As an employer or self-employed person
Section 30 of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (PDF, 788 KB) states that as an employer or self-employed person you must ensure your business or undertaking is conducted in an electrically safe way.
This means:
- all the electrical equipment you use is electrically safe;
- ensuring the electrical safety of people affected by the work you do; and
- property affected by the work you do is not at risk of being damaged or destroyed.
You also have an obligation to your employees. Section 209 of the Electrical Safety Regulation 2002 (PDF, 1 MB) outlines specific obligations about supervising an apprentice or trainee. An apprentice or trainee with less than six months' training must not work:
- in the immediate vicinity of a live high voltage exposed part; or
- where there is a risk of coming into contact with a live low voltage exposed part.
An apprentice or trainee must always be supervised by an appropriately licensed electrical worker. Read Section 209 of the Electrical Safety Regulation 2002 for more information.
From 1 March 2008 you are also required to maintain a register of any licensed electrical workers you employ.
Last updated 22 July 2009
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