Thanks again MB!!! We are just waiting to phone now and dont ya know time is dragging
Yup, we emailed Nick today and there are spaces left next week on the course if needed.
This is what the documentation that Nick emailed to us says if anyone else is or will be looking to register:
The NZ electrician registration process is:-
1. Submit your City & Guilds (and/or other as applicable) qualifications and a VERY COMPREHENSIVE resume' of your work experience to the Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB) The address is PO Box 10156 Wellington, New Zealand ? attention Mr. Paul McGrail.
More details can be found at Electrical Workers Registration Board | Home. References from employers (i.e. an electrical supervisor or manager) or electrical inspectors (if you are self employed) must be included, to verify your work experience.
If your qualifications are deemed appropriate you will be exempt the NZ (level 4) electrical theory exam. If not, you may complete the theory training in NZ, BUT this may affect your residency application from the UK.
Your work experience is needed to confirm you have sufficient experience to comply with the requirements for obtaining a NZ Electrician Practising Licence. NOTE - work experience is best documented covering similar information to that shown in Schedule 1 of the Electricity Regulations 1997 ? (see attached document). Further information on the Regulations can be found at - ESS Home (the Energy Safety Services) web site. The required information can be downloaded free of charge.
2. Complete a provisional licence application, which requires the following:-
- A prospective employer in NZ who can sign the Supervision guidelines section of the application
- "Safety tuition training": - a series of one-day courses will be available (in conjunction with NZIS - London) during the year.
- Obtain a copy of the Supervision Guidelines and sign a declaration stating you have read, understood and will comply with the requirements. (I provide this during the training courses)
3. Once 1 & 2 above are completed, and you are in NZ working under your provisional licence, you will need to complete a practical assessment (usually just the stage 3 practical) and the NZ electrical regulations exam. The exams are run in June and November of each year. Course work, including the practical assessment can be done at night school (Polytech) or on block courses.
After all that, you can apply for Registration and a Practising Licence as an electrician. There a few "fish-hooks", such as the provisional licence is only valid for 12 months from the date of issue and it may take longer than that to arrange to move to NZ. The (very helpful) NZIS people and the EWRB can supply more information.
Note - regarding Residency / Work Permit / Work to Residency
If you are intending to apply for residency, you will need to have submitted your qualifications and work experience to the EWRB, found an employer and completed the safety tuition training course (see below) in order to apply for an electrical provisional licence. Having a provisional licence is one of NZIS requirements when applying for residency.
If however, you intend to come to NZ on a work permit, you do not need do the training in London (thereby saving you some money and time), you can do it in NZ after you arrive.
For those applying for a work to residency visa, you do not need do the training in London, BUT you must have received a letter (of reply) from the EWRB stating that your qualifications and work experience are acceptable and that a provisional licence will be issued once you have an employer and completed the ?safety tuition? course.
So as we are going via the WTR route we may leave doing the safety course until actually in NZ, but we will decide that once we have spoken to EWRB later, as at the moment we are not even sure what class my OH will be looking to register under! He is a Mechanical/Electrical Fitter and the 3 choices are Electrician, Electrical Service Technician, and Line Mechanic so yet another thing to check with the EWRB
? weeks doesnt sound so bad, I guess that will be down to good old Royal Mail and how quickly the postal system works once we can get all the info required together
Ali
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