60Other eligibility criteria for electrical work licence

60 Other eligibility criteria for electrical work licence (1) For section 55(2) of the Act, other prescribed eligibility criteria are set out in this regulation. (2) The applicant must be adequately able to understand, and read and write in, the English language without the aid of an interpreter. (3) The applicant must be trained in, and be competent to carry out, resuscitation on an individual who has stopped breathing or is unconscious because of electric shock. (4) If the Electrical Safety Regulator approves a training course in the supervision of apprentices and trainees, the applicant must successfully complete that training course. (5) For an application for a licence with any electrical line work endorsement, the applicant must be trained in, and be competent to carry out, resuscitation and low voltage rescue at a pole top or transmission tower on an individual who has stopped breathing or is unconscious because of electric shock. (6) The applicant must satisfy the Electrical Safety Regulator that the applicant is suitable to hold the licence if, at any time, the applicant: (a) was subject to disciplinary action under a law regulating the activities of electrical workers; or

Division 6 Other matters related to licences and trainee permits Electrical Safety Regulations 2024 40 (b) failed to perform a duty under a law about electrical work. (7) If required by the Electrical Safety Regulator, the applicant must provide information to satisfy the Electrical Safety Regulator that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold an electrical work