Safety Publications & Stationery

Building and Energy Apprentice Safety Guidelines

The ‘Safe working guidelines and assessment for electrical apprentices’  booklet covers basic electrical safety practices to be learned and followed by every electrical apprentice. Safe working practices and procedures are an integral part of the electrical trade and must be the first skills learned. It is provided as a guide to employers and apprentices to ensure apprentices have sufficient basic trade safety knowledge prior to being granted an electrician’s training licence. Click here to view the guidelines.

Building and Energy Safety Guidelines for Electrical Workers

The ‘Safe working guidelines for electrical workers’ booklet covers basic electrical safety practices to be followed by electrical workers. It provides advice on achieving and maintaining safe work practices, for the benefit of the individual worker and for the benefit of others. In particular, it provides guidelines on providing effective supervision of electrical workers with varying competencies. Click here to view the guidelines.

Code of Practice for Persons working on or near energised electrical installations

Regulation 55 of the Electricity (Licensing) Regulations 1991 prohibits electrical work on or near an energised part of an electrical installation except under certain specific situations prescribed in Sub-regulation 55(2). This Code prescribes additional requirements for those persons who will be authorising or carrying out electrical work on or near energised electrical installations. Click here to view the code of practice.