Skills maintenance for electrical work licence renewal

A high proportion of licensed electrical workers are due to renew their licence in 2009.

When you renew your licence don’t forget you must have completed skills maintenance within the previous two years.

You can complete your skills maintenance through a registered training organisation (RTO) which has a skills maintenance course approved by the Electrical Safety Board (approved courses and RTOs are listed below). Alternatively, you can access the online skills maintenance course and assessment on the ESO website.

Both the online skills maintenance courses and assessments and those provided by approved RTOs have been updated to align with both regulatory changes and the recent revision of the Wiring Rules, AS/NZS 3000:2007.

There are three parts to skills maintenance.

You must have completed all three parts in order to renew your licence. If skills maintenance is completed through an RTO, the statement issued by the RTO needs to be submitted with your licence renewal application. If you use the online assessment, your results are recorded automatically on the licensing database and no copy is needed for your licence renewal application.