• installing low voltage electrical wiring in a
building
• installing electrical equipment into an installation coupler or
interconnecter
• replacing a low voltage electrical component of a washing
machine
• maintaining an electricity entity’s overhead distribution
system
(2)
"Electrical work" does not include the following—
(a) work that involves
connecting electrical equipment to an electricity supply by means of a
flexible cord plug and socket outlet;
(b) work on a non-electrical component
of electrical equipment, if the person carrying out the work is not exposed to
an electrical hazard;
Examples for paragraph (b)—
• painting electrical
equipment covers
• repairing hydraulic components of an electrical motor
• replacing a drive belt on a washing machine
(c) replacing electrical
equipment or a component of electrical equipment if that task can be safely
performed by a person who does not have expertise in carrying out
electrical work;
Examples for paragraph (c)—
• replacing a fuse
•
replacing a light bulb in a light fitting
(d) assembling, making, modifying
or repairing electrical equipment in a workplace under the
Work Health and Safety Act 2011that is prescribed under a regulation for this
paragraph, if that is the principal manufacturing process at the workplace,
and arrangements are in place, and are detailed in written form, for ensuring
that—
(i) the work is done safely and competently; and
(ii) the equipment
is tested to ensure compliance with relevant standards;
(e) building or
repairing ducts, conduits or troughs (channels) where electrical wiring will
be or is installed, if—
(i) the channels are not intended to be earthed; and
(ii) wiring installed in the channels is not energised; and
(f) locating or mounting electrical equipment,
or fixing electrical equipment in place, if this task is not performed in
relation to the connection of electrical equipment to an electricity supply;
(g) assisting a licensed electrical worker to carry out electrical work, on
electrical equipment under the direct supervision of the electrical worker, if
the assistance does not involve physical contact with any energised electrical
equipment;
(h) carrying out electrical work, other than work on energised
electrical equipment, in order to meet eligibility requirements in relation to
becoming a licensed electrical worker and only if the work is prescribed under
a regulation for this paragraph;
(i) building, under the supervision of an
electricity entity, an overhead electric line on structures that do not
already carry an energised overhead electric line;
(j) laying, cutting or
sealing underground cables that are part of the works of an electricity entity
before the initial connection of the cables to an electricity source;
(k)
recovering underground cables that are part of the works of an electricity
entity after disconnection from an electricity source;
(l) altering,
repairing, maintaining or recovering an overhead electric line that is part of
the works of an electricity entity, if the work is performed under the
entity's supervision and—
(i) if the line is not on supports supporting
another electric line—the line has been isolated from an electricity source
so that the closure of a switch can not energise the section of the line where
work is being done; or
(ii) if the line is on supports supporting another
electric line—both lines have been isolated from an electricity source so
that the closure of a switch can not energise the section of the line where
the work is being done or an adjacent section of the other line;
(m) erecting
structures for the support of electrical equipment;
Examples of structures—
• electric poles and towers
(n) locating, mounting or fixing in place
electrical equipment, other than—
(i) making or terminating electrical
connections to the equipment; or
(ii) installing supply conductors that will
connect the equipment to a supply of electricity;
(o) maintaining the
structural parts of the electrical traction system on a railway, other than
overhead electric lines, that forms part of the works of an electrical entity,
if the work is structural work performed under a safe system of work.