Energy Safe Victoria - Head Office
Government in Melbourne

Find a trade The safety regulator responsible for electrical and gas safety in Victoria. An Electrician’s license application form must be completed and lodged with ESE, demonstrating the same standard of qualifications, proficiency and experience in electrical installation work, as well as the application fee. ESE requires that a person in the business of electrical contracting, or offering to contract, be registered as an electrical contractor. Where a company registration and a business name are required, only the company needs to be registered. Business supervisors must be a person responsible for the day today management and administration of the electrical contracting business and grasp an appropriate qualification or have the required experience. Nominated business supervisor(s) must produce evidence of one of the following with any application: A person must not carry on or offer to carry on or grasp out that the person carries on or is willing to carry on any class of electrical contracting that, below the regulations, is a prescribed class of electrical contracting unless the person is registered lower the Electricity Safety Act 1998 as an electrical contractor in respect of electrical contracting of that class and holds the prescribed insurance. A REC is responsible for all electrical installation labor it is engaged to carry out and must ensure that the labor is safe, complies with the regulations, is inspected if required and that a certificate of electrical safety is issued for all labor carried out. A REC must not employ a person in the carrying out of electrical installation work unless the person is a licensed electrical installation worker of a particular class related to the contractor’s business or an apprentice within the meaning of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, in a trade that involves carrying out electrical installation work of a class relating to the contractor’s business. The applicant is the person responsible for the registration. To add a business name, advise ESE in writing on company letterhead, providing details of the changes to the registration, a copy of the Business Name Certificate and a copy of the updated Certificate of Currency, which correctly reflects the business name. Additionally, the technical supervisor must ensure that Certificates of Electrical Safety (cobs) are completed, lodged and sent to ESE, as the responsible person’. The voltage applicable to such equipment. Restricted Electrical Workers license training providers. Electrical installation work required to carry out a primary work function relating to low voltage fixed electrical equipment that involves. Flaw finding in relation to that electrical equipment or a component of that electrical equipment. Restricted Electrical Worker’s license Class 2. The testing of that electrical equipment or a component of that electrical equipment. Additionally, for consideration of a Class 1 license, applicants must comply evidence of competence in defect finding. Restricted Electrical Worker's license (REL) training and assessment providers. Blemish finding means the testing of the operation of electrical equipment to determine if that electrical equipment is safe and working correctly as defined in the Victorian Electricity Safety (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2010. A Supervised Worker’s license application form must be lodged with ESE, demonstrating the equivalent standard of qualifications, proficiency and experience in electrical installation work, as healthy as the application fee. All applicants must be capable to bear evidence they have the qualifications, experience, competency and proficiency for the class of license required, as detailed below. They have a detailed letter from their employer supporting the application and that the applicant has completed 12 months’ wiring and installation work experience. As the autonomous technical regulator responsible for electricity, gas and pipeline safety in Victoria Energy Sound Victoria (ESE) is also responsible for licensing and registering all electricians and electrical trades persons a requirement to undertake electrical labor in Victoria and as such ESE provides various services and urge to electricity professionals.