Independent journal · Est. 2004
Written for licensed contractors in Australia
Australia
The independent journal for licensed electrical contractors in Australia
State and territory licences, restricted electrical work, Wiring Rules, insurance conditions and the paperwork that keeps a contracting business legal.
Most contractors who lose a ticket do not lose it on a difficult fault-find. They lose it because the nominated supervisor left, the public liability did not name the company, or the Facebook ad offered electrical contracting without a contractor licence. The conditions are ordinary. The trouble is not.
Read Insurance and licence conditions that actually get contractors in trouble
An Australian electrical licence is not one national ticket, and a contractor card is not the same thing as a worker's licence. This guide walks through who can do the work, who can sell it, what mutual recognition actually covers, and where to check the public register before you start.
Read How an electrical licence actually works, state by state
A restricted electrical licence is a defined slice of electrical work tied to another trade, not a junior electrician's ticket. This article sets out what disconnect/reconnect actually covers, what remains licensed electrical work, and the illegal extras contractors keep finding in other people's boards.
Read Restricted electrical work: what other trades can legally touch
The Wiring Rules are not a textbook you revise before a test. They are the document a contractor opens on a job when the board is older than the standard, the client wants it energised this afternoon, and the certificate has to stand up later.
People still say CEC accredited when they mean they can claim STCs. The installer and designer scheme is now Solar Accreditation Australia, the Clean Energy Council still lists products, and none of it replaces an electrical licence. This is the working version.