News and notices
Keep up to date with news from the Board.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 367th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held over Zoom on 16 and 17 November.
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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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Electrical Workers Registration Board 366th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in: Wellington, 18 October and Napier, 19 to 20 October.
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Disciplinary hearings - October 2022
Disciplinary hearings: Rafe Fannin, Electrician, E 283485, EW 144461 of Whangarei; Ross Brewster, Electrician, E 3316, EW 048626 of Auckland; Other matters
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Leaving a decommissioned area safe
It is so important that any electrical installation in the process of being decommissioned or fully decommissioned – as in the case of a demolition site – remains safe and does not present any avoidable shock hazards during the deconstruction process.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 365th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Auckland on 21-23 September.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 364th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Christchurch on 17 and 18 August and Blenheim on 19 August.
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Disciplinary Hearings - August 2022
The Board heard five disciplinary matters in May, four of which are detailed below. One of those resulted in the Board cancelling the registration and licence of an electrical worker.
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Prosecution - EWRB v Lal
On 7 April 2022 Ravin Lal was sentenced on a charge of carrying out unauthorised prescribed electrical work.
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Prosecution - EWRB v Kumaran
On 19 July 2022, Naveen Kumaran was sentenced by Judge Lovell-Smith on 2 charges of performing unauthorised prescribed electrical work.
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Prosecution - EWRB v Harris
On 23 May 2022 Anthony Harris was convicted and sentenced on 2 charges of doing un-authorised prescribed electrical work in the District Court at Christchurch by Judge Couch.
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Prosecution - EWRB v Connolly
On 30 March 2022 Stephen Connolly was sentenced in the District Court at Wellington by Judge Mill after pleading guilty to 1 charge of holding himself out as registered or licensed in respect of prescribed electrical work.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 363rd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being held in Wellington on 19 to 21 July.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 362nd meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings - 21 & 22 June - Wellington, 23 June - Rotorua
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Disciplinary hearings - June 2022
The Board dealt with one electrical worker in April 2022 in relation to two separate complaints made about him. The electrical worker accepted responsibility for his wrongdoing on both matters.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 361st meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings - 18 May - Auckland, 19 May - Auckland, 20 May - Whangarei.
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Applications and practising licence ID cards
There are currently delays processing Registrations, Class applications, Trainee Limited Certificates and Limited Certificates.
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 360th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings - 20 April Christchurch, 21 April Timaru and 22 April Queenstown.
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Disciplinary hearings - April 2022
Baoren Wang and November 2021 hearings
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Electrical Workers Registration Board 359th meeting agenda
This is the agenda for the Electrical Workers Registration Board meetings being via Zoom on 17 March 2022.