Electrical licensing disciplinary action

In December 2025, the Electrical Licensing Committee took disciplinary action against one licence holder.

In this matter the Electrical Safety Regulator issued an electrical worker with an immediate suspension notice under 121AA(1)(b) - Where the Regulator reasonably believes that the performance of the work may involve an imminent serious risk to the health or safety of a person.

It is understood that the way the work was performed was not electrically safe. The person who actually performs the electrical work was negligent or incompetent in the performance of the work and because of the performance of the work, a person or property was not electrically safe.

The Electrical Licensing Committee was then required to convene a hearing. The outcome of the hearing was to suspend the electrical work licence for a period of five (5) years, effective immediately. The Electrical Licensing Committee also decided to include conditions on the electrical worker licence, effective immediately from the date the electrical work licence is reinstated after the five (5) year suspension period has concluded. The worker was instructed to complete training against the capstone assessment. The worker was instructed that they can only work under general supervision of a licenced electrical mechanic until such time that they have undertaken a satisfactory assessment of the capstone assessment.

The worker was disqualified from being a qualified technical person (QTP) for the holder of an electrical contractor licence for a period of ten (10) years, effective immediately. The worker was issued with a $4,000 penalty and a reprimand with the recommendation this information be included on the licensing public register, and to remain on the register for ten (10) years.