Electrical work licence (for apprentices)
You need to complete the application for an electrical work licence (PDF File, 323.7 KB) if you completed an apprenticeship either recently or in the past and want to perform electrical work in Queensland.
It is illegal to perform electrical work without a licence.
Take care in completing the form.
Read the guidelines and provide all the information requested.
Incomplete or incorrect applications may be considered withdrawn. The Department of Justice and Attorney-General will retain some of the application fee to offset administrative costs.
What you need to include
- Your licence number if you have ever previously held a Queensland electrical work licence.
- Your registration number provided by your supervising registered training organisation.
- Proof of identity if you've never been licensed in Queensland. The application form has details of the documents required which must be verified by a Justice of the Peace or similar.
- Proof of current resuscitation skills like a certificate.
- Electrical linesperson must give proof of competence in resuscitation and rescue at a pole-top or transmission tower like a current statement or certificate of attainment.
- If you completed your apprenticeship within the last five years. Check that your supervising registered training organisation has forwarded your completion statement to the Department of Justice and Attorney-General before lodging your application. The application form has further options if you completed your apprenticeship more than five years ago but weren't licensed or didn't finish the apprenticeship.
- Fee as listed on the application form. You can pay by credit card and cheques or money orders should be made payable to the Department of Justice and Attorney-General.