Journeyman exam · 2026 NEC
What is this?
What it is
The 2026 NEC is a big book, and the journeyman exam is a race through it — in Texas, open book and against the clock. Plenty of people who know the trade fail it because the clock runs out while they are still turning pages. This trains the part that runs it out.
How it works
Three things, every night.
- Finding
- A job described in plain English, a five-minute clock, and you tap where the rule lives. Again and again, until the map of the book is in your hands instead of on a page.
- Working
- Job tickets that make you run the calculation the way the exam asks — stopping where you must open your own book for the figure, and naming the classic mistake when you slip.
- Sitting
- Fifteen cards a night that come back when you miss them, a boss at the end of each chapter, and a full mock built to the real paper’s weights, with a report that says what to do tomorrow.
Every round is played with your own code book open — the same one you’ll have on the desk on exam day.
Who it is for
Apprentices and electricians sitting a journeyman exam on the 2026 NEC. Texas is the state verified so far; other states on the 2026 book are welcome.
The 2026 book
This app is built and tagged for the 2026 edition throughout. Where it points at a section, it points at where that rule lives now.
A question
Do I need my own code book?
Yes — you play with it open. The exam is open book and timed, so the skill that wins is getting to the right rule fast in the copy you’ll have on the desk. The app describes the job, you find the section, and it tells you whether you landed on the exact rule or just near it.