New legal requirements for supervision of apprentice electricians have been implemented
Energy Safe has reviewed and updated the Requirements having had regard to submissions received during the consultation period.
These are legal responsibilities for employers, supervisors and apprentice electricians, which took effect from 1 September 2025.
Requirements for the effective supervision of apprentice electricians.
Webinars
To assist employers, supervisors and apprentices in understanding the new Requirements webinars were held during June 2025. Questions asked during the webinars have been published with answers on our website:
www.energysafe.vic.gov.au/apprentice-supervision-faq(opens in a new window)
Electrical Roadshow
From July, we hosted in-person events around Victoria to speak to licensed electrical workers about a range of topics, including apprentice supervision.
More Roadshow information.(opens in a new window)
Consultation
Consultation on the draft Requirements was open for feedback from 4 March to 15 April 2024.
Read the Consultation paper:
Download the draft requirements:
Outcome - New Requirements and decision paper
Our new Requirements were informed by the feedback received from stakeholders during the public consultation period.
Link to the new Requirements for the effective supervision of apprentice electricians
A marked-up version shows the changes we made in finalising the document.
Our decision paper and statement of reasons summarises the feedback received in submissions and our response:
You can read the public submissions to our consultation below:
During the consultation period we published an online survey. Read the report summarising the survey responses:
Date: 14/09/2025 0:01
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