Edition 63, December 2008

Qld Electrical worker skills maintenance

The Queensland Electrical Safety Office (ESO) is reminding licensed electrical workers due to renew their licence in 2009 that they must have completed skills maintenance within the previous two years.

The licensee can complete their skills maintenance through a registered training organisation (RTO) which has a skills maintenance course approved by the Electrical Safety Board.

Alternatively, they can access the online skills maintenance course and assessment on the ESO website at www.deir.qld.gov.au/electricalsafety

Both the online skills maintenance courses and assessments and those provided by approved RTOs have been updated to align with both regulatory changes and the recent revision of the Wiring Rules, AS/NZS 3000:2007.

There are three parts to skills maintenance.

Part A - Legislation
Knowledge of electrical safety legislation as it applies to electrical workers.

Part B - Basic risk management
Ability to apply risk management principles to electrical work.

Part C - Testing
Ability to carry out safety checks and tests in accordance with legislative requirements.

The licensee must have completed all three parts in order to renew their licence. If skills maintenance is completed through an RTO, the statement issued by the RTO needs to be submitted with the licence renewal application. If the online assessment is used, the results are recorded automatically on the licensing database and no copy is needed for the licence renewal application.

For more information including a list approved courses and RTOs visit www.deir.qld.gov.au/electricalsafety/publications/outlook/200803/licence-renewal/index.htm

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