Building toward licensed low-voltage field work.

Arizona law establishes a four-year practical or management trade-experience baseline and allows accredited technical training to substitute for as much as two years. The ROC's published classification-requirements chart currently lists a two-year minimum for R-67. Because those two statements operate together, my first task is to ask the ROC how it will evaluate my specific combination of field work, business ownership, technical education, and systems experience.

My pre-engineering studies may support part of the requirement, and my work at Unepic Networks may demonstrate relevant managerial and technical experience. Neither should be treated as automatically accepted. The strongest application will connect each claimed period of experience directly to work within, or equivalent to, the R-67 classification and support it with records and people who have first-hand knowledge.

What I need to preserve for each job

• Date, duration, and hours: when the project happened and how much time I personally spent on it.
• Scope and equipment: the system installed or serviced, materials used, and the low-voltage tasks I performed.
• My role: hands-on work, planning, supervision, testing, configuration, or customer handoff.
• Supporting records: estimates, invoices, photographs, diagrams, equipment lists, permits, and completion notes where appropriate.
• A verifier: a customer, supervisor, coworker, or other person with direct knowledge who may be able to confirm the experience.

Boundary: Keeping a record does not make unlicensed work lawful. Until licensed, I must keep every project within an applicable exemption and use an appropriately licensed contractor whenever the work requires one.