection, lighting loads, receptacle loads, and equipment requirements. Candidates should practice identifying the applicable article and determining whether additional provisions modify the general rule.

Service and feeder questions may require load calculations, conductor selection, equipment ratings, disconnecting means, grounding, bonding, and overcurrent protection. Preparation should include dwelling and non-dwelling calculations as well as the application of demand factors.

Conductor questions may involve ampacity tables, terminal-temperature limitations, conductor insulation, ambient-temperature corrections, adjustment factors, parallel conductors, and installation conditions. Selecting a value from one table may be only the first step in the calculation.

Motor questions may require candidates to determine full-load current, branch-circuit conductor size, short-circuit and ground-fault protection, overload protection, disconnecting means, controller requirements, and feeder sizing. Transformer questions may involve primary and secondary conductors, overcurrent protection, grounding, bonding, and separately derived systems.

With 80 questions and four hours available, candidates have an average of three minutes per question. Direct code questions may require less time, while calculations and multi-step research questions may take longer. Timed practice helps candidates develop a steady pace and avoid spending too much time on one problem.

Open Book Test

The ICC G17-N National Standard Journeyman Electrician examination is an open-book test. Candidates may use qualifying references in accordance with current ICC contractor and trades examination policies.

The 2017 National Electrical Code is the central examination reference. Open-book testing still requires familiarity with the code’s organization, definitions, articles, tables, exceptions, informational notes, cross-references, and index.

Chapters 1 through 4 contain general requirements that apply broadly to electrical installations. Chapters 5 through 7 address special occupancies, special equipment, and special conditions. Chapter 8 covers communications systems, while Chapter 9 contains tables used for conductor and raceway calculations.

Practice recognizing the likely code location before beginning a search. Service questions commonly lead to Article 230. Grounding and bonding questions generally involve Article 250. Motors are addressed in Article 430, transformers in Article 450, and generators in Article 445.

Ugly's Electrical References supports course preparation involving formulas, voltage drop, motors, transformers, conductor properties, grounding, conversions, and common electrical data. Materials taken into the testing environment must comply with current ICC examination rules.

During practice, read the complete question before opening a reference. Identify whether the question asks for a minimum, maximum, permitted, prohibited, or required condition. Locate the applicable provision and check nearby exceptions before selecting an answer.

Licensing Steps

1. Confirm the correct Reno credential. Review the City of Reno’s journeyman requirements and confirm that the electrical work you intend to perform requires a journeyman certificate.
2. Select the appropriate ICC examination. Choose the ICC G17 Journeyman Electrician examination that matches your code-cycle preparation and credentialing goal.
3. Create or access your ICC account. Use your individual ICC account to review the exam listing, purchase the examination, and manage testing information.
4. Review the testing policies. Confirm the examination format, approved references, identification requirements, calculator policy, and testing procedures.
5. Prepare the assigned NEC edition. Use the 2017 National Electrical Code when preparing specifically for the G17-N exam identified in this product title.
6. Complete structured exam preparation. Review electrical theory, calculations, code navigation, services, feeders, grounding, wiring methods, motors, transformers, and equipment.
7. Take the examination. Complete the 80-question ICC G17-N National Standard Journeyman Electrician examination within the four-hour time limit.
8. Obtain the official score report. Keep a copy of the examination result for the journeyman identification card application.
9. Apply for the Reno-recognized ID card. Submit the required application and examination score report to Electrical Safety Professionals.
10. Maintain the journeyman card. Complete the applicable continuing education and renewal requirements before the credential expires.

State Requirements

Nevada contractor licensing and Reno journeyman credentialing are separate regulatory matters. The Nevada State Contractors Board licenses businesses and qualifying individuals that contract to perform electrical work, while the City of Reno requires appropriate credentials for individuals performing regulated electrical installations within city limits.

The City of Reno states that electrical wiring or equipment installations, alterations, and additions must be performed by a person holding a valid journeyman certificate unless a listed exception applies.

Individuals performing apprentice electrical work must hold a card from an approved apprenticeship program. Reno also provides limited exceptions for homeowners, qualifying contractor-supervision arrangements, and contractors with reciprocal licenses who have not exceeded the applicable period of work within city limits.

The ICC G17 Journeyman Electrician examination does not require municipal preapproval before registration. After passing the examination, the candidate applies to Electrical Safety Professionals and submits a copy of the official score report to obtain the Reno-recognized identification card.

Journeyman ID cards are valid for three years. Renewal requires the applicable continuing education and submission of the renewal application. An expired card may be renewed within one year of expiration with the required renewal and reinstatement process. When the card has been expired for more than one year, the examination must be taken again before a new card can be issued.

Passing the ICC examination does not create a Nevada electrical contractor license or authorize the holder to operate an electrical contracting business. Electrical contracting businesses and qualifying individuals must satisfy the separate requirements of the Nevada State Contractors Board.

Reno currently enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code for applicable field work. The G17-N examination described on this page is based on the 2017 NEC. Candidates should use the 2017 edition when preparing for this specific exam and use Reno’s currently adopted code when performing or supervising regulated electrical installations.

