Trades
Electrical compliance
- Who lodges the NSW CCEW, and by when?Compliance by stateNSW's Certificate of Compliance for Electrical Work is lodged online through eCert, with a 7 day deadline and set copies to the customer and distributor.
- How to give a Certificate of Electrical Compliance in TasmaniaCompliance by stateTasmania's Certificate of Electrical Compliance covers notifiable electrical work: who completes it, the 3 day CBOS deadline, and where TasNetworks fits in.
- Electrical safety testing and reporting in the ACTCompliance by stateThe ACT has no certificate you hand a customer. Electrical wiring work is tested, then a report goes to the construction occupations registrar within 14 days.
- Certificate of Electrical Safety in Victoria: prescribed work rulesCompliance by stateVictoria splits electrical work into prescribed and non prescribed. Both need a COES from ESV, but only prescribed work needs an inspector before connection.
- Electrical Certificate of Compliance in the Northern TerritoryCompliance by stateNT's Certificate of Compliance certifies work is tested safe under the Electrical Safety Act 2022, with a 30 day deadline and a copy to Power and Water.
- How to issue an electrical certificate of compliance in South AustraliaCompliance by stateIn SA you issue an electronic certificate of compliance (eCoC) for electrical work within 30 days. Who signs, what OTR audits, and a ServiceM8 setup.
- How to issue an electrical safety certificate in QueenslandCompliance by stateIn QLD the electrical contractor gives the customer a certificate of test as soon as practicable after testing. What it must show, and a ServiceM8 setup.
- Electrical Safety Certificates and network notices in Western AustraliaCompliance by stateWA contractors lodge a Preliminary Notice and Notice of Completion with the network operator, plus the Electrical Safety Certificate given to the customer.
- Electrical safety checks for Victorian rental propertiesCompliance by stateVictorian rental providers must have electrical safety checks done every 2 years by a licensed electrician. What the check covers and the record needed.
- When is test and tag actually mandatory in NSW?Compliance by stateNSW sets no fixed test and tag interval. Testing is mandatory once equipment sits in a higher risk environment, per SafeWork NSW and the WHS Regulation 2025.
- What Queensland's Electrical Safety Regulation actually requires for test and tagCompliance by stateQueensland's Electrical Safety Regulation 2013 sets its own test and tag intervals by work type, on top of AS/NZS 3760, with penalties up to $863,500.
- Which test and tag colour applies in Queensland right nowCompliance by stateThe RGBY tag colour rotation on Queensland sites comes from AS/NZS 3012, not from law. Here is the colour by quarter and when it does not apply.
- When is my next test and tag due?ToolWork out the next test and tag due date from AS/NZS 3760:2022 Table 2.4: 3 months on construction sites up to 5 years, plus the QLD rules that override it.
- How do you give clients their test and tag records on a QR code?ServiceM8 how-toGive each client site a QR label that opens its current test and tag register and reports. Free with Google Drive and Chrome, refreshed each retest round.
- Does Victoria have a test and tag law?Compliance by stateVictoria has no test and tag regulation. The duty comes from the OHS Act 2004 safety duty, with AS/NZS 3760 the standard WorkSafe expects you to follow.