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Before you apply
1. You'll need
- Current Electrical Workers licence number of the Nominee
- Provide evidence of successful completion of the following Nominee module/s, issued by an approved Registered Training Organisation within the last two years:
- WAE200 – Electrical Operational Requirements or
- EA103A Operational Legislative Requirements; and
- WAE100 Electrical Requirements or
- Provide details below of current or previous (within the past two years) Nominee appointment on an Electrical Contractor’s or In-House Installing Work Licence in WA or
- Provide evidence of being an Inspector designated under Section 12 of the Energy Coordination Act 1994 within the past two years.
2. Additional documents
- Proof of ID ready to upload.
- Visa/Mastercard for fee payment.
3. Complete application form
Print or digitally complete the relevant application form.
- In-house electrical installing work licence application – Individual – R014A
- In-House Electrical licence application – Partnership – R014B
- In-House Electrical licence application – Company – R014C
How to apply
Online
By post or in person
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Fees
Please refer to the Building & Energy Licensing fees page for fees related to your licence.
After your application has been submitted
Licence applications typically take 6–8 weeks to process. We’ll contact you if we need any additional information, and you’ll receive an email once your licence has been finalised.
Fact Sheet - In-House Electrical Installing Work Licence
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Obtaining an In-House Electrical Installing Work Licence
Eligibility requirements to apply for a licence
Legal Name
When applying for a licence, the applicant's legal name is the entity's name that appears on all official documents or legal paper (e.g. John Citizen for an individual or John Citizen Electrics Pty Ltd in the case of a body corporate).
Where the legal entity is a body corporate, the organisation must be registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and document evidence will need to be provided with the application.
Trading name
A trading name is the name under which the applicant trades, or is known as, by its suppliers and customers and may be different from the applicant's legal name. A trading name must be registered with ASIC and documentary evidence will need to be provided with the application.
Requirement of a nominee
Regulation 36 requires that the applicant, or at least one person in the employ of the applicant, is the holder of a current Western Australian electrician's licence and that person has, to the satisfaction of the Electrical Licensing Board, completed the following modules of the Electrical Contractor Training Program (ECTP):
- Operation (Electrical) Legislative Requirements; and
- Electrical Requirements.
Where the electrician has not been a nominee of an Electrical Contractor's licence or an In-House Electrical Installing Work Licence within the past two years, or has not completed the training within the past two years, they will be required to enrol in and complete successfully this part of the ECTP.
Interstate applicants are required to complete successfully the nominee modules of the ECTP as these modules relate to local requirements in Western Australia.
Undertaking the Electrical Contractor Training Program (ECTP)
The nominee modules of the ECTP are designed to broaden knowledge and skills in electrical installation practises in, statutory requirements and inspection of electrical installation work.
The following Registered Training Organisations (RTO's) are approved by the Board to deliver the relevant modules of the ECTP:
- College of Electrical Training - Telephone 9233 5000
- Combined Skills Training Association - Telephone 9440 3600
- South Metropolitan TAFE (Thornlie Campus) - Telephone 9267 7500
Applying for an In-House Electrical Installing Work Licence
To apply for an In-House Electrical Installing Work licence, applicants are required to:
- Submit a completed application form, signed by all relevant parties.
- Provide evidence of successful completion of the nominee modules of the ECTP.
- Where the applicant is trading in other than their own legal name, a copy of the company extract and if applicable the business name extract issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is required.
- Proof of identification, in accordance with the Proof of Identification Fact Sheet, is required for sole trader applicants and nominees.
- Payment of a non-refundable application fee (refer to current application form)..
- Payment of a registration fee (refer to current application form).
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