This information is on the People Mandate web site to advise those who are approached by SMART METER INSTALLERS where the home owner may feel intimidated for the installation of the Smart Meter. All electricians must have a licence to effect any work in the meter box that is part of your home or business.
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Getting an Electrician’s license in Victoria
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To gain an Electrician's License in Victoria, Energy Safe Victoria (ESV), the independent electrical safety and technical regulator in Victoria, has indicated that an apprentice electrician must:
· complete a 4 year contract of training as an apprentice electrician that includes at least 12 months experience in carrying out electrical installation work
· hold a Certificate III in Electrotechnology Systems Electrician, provided final assessments within this qualification have been conducted under the auspices of ESV.
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If the RTO awarding the qualification has not conducted final assessments under the auspices of ESV, then apprentices will also need to successfully complete the Licensed Electrician Assessment (LEA), formerly known as the LEM, in accordance with the Electricity Safety Act and the Electricity Safety (Installations) Regulations 1999.
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Currently, to meet the requirements of ESV and the Electrotechnology Training Package, all RTOs have made arrangements with the ESV for their apprentices to undertake the LEA in the final year of their apprenticeship as part of the process and requirements of gaining the qualification rather than undertaking final assessments conducted by the RTO. The LEA is conducted by EPIC ITB.
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By adopting this approach there is no need for any apprentice to undertake any additional assessment after the awarding of the Certificate III in Electrotechnology – Systems Electrician for the purpose of gaining an electrical license.
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This information came from the web site;
http://www.epicitb.com/index.php?page=lea
To find out more information you will need to visit the web site.
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Special Note;
If the Installer refuses to leave and calls the police for assistance and the police arrive.
1) If member or members touch you or do any other enforcement that is “assault” and would be under the Criminal Code Act 1995.
2) If the police proceed to arrest you and take you off the property and deliver you to the jail then you can immediately apply for a prerogative writ of Habeas Corpus to challenge the detention. If the court is satisfied that the detention is un-lawful the custodian is ordered to appear to justify it and if custodian can not do so the person is released.