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Electrical Workers Registration Board 393rd meeting agenda
Electrical Workers Registration Board 393rd meeting agenda
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Update on building consent for small standalone dwellings
Work is underway to enable small standalone dwellings to be built without a building consent. This is targeted to take effect in 2026.
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Upcoming licensing changes for Electrical Workers
Yesterday the Government announced improvements to occupational licensing that applies to licenced Electrical Workers (EWs) and the work they do.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 392nd meeting agenda
Electrical Workers Registration Board 392nd meeting agenda
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Serene bathroom heaters — urgent safety recall
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) still have an active recall notice for the Serene S2068 bathroom heater and encourage electrical workers to continue to look out for them.
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Disciplinary hearings – February 2025
Flavio Galvao The Board decided that the Respondent committed disciplinary offences related to work carried out around 2 December 2023. The offences were: one offence in breach of s143(b)(ii) of the Act and one offence in breach of s143(f) of the Act. The Respondent agreed that he had...
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Installation of Electric Vehicle charging equipment
The increasing use of Electric Vehicles (EVs), and the demand for faster charging rates, will place higher loading demands on existing installations, especially domestic installations.
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Electrical Code of Practice 46 – New Zealand Electrical Code of Practice for High Voltage Live Line Work.
This Code sets out the minimum industry standards for high voltage live line work. The Code applies to all work on live high voltage overhead lines using approved procedures, tools and equipment, by persons holding the minimum competencies under this Code
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Electrical Workers Registration Board Meet and Greet Schedule 2025
These meetings are an opportunity for you to meet the Board when they are visiting your region in 2025.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 391st meeting agenda
Electrical Workers Registration Board 391st meeting agenda
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Unsupervised trainee electrician cuts live mains cable, fined $10,000
Unsupervised trainee electrician Bradley Carl Payne has been fined $10,000 by the New Plymouth District Court for unauthorised electrical work and leaving exposed live wire that could have caused a fatality.
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Update on Effect of 2023 Gazette Notice on Prescribed Electrical Work
The EWRB are continuing to work on concerns that have been raised around commencement dates for new endorsed registration classes.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 390th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meeting being held Thursday 21 to Friday 22 November 2024 in Wellington.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 381st meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Auckland on 21 to 22 March 2024.
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Disciplinary hearings – February 2024
In this month’s disciplinary articles, there are several cases where electrical workers failed to apply specific electrical standards that applied to their prescribed electrical work.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 380th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Wellington on 21 to 23 February 2024.
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Disciplinary hearings – December 2023
In this month’s disciplinary articles, there are several cases where electrical workers failed to apply specific electrical standards that applied to their prescribed electrical work.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 379th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Auckland on 13 to 14 December.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 378th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Palmerston North on 15 November and Wellington on 16 to 17 November.
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Prosecution - EWRB v David McLennan
On 17 October 2023, David Ewen McLennan was sentenced on one charge of performing unauthorised prescribed electrical work.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 377th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Auckland on 18 to 20 October.
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Disciplinary hearings – October 2023
The Board dealt with 6 disciplinary matters in October
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Prosecution - EWRB v Igor Ivanovic
On 30 August 2023, Igor Ivanovic was sentenced on one charge of performing unauthorised prescribed electrical work.
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Prosecution - EWRB v Aidas Janulis
On 28 June 2023, Aidas Janulis was sentenced on one charge of performing unauthorised prescribed electrical work.
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Prosecution: EWRB v Imran Ali (aka Anton Tarry)
On 22 February 2023, Imran Ali (aka Anton Tarry) was sentenced on one charge of performing unauthorised prescribed electrical work.
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Upcoming changes for electrical worker licensing
A new stepped licensing pathway for registered electrical workers comes into force in September 2024. This provides a new way that electrical workers can move through their career. There are a few things that you need to be aware of now before these upcom
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 376th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Auckland on 20 and 21 September.
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Prosecution - EWRB v Yu-Chien Lee and ASX Construction Ltd
On 2 June 2023, Yu-Chien Lee and ASX Construction Ltd were sentenced on charges of performing unauthorized prescribed electrical work and employing a person to do unauthorized prescribed electrical work, respectively.
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Disciplinary hearings – August 2023
The Board dealt with 3 disciplinary matters.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 375th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Wellington on 16 and 17 August.