News and notices
Keep up to date with news from the Board.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board Meet and Greet Schedule
These meetings are an opportunity for you to meet the Board when they are visiting your region.
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COVID-19 Update
Due to COVID-19 and the impact it is having on our people availability, please expect delays to processing times for all services.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 338th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington and Auckland on 18-20 March 2020
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Applications are open to join the EWRB
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).
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Profile of an EWRB member
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...
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 337th meeting agenda
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.
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AS/NZS 3017:2007 – Electrical Installations – Verification Guidelines
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...
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Section 158 Review of the Electricity Act
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.
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Industry Engagement
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...
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Always Use the Right Fittings
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...
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Switchboard Labelling
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...
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Disciplinary Hearings
The Board dealt with a number of cases in October and November 2019 which included allegations relating to the provision of certification.
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Prosecutions
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...
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Warrant of electrical fitness (WOEF) warning
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.
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Supplier Declarations of Conformity
A Supplier Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) is required for declared medium risk articles that are sold in New Zealand.
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New standards added to the library
Two additional standards have been added to the EWRB online library.
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Safe living with electricity
Important safe living with electricity message.
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Open expression of interest for the Future Members programme
Expressions of Interest – Future Members ProgrammeLicensed electrical workers who are interested in participating in the Board’s aspiring or Future Board Member programme are asked to register their interest by emailing a covering letter and curriculum vitae to ewrb@mbie.govt.nz. The covering letter...
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Prosecutions of non-licensed work
An important part of the Board's functions is to prosecute non-authorised persons who carry out prescribed electrical work. Holding those persons to account in the courts ensures that the public are protected from illegal work as well as ensuring that the value of electrical workers' li...
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Complaint/Disciplinary Cases
The Board held four disciplinary hearings during its August and September meetings. In one case an electrical worker installed an electrical fitting in a hazardous area. The case provides a reminder that exclusions zones around hazardous areas need to be strictly adhered to (refer to figure 4.10 of...