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  • Electrical Workers Registration Board 340th meeting agenda

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    This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held via video conference on 20 and 21 May 2020.

  • Electrical Workers Registration Board Meet and Greet Schedule

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    These meetings are an opportunity for you to meet the Board when they are visiting your region.

  • COVID-19 Update

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    At COVID-19 Alert Level 2, our services are operating normally.

  • Electrical Workers Registration Board 339th meeting agenda

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    This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held via video conference on 22 and 23 April 2020.

  • Disciplinary Hearings

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    The Board met in December 2019 and dealt with three disciplinary matters.

  • Prosecutions

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    EWRB v Aaron CollingsMr Collings was fined $3,000 and ordered to pay costs in the District Court in Hamilton on a charge of carrying out prescribed electrical work when not authorised. In October 2017, Mr Collings installed a number of indoor and outdoor lights at commercial premises in Hamilton. At...

  • Electrical Workers Registration Board 338th meeting agenda

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    This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington and Auckland on 18-20 March 2020

  • Applications are open to join the EWRB

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    On behalf of the Minister for Building and Construction, the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment is seeking applications from candidates who are interested in contributing their knowledge and experience to the role of member of the Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB).

  • Profile of an EWRB member

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    Mike Macklin is a self-employed registered electrical inspector based in Darfield. Mike was previously a director for a large New Zealand switchboard and switchgear company and is now the Deputy Presiding Member of Electrical Workers Registration Board. He’s been a board member for the past ten year...

  • Electrical Workers Registration Board 337th meeting agenda

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    This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington on 20 February 2020, and Wellington / Palmerston North on 21 February 2020.

  • AS/NZS 3017:2007 – Electrical Installations – Verification Guidelines

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    AS/NZS 3017 sets out the common test and inspection methods required to verify that a low voltage, MEN electrical installation complies with safety requirements for the prevention of fire, or a person or livestock sustaining an electric shock. It can be used to satisfy Periodic Verification requirem...

  • Section 158 Review of the Electricity Act

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    The Board must, once every five years, provide a report to the Minister of Building and Construction which reviews the operation of the Electricity Act. The report must consider whether any amendments to the Act are necessary or desirable. The next report is due this year.

  • Industry Engagement

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    The Board will also be consulting with industry this year on possible changes to license classes, its Section 158 review of the Electricity Act and its concept for the future of competency programmes. The Board will be updating electrical workers on these at its Breakfast Meet and Greet presentation...

  • Always Use the Right Fittings

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    Energy Safety has released an information bulletin following a recent fatal incident. The bulletin can be viewed at the Worksafe WebsiteThe bulletin outlines that a registered and licensed electrician was fatally injured while working on a dairy farm water pump system in a very small pump shed. The...

  • Switchboard Labelling

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    Clause 2.9.5.1 of AS/NZS 3000:2007 contains a requirement that “all electrical equipment shall be legibly and indelibly identified in the English language in accordance with the requirements of Clauses 2.9.5.2 to 2.9.5.6”. Clauses 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 also contain requirements for main switches and addit...

  • Disciplinary Hearings

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    The Board dealt with a number of cases in October and November 2019 which included allegations relating to the provision of certification.

  • Prosecutions

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    EWRB v WoodhouseMr Woodhouse was sentenced at Porirua District Court for performing unauthorised prescribed electrical work which included the installation of lights, power points and an outside water heater at a property in Mana. He also arranged for a Certificate of Compliance to be issued for the...

  • Warrant of electrical fitness (WOEF) warning

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    With the holiday season around the corner it is timely to remind electrical workers of the requirements for WOEF which are set out in regulation 78 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010.

  • Supplier Declarations of Conformity

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    A Supplier Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) is required for declared medium risk articles that are sold in New Zealand.

  • New standards added to the library

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    Two additional standards have been added to the EWRB online library.

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