  
4. New Agreement with Site SafeAfter extensive consultation between senior staff of the Board, Site Safe, and the Electrical Training Company agreement has been reached on a new approach for the electrical industry in relation to Site Safe and Board requirements. The agreement is summarised as follows:
- The Board and Site Safe will issue a combined Practising Licence/Passport (the licence) to those electrical workers who satisfy a prerequisite tuition course.
- Holders of the licence will have satisfied the requirements of the Electricity Act 1992 and will be permitted access to sites covered by the Site Safe Commercial, Residential, Maintenance and Civil Passports.
- The licence will be issued in the form of a Board practising licence endorsed with a Site Safe Logo.
- No photograph will be required on the licence.
- The licence will be issued by the Board through its practising licence systems.
- People wishing to uplift the licence will be required to make application in the same manner as other practising licences are applied for.
- The fee for the licence will be the same as other practising licence fees set by the Board.
- The Electrical Training Company will conduct the tuition course for a trial period of one year and after that time the course would be reviewed with the view of making it available to all suitably qualified Site Safe Instructors.
- The Electrical Training Company tuition course will not cover first aid or CPR and those subjects would need to be undertaken separately.
- The Electrical Training Company and Site Safe will set the fee for the tuition course.
- The Electrical Training Company will administer the tuition course in areas such as registration, collection of course fees, recording of attendance and assessment of results.
- Site Safe will maintain its funding streams.
- Site Safe will carry out the accreditation of tuition course instructors.
- Site Safe will carry out the moderating of tuition course instructors.
- All parties to the agreement will develop one combined application form and further develop electronic systems to accommodate the new approach.
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