ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LICENCE:

You must hold an electrical contractor licence to perform electrical work for others as a sole trader, partnership or company.

To be eligible for an electrical contractor licence, applicants need to nominate at least one:
Qualified technical person (QTP) to perform or supervise the electrical work, and Qualified business person (QBP).
They can be the same person and both are endorsed on the electrical contractor licence.

QTPs and QBPs must be:
for a licence held by an individual (sole trader); the applicant or an employee of the applicant for a licence held by a partnership; a partner or an employee of the partnership for a licence held by a company; a director, an executive officer, a member or an employee of the company.

A qualified business person must be competent to perform the business aspects of performing electrical work, and must have completed the following units of competency:

UEECD0007 - Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
UEEEL0040 - Develop compliance policies and plans to conduct an electrical contracting business
BSBESB402 - Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures

The course requires:
Access to the internet
A computer or mobile device

Language and Literacy In order to successfully complete this course, you need to have a certain level of language and literacy skills. We recommend that you have at least level 3 skills for this course. If you are unsure of your language and literacy skill level, please try our free LL&N assessment tool.