esv.vic.gov.au
Question Answer Standard/Clause
How long have I got to provide
the customer with a Certificate
of Electrical Safety (COES) after
electrical installation work is
completed?
I have a client who has two factories
(on separate titles) that are side by
side. Each factory has its own supply
coming in from the street.
Can I install a large machine in
factory one that is supplied from the
main switchboard in factory two?
What type of electrical work can
an apprentice electrician do, and
what level of supervision must be
provided?
For non-prescribed electrical installation work
The person who is responsible for the electrical work has one
month to give the completed COES to the person for whom
the work was carried out.
For prescribed electrical installation work
The Licensed Electrical Inspector (LEI) has four business days
after carrying out the inspection to give the prescribed COES to
the person who is responsible for carrying out the electrical work.
Once the prescribed COES has been provided by the LEI, the
person who is responsible for carrying out the electrical work
has four business days to give the prescribed COES to the person
for whom the work was carried out.
Taking into consideration the eight business days for the inspection
to be carried out, a maximum total of 16 business days after the
work is completed.
Yes, however you must strictly comply with the requirements
of regulation 218 of the Electricity Safety (General) Regulations
2019 (Properties with multiple points of supply).
1. Zones must be established within the property.
2. Each zone established within a property must, wherever
possible, follow easily recognisable property features.
3. Zones must not intermingle with or cross over other
established zones.
4. Each incoming supply must only supply electricity within one zone.
5. A zone diagram must be placed in each main switchboard
within the property.
6. The zone diagrams must contain the following information:
a. a diagram showing the location and boundaries of each zone;
b. the location of each zone's point of supply and consumer’s mains;
c. the location of each zone's main switchboard;
d. the location of any submains or switchboards located
within any zone.
7. Each main switchboard at the property must be clearly and
permanently marked with the following words –
8. "Warning—not all wiring installed in these premises is controlled
from this main switchboard"
9. Each switchboard that is not a main switchboard must be clearly
and permanently marked with a label that clearly identifies the
main switchboard it is connected to.
It is now a requirement under the Electricity Safety (General)
Regulations 2019 that any person who employs an apprentice
must ensure the apprentice is provided with effective supervision
in accordance with ESV’s published Apprentice Supervision
Requirements.
This requirement extends to any licensed electrician or licensed
electrical switchgear worker who has been tasked with supervising
an apprentice who is carrying out electrical installation work.
More information on the Requirements for apprentice supervision
is available on the ESV website.
Electricity Safety
Act 1998
Section 45A(6)(c)
Section 45(3)
Section 45A(6)(a)
Electricity
Safety (General)
Regulations 2019
Regulation 218
17