News and notices
Keep up to date with news from the Board.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 389th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meeting being held Thursday 21 to Friday 22 November 2024 in Auckland.
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New series to help businesses unmask cyber crime
Small businesses are the target for nearly half of all cyber crime in Aotearoa, with one in three experiencing at least one cyber attack. But less than half of business owners say they are prepared for an online incident.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 388th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meeting being held Wednesday 16 to Friday 18 October 2024 in Wellington.
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Effect of Gazette Notice on Prescribed Electrical Work for Electrical Inspectors and Electrical Engineers
Concerns have been raised around the effect of the commencement dates for the Electrical Inspector and Electrical Engineer registration classes and the associated endorsed registration classes in the Electricity (Prescribed Classes of Registration for Ele
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 387th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meeting being held Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 September 2024 in Nelson and Auckland.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 386th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meeting being held Wednesday 21 to Thursday 22 August 2024 in Wellington.
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Important changes for all Registered Electrical Workers
As of 1 September 2024, a new Electrical Worker (EW) registration framework comes into effect. This is something all licensed EWs need to be aware of.
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Digital licence cards are coming in September
From 1 September 2024, we will start rolling out digital licence cards to electrical workers.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 385th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meeting being held Thursday 18 July 2024 via Zoom.
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Unlicensed electrical and plumbing worker sentenced for dangerous work, fined
Graeme Paul Leo Kyle was sentenced for carrying out electrical and plumbing work while unlicensed at a Dannevirke property that risked the health and safety of the property and its occupants.
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Disciplinary hearings – May 2024
This month we summarise the outcomes of six cases of disciplinary decisions amongst licensed electrical workers.
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Prosecution – EWRB v Santini Renney
On 7 May 2024, Mr Renney was sentenced on a charge of performing unauthorised prescribed electrical work.
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Electrical Worker Licensing update – Grandparenting process
A new registration framework for Licensed Electrical Workers will take effect on 1 September 2024. All Licensed Electrical Workers need to be aware of the changes and what they mean for them.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 384th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held Wednesday 19 to Friday 21 June 2024 in Wellington
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 383rd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held over Zoom on 16 to 17 May 2024.
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Prosecution – EWRB v Super Cell Limited
On 26 March 2024, Super Cell Limited was sentenced on one charge of knowingly permitted a person to do unauthorised prescribed electrical work.
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Disciplinary hearings – April 2024
In this month’s disciplinary articles, there are several cases where electrical workers carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner.
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Recording incorrect information in the Electricity and Gas High-Risk Database
WorkSafe - Energy Safety reminds electrical inspectors about the importance of ensuring that information they record in the Electricity and Gas High-Risk Database (EGHRD) is correct.
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Home detention for tradesman’s death
WorkSafe – Energy Safety has successfully prosecuted an electrical worker, Stephen Graham Burton, under s163C of the Electricity Act 1992 for failing to test prescribed electrical work he had undertaken that ultimately resulted in a fatality.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 382nd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Auckland on 17 to 19 April 2024.