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- Originally posted by choir:
Hi, there ,
I read your thread and thought if you both are electrical engineers (i.e. degree qualified and chartered with the Engineers Australia in Australia), and if you are doing the electrical installation for your own home, then you don’t need to engage an electrician to do the installation and certification.
I am a chartered electrical engineer registered with the IEE (UK) and Engineers Australia (EA) and I have been doing my own electrical installation works for my home and IPs. You can double check with EA as as far as I understand, there is no specific requirements for a chartered electrical engineer to engage an electrician to do any electrical intslaltion in his/her own home.
Having siad that, if you are an electrical engiener specialising in other electrical field, then that is another matter. I would suggest you double check with EA for clarification.
Regards
RaymondThis is news to me. I haven’t looked over the CP process with a fine tooth comb, but I certainly haven’t seen any literature that states that being chartered overrides the requirements of having the appropriate trade competencies.
Furthermore, as I understood it, degree qualified engineers still had to complete the apprenticeship, or at the very least gain a restricted electrical licence in order to perform such work.
If this is the case for IEAust, as far as requirements go, then I’d suspect that they’d be promoting this far more than they are if it were true.
In short, despite the dire shortage of trade qualified electricians in Darwin, I don’t see that there is any other option than to get them to do the work.
