Electrical Contractor Training (Business)

The Electrical Contractor Training Program (Business) consists of two competency based modules: EA102, EA103B.

Regulation 36 of the Electricity (Licensing) Regulations 1991 provides for the issue of an Electrical Contractor’s Licence to a sole trader, a firm, or a body corporate and requires that the applicant, or at least one person in the employ of the applicant who is concerned in the management or conduct of the business, understands fully the duties and obligations imposed by the regulations, the Electricity Act 1945 and the Energy Coordination Act 1994 and has therefore successfully completed the following modules of the ECTP:

EA102 - Establishing a Contracting Business (40 hours)

Module Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate those factors that influence the performances and structure of a small contracting business;
• Establish a marketing plan for a small contracting business;
• Evaluate the labour costs and profit margins associated with a small contracting operation.
  
  

EA103B - General Legislative Requirements (20 hours)

Module Learning Outcomes

• Investigate and identify State and Federal legislation as it applies to:
  • the structure of an electrical contracting business;
  • workplace relations, human resources;
  • the marketplace
• Analyse and describe the intent and implications of the identified State and Federal Legislation;
• Establish an electrical operational plan and policies to give effect to the procedures, processes and legislative obligations of an electrical contracting business.