Find a training provider
You can complete coursework and practical assessments for registration through Board-approved training providers throughout New Zealand.
Safety Training is required to be completed within 3 months of being issued with a Limited Certificate or Trainee Limited Certificate.
There are also Board-approved Competence Programme providers throughout New Zealand. Completion of a Competence Programme is required for a Practising Licence.
Your training provider helps you by providing tuition for exams and carries out assessments for practical assessments required for Registration, They may also run Safety Training courses for trainees and limited certificate holders.
The list below gives contact details of Board-approved providers and the courses they are approved to provide.
Note: You can also use the CPD Portal to search for a Competence Programme in your area.
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Active Electrical Suppliers / Electrical Industry Training
Wanganui, Taupo, Christchurch, Auckland, Hamilton, Napier, Blenheim, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Hawera, Nelson, Tokoroa, Rotorua, Tauranga, Timaru, Whangarei
Provider details:
Notes:
Safety training:
Limited Certificates only
Courses offered:
- Safety training
- Competency programme
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Ara Institute of Canterbury
Christchurch, Timaru
Provider details:
Sullivan Ave
PO Box 540
Christchurch0800 24 24 76Notes:
Safety training:
On demand subject to numbers
Courses offered:
- Safety training
- Competency programme
- Associated Tradespersons
- Electrical Appliance Serviceperson (EAS)
- Electrical Service Technician (EST)
- Electricians Theory
- Electricians Regulations
- Electricians Practical Stage 1, 2 and 3 (including stage 3 only)
- Inspectors
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Chandler Consulting Limited
Auckland, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty, Hauraki, Coromandel, United Kingdom, Thames, Northland
Provider details:
09 832 265309 832 2653 (fax)Notes:
Safety training:
Limited Certificates only
Courses offered:
- Safety training
- Competency programme
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Electrain
Christchurch
Contact person:
Stuart Taylor021 137 0702Notes:
Safety training:
Limited Certificates only
Courses offered:
- Safety training
- Competency programme
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Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT)
Auckland
Provider details:
MIT Tech Park Campus
58 Manukau Station Road
Manukau
Auckland
Please Note: Manukau Institute of Technology is part of Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology0800 62 62 52Courses offered:
- Safety training
- Electrical Appliance Serviceperson (EAS)
- Electrical Service Technician (EST)
- Electricians Theory
- Electricians Regulations
- Electricians Practical Stage 1, 2 and 3 (including stage 3 only)
- Inspectors
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Northland Polytechnic - NorthTec Future Trades (NorthTec)
Whangarei
Contact person:
Simon Phelps09 470 3980Notes:
Safety training contact:
Phone: 09 470 3685
Courses offered:
- Safety training
- Electrical Appliance Serviceperson (EAS)
- Electrical Service Technician (EST)
- Electricians Theory
- Electricians Regulations
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Otago Polytechnic
Dunedin
Courses offered:
- Safety training
- Competency programme
- Electrical Appliance Serviceperson (EAS)
- Electrical Service Technician (EST)
- Electricians Theory
- Electricians Regulations
- Electricians Practical Stage 1, 2 and 3 (including stage 3 only)
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Skills Group Training Limited
Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, Hamilton, Napier, Bay of Plenty, Wellington, Nelson, Rotorua, Tauranga
Provider details:
Level 2, Building C,
Millennium Centre
600 Great South Road
Auckland 1051
0508 754 557Notes:
Email contacts:
Auckland/Northland
northern_admin@scgnz.orgWaikato/Bay of Plenty/
Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay
centralnorth_admin@scgnz.orgWellington/Taranaki/
Manawatu/Whanganui
lowernorth_admin@scgnz.orgCanterbury/Marlborough/
Nelson Tasman/West Coast
uppersouth_admin@scgnz.orgOtago/Southland
lowersouth_admin@scgnz.orgCourses offered:
- Safety training
- Competency programme
- Associated Tradespersons
- Electrical Appliance Serviceperson (EAS)
- Electrical Service Technician (EST)
- Electrical Installer
- Electricians Theory
- Electricians Regulations
- Electricians Practical Stage 1, 2 and 3 (including stage 3 only)
- Inspectors
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Southern Institute of Technology (SIT)
Christchurch, Invercargill
Provider details:
Private Bag 90114
Invercargill 98400800 867 883903 349 3658 (fax)Notes:
Safety training contact:
Christchurch
Phone: 03 349 3645Invercargill
Phone: 03 211 2699
Fax: 03 214 4977
Freephone: 0800 4 STUDYOn demand subject to numbers
Competency programme:
Phone: 0800 867 883Fax: 03 349 3658Courses offered:
- Safety training
- Electrical Installer
- Electricians Theory
- Electricians Regulations
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Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Tauranga
Notes:
Safety training
Competency programmeCourses offered:
- Safety training
- Competency programme
- Electrical Appliance Serviceperson (EAS)
- Electrical Service Technician (EST)
- Electricians Theory
- Electricians Regulations
- Electricians Practical Stage 1, 2 and 3 (including stage 3 only)
- Inspectors