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New licensing and registration system for electrical workers and building practitioners

A new licensing and registration system for electrical workers and building practitioners is being developed by the Department of Building and Housing.

The new system will complete the transfer of electrical workers' licensing and registration from the Ministry for Economic Development, which started at the end of 2006 when the staff moved to the Department.

The second stage is moving licensing and registration, with the new system due to go live in February 2010.

Electrical workers

For electrical workers the system will retain the same functions as the previous electrical workers' system. Electrical workers will still be able to log on and:

  • change their personal details
  • complete their re-licensing applications
  • go to secure parts of the Standards New Zealand website
  • record their safety training
  • view their exam results when they are released
  • use the online bookshop
  • complete online forms
  • search the public register.

Users of the current system will notice marked improvements, including a sleeker website with a user-friendly search function, more online forms, and new functions such as changing password details and doing Certificates of Compliance online.

Building practitioners

For the first time licensed building practitioners will be able to log on to the system and see and correct their own personal information. Once the system is in place, they can amend their personal details, complete forms and re-licensing applications online, maintain their skills records and search the public register.