Electrical Safety Regulation 2013

This section states requirements that apply generally for the issue of an electrical work licence, other than an electrical work training permit, to an applicant for the licence.

The regulator must be satisfied that—

the applicant satisfies the eligibility requirements for the licence; and

the applicant is adequately able to understand, and read and write in, the English language without the aid of an interpreter.

The regulator may consider the following about the applicant’s activities, whether before or after the commencement of this section, as a licensed electrical worker—

disciplinary action taken against the applicant under a law regulating the activities of licensed electrical workers;

the applicant’s non-performance of a duty under a law about electrical work and the reasons for the non-performance.

The regulator must be satisfied the applicant has been trained in, and is competent to carry out, resuscitation on an individual who has stopped breathing or is unconscious because of electric shock.

For an application for an electrical linesperson licence, the regulator must also be satisfied the applicant has been trained in, and is competent to carry out, resuscitation and rescue at a pole top or transmission tower on an individual who has stopped breathing or is unconscious because of electric shock.

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