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COES fees
The Department of Treasury and Finance sets the base fee unit each financial year for ESV’s electrical licensing and COES fees.
F20 fees have been held at F19 rates, and are in the tables below.
Fees relating to the Electrical Safety (General) Regulations 2019
COES type |
2019-20 fees |
| Electronic Certificate of Electrical Safety form for prescribed electrical work | $31.79 |
| Paper Certificate of Electrical Safety form for prescribed electrical work | $34.68 |
| Periodic Certificate of Electrical Safety form for non-prescribed electrical work | $803.42 |
| Non-prescribed Certificate of Electrical Safety (electronic) | $6.75* |
| Non-prescribed Certificate of Electrical Safety (paper) | $7.40* |
* Prescribed fees are not tied to the Monetary Units Act 2004 as the fee is less than one fee unit under the Act.
The purchase of COES from ESV does not attract GST.
Part 7 exemption
See Part 7 exemption applications for information on exemptions.
Part 7 exemption fee |
2019-20 fee |
| Part 7 exemption application | $86.56 |
COES agents
Paper certificates may be purchased from the following ESV-authorised COES agents i.e. authorised electrical wholesalers.
- Active Electrical
- Areial Industries
- AWM
- Cetnaj
- CNW Pty Ltd
- Electrical Inspections Victoria Pty Ltd
- Go Electric
- Lawrence & Hanson/Auslec
- Lecky’s Electrical Wholesale
- Middendorp Electric Co
- Rexel
- Titan Trading
Lodging paper COES
To lodge paper COES via the interactive voice response (IVR), call 1300 360 366 and follow the prompts.
Contact us
For advice and information about COES fees, purchasing COES or using ESVConnect for COES contact our COES team in the following ways:
- Fill in our contact form
- ‘Ask A Question’ in ESVConnect
- Email to coes@energysafe.vic.gov.au
- Call our COES team on 03 9203 9700 – select option 3.
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