Safe working guidelines for electrical workers and apprentices (February 2025)

Guidance
This publication was updated in February 2025 and covers basic electrical safety practices to be followed by all electrical workers and effective training and supervision of electrical apprentices.
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This publication provides advice on:

  • Achieving and maintaining safe work practices, for the benefit of the individual worker and for the benefit of others.
  • Effective supervision of licensed electrical workers with varying competencies.
  • Responsibilities of employers and electrical apprentices to ensure apprentices have sufficient basic trade safety knowledge prior to being granted an electrician’s training license. Safe working practices and procedures are an integral part of the electrical trade and must be the first skills learned.
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