Exam preparation and field compliance should therefore be treated as related but separate responsibilities. The exam evaluates knowledge of its assigned code cycle, while actual permitted work must comply with the code and amendments enforced by the authority having jurisdiction.

Reference Books

• NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition
  The primary reference for the ICC G17-N examination. It covers electrical definitions, general installation requirements, branch circuits, feeders, services, overcurrent protection, grounding, bonding, wiring methods, conductors, equipment, motors, transformers, generators, special occupancies, special equipment, and communications systems.
• Ugly's Electrical References
  A compact electrical reference supporting study of formulas, voltage drop, conductor properties, electrical units, grounding, motors, transformers, conversions, and commonly used trade calculations.

Test Information and Study Materials

Begin preparation by learning the organization of the 2017 NEC. Create focused study areas for branch circuits, feeders, services, conductor ampacity, overcurrent protection, grounding, bonding, wiring methods, motors, transformers, generators, and special installations.

Review electrical theory until the basic relationships are familiar. Practice voltage, current, resistance, power, series circuits, parallel circuits, alternating current, power factor, and voltage drop. Use Ugly's Electrical References to reinforce formulas and commonly used field information.

Complete service and feeder calculations using the 2017 NEC. Practice general lighting loads, receptacle loads, appliance loads, continuous loads, motors, heating equipment, air-conditioning equipment, demand factors, neutral calculations, and conductor selection.

Study conductor ampacity carefully. Practice applying insulation ratings, terminal-temperature limitations, ambient-temperature corrections, adjustment factors, and conductor-use restrictions. Check the complete installation rather than stopping after locating one table value.

Give grounding and bonding focused attention. Review grounding electrode systems, grounding electrode conductors, equipment grounding conductors, bonding jumpers, service bonding, separately derived systems, and effective fault-current paths.

Practice box-fill and raceway-fill calculations. Learn which conductors, clamps, fittings, and devices count toward box volume, how conductor sizes affect allowances, and how conductor quantities affect permitted raceway fill.

Complete timed practice using the actual 2017 NEC. Read the question, identify the topic, locate the likely article or table, apply the requirement, complete the calculation, and move forward. Mark difficult questions for review instead of allowing one problem to consume too much testing time.

How Pass Your Nevada Contractor Exam Helps You Reach Your Goal

Pass Your Nevada Contractor Exam helps Reno journeyman electrician candidates turn a large electrical code and a broad technical examination into an organized preparation plan. The training connects electrical theory, calculations, code requirements, wiring methods, grounding, equipment, motors, transformers, and special installations with the subjects associated with the ICC G17-N exam.

The complete online course provides flexibility for apprentices, electricians, maintenance professionals, electrical workers, supervisors, and experienced tradespeople. Recorded instruction allows students to repeat difficult lessons, revisit calculations, and review NEC navigation demonstrations whenever additional practice is needed.

Live virtual classes add instructor-led structure to the preparation process. Sessions are organized around the books and technical subjects, allowing students to attend the classes covering the references included with their examination product.

The training emphasizes organized study guidance, trade-focused review, practice-oriented preparation, reference navigation, calculation skills, and confidence-building study structure. Students develop a repeatable method for identifying the topic, choosing the correct NEC location, applying the rule, and checking the result.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is included with this Reno Nevada Journeyman Electrician exam prep program?

The program includes the complete online self-study course, recorded instruction, and scheduled live virtual classes covering the electrical code, calculations, wiring methods, equipment, and journeyman-level subjects included with the product.

What does G17-N mean?

G17-N is the ICC exam code for the National Standard Journeyman Electrician examination based on the 2017 National Electrical Code.

How many questions are on the G17-N examination?

The examination contains 80 multiple-choice questions.

How much time is allowed?

Candidates are allowed four hours to complete the examination.

Is the ICC G17-N examination open book?

Yes. The G17-N National Standard Journeyman Electrician examination is open book and uses references permitted under current ICC examination policies.

Which National Electrical Code edition does this course cover?

The exam prep program covers NFPA 70, National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition.

Does Reno require a journeyman electrician card?

Yes. Individuals performing regulated electrical installations, alterations, or additions within Reno must hold the appropriate journeyman or apprentice credential unless an applicable exception applies.

How do I obtain the Reno-recognized ID card after passing?

After passing the accepted ICC examination, submit the required application and official examination score report to Electrical Safety Professionals.

How long is the Reno journeyman ID card valid?

The journeyman identification card is valid for three years and must be renewed through the applicable continuing education and renewal process.

Does passing the ICC exam create a Nevada contractor license?

No. A Nevada electrical contractor license is a separate business and qualifying-individual credential regulated by the Nevada State Contractors Board.

Why does this course use the 2017 NEC if Reno currently enforces a newer code?

The G17-N examination in this product title is based on the 2017 NEC. Current electrical work in Reno must comply with the code edition and amendments enforced by the City.

Do I need to attend every live class?

No. Attend the sessions covering the books and electrical subjects included with your examination product while using the complete online course and recordings for continued review.