---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16412"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "16412"
heading: "Training guidelines for nonnuclear electric energy industry personnel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/16412"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter XI — Personnel and Training"
---

# §16412. Training guidelines for nonnuclear electric energy industry personnel

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) of Labor, in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) and in conjunction with the electric industry and recognized employee representatives, shall develop model personnel training guidelines to support the reliability and safety of the nonnuclear electric system.
- (b) **Requirements—** The training guidelines under [subsection (a)](#a) shall, at a minimum—
  - (1) include training requirements for workers engaged in the [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7), operation, inspection, or maintenance of nonnuclear electric generation, transmission, or distribution systems, including requirements relating to—
    - (A) competency;
    - (B) certification; and
    - (C) assessment, including—
      - (i) initial and continuous evaluation of workers;
      - (ii) recertification procedures; and
      - (iii) methods for examining or testing the qualification of an individual who performs a covered task; and
  - (2) consolidate training guidelines in existence on the date on which the guidelines under [subsection (a)](#a) are developed relating to the [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7), operation, maintenance, and inspection of nonnuclear electric generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, such as guidelines established by the National Electric Safety Code and other industry consensus standards.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title XI, § 1103, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 939.)