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Do This Before Re-Taking The Electrical Licence Exam

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When you go back to retake your electrical license test, make sure to wait no more than 2 months. The best time to retake the exam is between 1 week to 2 months.

How different will the electrical license test be the 2nd time?

The second time around, you can expect to see up to 70% of new questions. This means that most of the questions you saw on the first try might not appear this time. This also means you might see 30% of the same or similar questions as before.

What is the difference the second time around?

There are some great things about retaking the electrical license test.

You already know what to expect and have the experience. Checking in will be a breeze and you will already know the instructions and rules.

This time around you’ll know exactly how to manage your time. As you know, this is crucial to answer all of the questions in the test.

Leaving unanswered questions count against you.

Since you have already taken the test before, you are familiar with how the computer and the system works. You’ll be able to mark hard questions faster and return to them later.

What usually happens with guys that fail by about 10-12 points when they retake the test, they make around 80%. So use all of this to your advantage.

Here is what you should do before you retake the electrical license test.

  • Study on the categories you failed up until the day before.
  • Don’t study until nighttime, spend the evening eating a healthy meal, doing some light exercise and getting some rest.
  • In the morning have a cup of coffee and maybe study a little bit. But just a little bit in the morning before the test.
  • Then leave it alone again. And don't even look at it for like the last hour so before you go in that electrical licence test center.
  • Take the scratch piece of paper that they give you. And brain dump. Pour all of the articles you memorized. Write down the formulas, calculations or mnemonics you memorized.
  • Take a deep breath and then when you're ready, start your test.

Seminar that helps prep for the electrical license test

You know, I’ve seen many guys miss this test by just a handful of points and some as close as 2 points. It breaks my heart to hear this. There are also electricians who have taken the test 3, 4 or even 5 times before they come to the seminar.

If you fail your electrical licence test by more than 5 points, invest in the seminar. This course is specific to the state of Texas. What’s more, if you don’t pass after taking our seminar, you can return to our course for free.

We can help you excel.

Learn more about our seminars that we hold in Austin, Dallas and Houston here.

Best of luck!

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