Jeffrey S. Sargent

Jeffrey S. Sargent is a Senior Electrical Specialist with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Electrical Engineering Department. He has been affiliated with the electrical industry for over twenty-five years as an electrician, inspector, instructor, consultant, author, and electrical specialist. He is managing editor of the 2008 National Electrical Code Handbook and serves as the executive secretary to the NFPA Electrical Section as well as a staff liaison to several NFPA technical committees. He is a technical contributor to necplus™, NFPA’s online source for information on the National Electrical Code and a coauthor of NEC Q&A. As a member of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors, Mr. Sargent maintains a professional certification through their Certified Electrical Inspector program and is a licensed master electrician.

Noel Williams

Noel Williams is a licensed master electrician in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. He is International Code Council (ICC) and International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI) certified as an electrical inspector and has supervised and managed electrical construction projects for over twenty years. For over ten years he was chairman of the Electricians’ Licensing Board for the state of Utah and is a former chairman of the NEC Advisory Committee for the Utah Uniform Building Code Commission. Mr. Williams serves on the executive committee of the Utah chapter of IAEI. Currently an electrical codes specialist, he also taught electrical apprentices at Salt Lake Community College for six years and has developed and taught electrical courses for electricians and inspectors for over twenty-five years. In addition to authoring and coauthoring three NFPA publications—NEC Q & A, Limited Energy Systems, and 1999 NEC Changes—Mr. Williams was the lead technical developer of NFPA’s NEC seminars and has served as a seminar instructor for twenty years.