Overview
A Registered Electrical Contractor (REC) must have a qualified person supervising their business –a Business Supervisor.
A Business Supervisor must:
- be responsible for the day-to-day management of the electrical contracting business
- be responsible for the administration of the electrical contracting business
- hold an appropriate qualification or have the required experience.
As an REC, you must have a qualified person administering your business.
Accepted courses
This page lists courses accepted by Energy Safe Victoria. The courses on this page meet the requirements to be a Business Supervisor.
| Course code | Course name |
| EA 102 | Establishing a Contracting Business |
| S130017 | Registered Electrical Contractors Course |
| ETF13* | Registered Electrical Contractors Course |
| VBQU451* | Conduct an electrical contracting business |
| VU21527* | Conduct an electrical contracting business |
| VU22723 | Prepare to set up and operate an electrical contracting business |
| NECREC001 | Registered Electrical Contractors Course (NECA Course) |
| CFU001 | Registered Electrical Contractors Course (Centre for U) |
| B340EL06 | Establishing an Electrical Contracting Business |
| UEENEEG075A* | Develop compliance policies and plans to conduct a contracting business |
| UEENEEG175A* | Develop compliance policies and plans to conduct a contracting business |
| UEEEL0040 | Develop compliance policies and plans to conduct an electrical contracting business |
| BSB40407* | Certificate IV in Small Business Management |
| BSB40415* | Certificate IV in Small Business Management |
| BSB42615* | Certificate IV in New Small Business |
| BSB42618* | Certificate IV in New Small Business |
| BSB40320 | Certificate IV in Entrepreneurship and New Business |
| BSB60407* | Advanced Diploma of Management |
| BSB61015* | Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management |
| BSB60420 | Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management |
| BSB50215* | Diploma of Business |
| BSB50120 | Diploma of Business |
| BSB50401* | Diploma of Business Management |
| BSB51107* | Diploma of Management and finance for non-finance managers |
| BSB51915* | Diploma of Leadership and Management |
| BSB51918* | Diploma of Leadership and Management |
| BSB50420 | Diploma of Leadership and Management |
| CPC50220 | Diploma of Building and Construction (Building) |
| University Degrees | Bachelor or Masters of Business (Accounting) |
| University Degrees | Bachelor or Masters of Business (Administration) |
| University Degree | Bachelor or Masters of Business |
| University Degree | Bachelor of Commerce accept all streams |
| University Degree | Master of Business and Technology |
| University Degree | Bachelor of Economics with the Bachelor of Laws |
Note: Course codes in this table marked with a '*' indicate they have been replaced by other courses. They may no longer be open to new enrolments. Energy Safe will still accept these courses for REC Business Nominee registration purposes.
Other acceptable courses
The table above is not a complete list. Other courses may be acceptable.
Business supervision
A course must cover the majority of the following items to be accepted:
- Records
- Taxation
- Budgeting
- Project management factors influencing business performance
- Regulations for electrical work
- Assessing and mitigating risk
- Legal options for the business structure
- Focus of the business
- Legal rights and responsibilities
- Insurance requirements
- Preparing marketing plans
- Estimating
- Profit margins.
These items cover formal processes in a contracting business:
- technical requirements
- managerial requirements
- occupational requirements
- workplace relations obligations.
Experience
A Business Supervisor may apply based on work experience if they don't hold a qualification.
You need to provide written evidence demonstrating that the nominated Business Supervisor's experience. You need to have managed an electrical contracting business for a minimum of 5 years.
Submit a detailed account of your experience on a separate page. Attach and submit that page with the Business Supervisor Nomination Consent Form:
Business_Supervisor_Nomination_Consent_Form_Jun21PDF185.99
If you don't have this experience and haven't completed a course, you can also nominate someone. They must be a suitably qualified person to be your business supervisor.
Further information
If you have any questions, contact Energy Safe Licensing using the details on this page.
Date: 28/04/2024 8:09
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Reviewed 08 January 2024