Electrical Installer (Endorsed Hazardous Areas)

Registration requirements

Registration class

Electrical Installer (Endorsed Hazardous Areas)

Required work experience

To become an Electrical Installer (Endorsed Hazardous Areas) you must have:

• Held Registration as an Electrical Installer with the EWRB in New Zealand for a period of not less than 2 years
• Completed not less than 2 years of practical experience in the PEW of and Electrical Installer
• Completed not less than 1 year (2000 hours) of practical experience in a hazardous area or substantially similar practical experience satisfactory to the Board
• Adequate knowledge, training, skills, and experience satisfactory to the Board of:
  • The control of the types and degree of explosion hazards
  • The use of explosive-protection techniques
  • The performance of safety functions that are required for hazardous areas and explosion-protected electrical equipment
  • Risk management including safety assessment requirements.

IMPORTANT: Your New Zealand work experience MUST be completed while holding an Electrical Installer (Endorsed Hazardous Areas) Trainee Limited Certificate.

Trainee Limited Certificates

You can choose to complete the following qualification to gain the necessary knowledge, training, skills, and experience (point 4 above), or alternatively you can use your work experience:

• The New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Equipment in Explosive Atmospheres (Level 4).