You need to become a Master Electrician through the journeyman system and then take a test to verify competence.
4 years apprenticeship
Some of the best places to look for electrician training are www.electriciantraining.net and www.tradeskills4u.co.uk/pages/courses. There you can get all the education needed to work as electrician.
All electrical work should be done by a qualified electrician. Electrical work can be dangerous, without the proper training you could get a shock, be electrocuted, or burn down your property.
Journeyman electricians need 8000 hours of training underneath a master electrician. To become a master electrician you'll have to complete 12000 hours on the job training under the supervision of a master electrician. Then you'll have to pass the licensing exam. From start to finish this usually takes 6 years. To be come a master you begin as an apprentice work your way up to a journeyman, and then become a master apprentice. No formal training is required, just on the job experience.
Yes, you need to do work as a helper to an electrician before you can be certified. It usually takes a couple of years of experience.
Yes, you need an electrician to install a power generator and it is very important that he is licensed otherwise it would not work/is not legal. Hire the licensed electrician to install a transfer switch.
To be a certified electrician you would need to be at least 18 years old and be able to read/write/understand English. Other basic requirements would be to work at least least seven and a half years, or 10,500 hours as a jouneyman electrician along with completing education and training requirements.
18 and you have to have training to work in a pharmacy. Many vocational schools offer the training needed.
Normally you need to be at least 18 to work on a construction site.
An apprentice electrician should put "I am an apprentice electrician, which means I have not completed the minimum training required to be recognized as a qualified electrician. According to the National Electrical Code book, since I am not qualified I must not do electrical work unsupervised by a qualified electrician." on a business card for it to be legal.
I think the IBEW (international Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) requires 5 years apprenticeship under a journeyman electrician to be allowed to work without supervision. Schooling in electrical theory and electrical building codes is also required to complete the apprenticeship program.
One can take online electrical courses at Electrical College of Canada which offers courses in pre-master, pre-apprentice training. Or one can take online electrician courses at PCDI's training program.