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How to give a Certificate of Electrical Compliance in Tasmania

In Tasmania, the licensed contractor who carries out Notifiable Electrical Work completes a Certificate of Electrical Compliance (CEC) from a triplicate CEC book and must provide the blue copy to TechSafe Australia, the technical regulator inside Consumer, Building and Occupational Services, within 3 days of energising the work.

Last checked 25 Sep 2026 against the sources listed at the end of this page.

Official name: Certificate of Electrical Compliance (CEC)
Regulator: Technical Regulator, trading as TechSafe Australia, within Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (CBOS)
Who issues it: The licensed electrical contractor or worker who carried out the notifiable electrical work
When: Completing Notifiable Electrical Work, as defined in the Occupational Licensing (Classification of Electrical Work) Code of Practice 2018 (like-for-like replacements and repairs are generally not notifiable)
Deadline: Within 3 days of energising the work; high voltage and hazardous area work needs TechSafe Australia's permission to energise beforehand instead
Lodgement: Handwritten in a triplicate Certificate of Electrical Compliance book, obtained free from Service Tasmania or a TechSafe Australia office; there is no online lodgement portal for this certificate
Keep records for: The green copy of the triplicate CEC stays in the contractor's own book as their record
Penalty: CBOS's public guidance on notifying electrical work does not itself state a dollar penalty for missing the 3 day CEC deadline. Confirm the current figure with CBOS or TechSafe Australia before quoting one to a client, rather than assuming it matches another state's penalty unit value.

Homeowner? If your Tasmanian electrician's work needed a Certificate of Electrical Compliance, you should get the white copy: ask for it if it hasn't arrived within a few days of the work being energised.

What the certificate must show

That the work carried out is Notifiable Electrical Work under the Occupational Licensing (Classification of Electrical Work) Code of Practice 2018
The date the work was energised, since the 3 day deadline for giving the CEC to TechSafe Australia runs from that date
Which of the three carbon copies goes where: white to the customer, blue to TechSafe Australia, green retained in the contractor's own CEC book

Recent change

Tasmania's Electricity Safety Act 2022 has passed but its provisions commence on a day or days still to be proclaimed, so the current CEC process continues to run under the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 framework.

Produce it from a ServiceM8 job

Add a custom field 'Notifiable electrical work' (yes/no) to the job type so office staff can flag which jobs need a CEC.
Add a custom field 'Date energised' so the 3 day clock is visible on the job the moment the work goes live.
Add a job badge such as 'CEC to lodge' that's applied when the notifiable field is set to yes, and only cleared once the blue copy has gone to TechSafe Australia.
Set a reminder or scheduled task 1 to 2 days after the energise date, inside the 3 day window, so the office can check the CEC has gone out before the deadline passes.
Where the job also needs a TasNetworks Electrical Works Request for a new or altered connection, note this separately on the job: it's a different document to the CEC and goes to TasNetworks, not TechSafe Australia.
Photograph or scan the green copy and attach it to the ServiceM8 job diary, so the paper record has a digital backup against the job.
Run this through on a test job so the office can see the badge trigger and clear correctly before the electricians rely on it.

What counts as Notifiable Electrical Work

The CEC only applies to work that falls under Notifiable Electrical Work, as set out in the Occupational Licensing (Classification of Electrical Work) Code of Practice 2018. Like-for-like replacements and repairs to an electrical installation or equipment are generally not required to be notified, so plenty of small jobs never trigger a CEC at all.

Before you assume a job needs one, check it against the code rather than against habit: what counted as notifiable on a job three years ago may not match the current code.

The CEC book: three copies, three destinations

Tasmania does not use an online lodgement portal for this certificate. Contractors get a CEC book, 25 pages in triplicate, free from Service Tasmania or a TechSafe Australia office. The white copy goes to the customer, the blue copy must be provided to TechSafe Australia, and the green copy stays in your book as your own record.

The 3 day deadline

For Notifiable Electrical Work, the CEC must reach TechSafe Australia within 3 days of energising the work. High voltage and hazardous area work is stricter again: you need TechSafe Australia's permission to energise before you turn it on at all, rather than notifying afterwards.

TasNetworks is a separate step

Where a job involves connecting to or altering a TasNetworks connection, the contractor separately submits an Electrical Works Request (EWR) to TasNetworks as part of that connection process. TasNetworks' own guidance for electrical professionals stresses that applications and EWRs must accurately reflect the work completed onsite. This is not the same document as the CEC, and it does not replace giving TechSafe Australia the blue copy.

A new Act, not yet the current process

Tasmania's Electricity Safety Act 2022 has passed but its provisions commence on a day or days still to be proclaimed. Until then, notifiable work and the CEC continue to run under the current Occupational Licensing Act 2005 framework, which is what CBOS's own guidance describes. Don't build a client explanation around the 2022 Act's wording yet: it isn't in force.

Producing it from ServiceM8

Since the CEC is a paper carbon book rather than a form ServiceM8 can generate, the job system's job is to make the 3 day window visible and to hold a digital backup. A custom field for whether the work is notifiable, another for the date energised, and a job badge that only clears once the blue copy is with TechSafe Australia keep the deadline from being missed on a busy week.

Sources

Certain electrical work is classified as Notifiable Electrical Work, which requires a Certificate of Electrical Compliance to be provided to TechSafe Australia within three days of energising the work. Like-for-like replacements and repairs to an electrical installation or equipment are generally not required to be notified. A full description of what work is Notifiable can be found in the Occupational Licensing (Classification of Electrical Work) Code of Practice 2018. Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (CBOS) Tasmania, Notification of electrical work, checked 25 Sep 2026.
For high voltage and hazardous area electrical work, permission to energise the work must be obtained from TechSafe Australia. Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (CBOS) Tasmania, Notification of electrical work, checked 25 Sep 2026.
Certificate of Electrical Compliance books can be obtained free of charge from either Service Tasmania or a TechSafe Australia office. Each book has 25 pages in triplicate: the white copy is for the customer, the blue copy must be provided to TechSafe Australia, and the green copy stays in the contractor's book as their record. Service Tasmania, checked 25 Sep 2026.
When submitting Applications and Electrical Works Requests (EWRs) to TasNetworks, it is important that they accurately reflect the work that has been completed onsite. TasNetworks, Electrical Professionals Information Hub, checked 25 Sep 2026.
A certificate of electrical compliance is defined, under the Electricity Safety Act 2022 (Tas), as a certificate in a form that complies with the requirements of the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 and that certifies that specified electrical work complies with that Act. The Act's provisions commence on a day or days to be proclaimed. Tasmanian Legislation Online, Electricity Safety Act 2022 (Tas), checked 25 Sep 2026.