Electrical training and assessment providers

Whether you’re starting out or have years of experience, ESV encourages all electrical workers to undertake further training to develop their skills.

Listed below are the assessment centres approved by ESV, and various education centres that provide electrical training.

Electrical assessment

Licensed Electrician’s Theory

The Licensed Electrician’s Theory (LET) assessment may be facilitated by:

• Future Energy Skills
• GOTAFE (Shepparton and Wangaratta)
• Melbourne Polytechnic
• Sunraysia Institute of TAFE (Mildura)
• The Gordon (Geelong)

Licensed Electrician’s Practical

The Licensed Electrician’s Practical (LEP) may be facilitated by:

• Future Energy Skills
• Melbourne Polytechnic

Safe Working Practice

The Safe Working Practice (SWP) assessment may be facilitated by:

• Future Energy Skills
• GOTAFE (Shepparton and Wangaratta)
• Melbourne Polytechnic
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• Sunraysia Institute of TAFE (Mildura)
• The Gordon (Geelong)

Restricted Licence

Class 2

Class 2 Restricted Licence assessment may be facilitated by:

• Box Hill Institute
• TAFE Gippsland (Morwell)
• Future Energy Skills
• GOTAFE (Shepparton and Wangaratta)
• Master Plumbers (Brunswick)
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• The Gordon (Geelong)
• Victoria Polytechnic (Sunshine)

Class 1

Class 1 Restricted Licence assessment may be facilitated by:

• Box Hill Institute
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• Victoria Polytechnic (Sunshine)

Licensed Electrical Inspection

G Class Theory

LEI G Class theory assessment may be facilitated by:

• Future Energy Skills

G Class Practical and Safe Approach

LEI G Class practical and Safe Approach, assessment:

• Facilitated by Future Energy Skills at ESV

Switchgear Workers Licence

Theory

Switchgear Licence theory assessment may be facilitated by:

• Holmesglen TAFE
• Melbourne Polytechnic

Practical

Switchgear Licence practical assessment is facilitated by:

• Future Energy Skills

Licensing Assessment Appeal

If you believe you have grounds to appeal your licensing assessment result, download, complete and return a Licensing Assessment Appeal form by email to ESV at assessmentaudit@energysafe.vic.gov.au.

Electrical training providers

ESV provides the information below as a public service on the request of the training providers listed. Inclusion on this page does not imply ESV endorsement or recommendation of the listed providers, their services or products. Candidates selecting a training provider should carefully consider whether the training provider meets their own particular needs.

Electrical training is also offered by the following organisations:

• Apprenticeships Group Australia (Deer Park, Gippsland)
• Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE (Bendigo)
• Bizmatrix (Brendale, Queensland)
• Box Hill TAFE (Box Hill)
• Chisholm TAFE (Dandenong, Frankston and Berwick)
• TAFE Gippsland (Morwell)
• Federation University (Ballarat and Horsham)
• Frontier Institute of Technology
• Futuretech (North Melbourne)
• GOTAFE (Shepparton and Wangaratta)
• Holmesglen TAFE (Moorabbin)
• Kangan Institute of TAFE (Broadmeadows)
• Melbourne Polytechnic (Preston, Heidelberg and Epping)
• NECA Education & Careers (Carlton North)
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Melbourne CBD)
• South West TAFE (Warrnambool)
• Sunraysia Institute of TAFE (Mildura and Swan Hill)
• Swinburne University (Wantirna and Croydon)
• The Gordon (Geelong)
• Victoria Polytechnic (Sunshine)

Electrical Contracting

A Registered Electrical Contactors (REC) business course may be facilitated by:

• Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE (Bendigo)
• Box Hill TAFE (Box Hill)
• Chisholm TAFE (Dandenong, Frankston and Berwick)
• Federation University (Ballarat and Horsham)
• Frontier Institute of Technology
• Holmesglen TAFE (Moorabbin)
• Kangan Institute of TAFE (Broadmeadows)
• NECA Education & Careers (Carlton North)
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Melbourne CBD)
• Sunraysia Institute of TAFE (Mildura and Swan Hill)
• Swinburne University (Wantirna and Croydon)
• TAFE Gippsland (Morwell)
• The Centre for U (North Melbourne)
• The Gordon (Geelong)

 (ESV may accept evidence of a REC business course conducted at a training provider that is not listed above. To confirm if the course you wish to undertake is accepted, please consult the Licensing team.)

Licensed Electrical Inspector Training

Private LEI tutoring is offered by the following organisations:

• Electrical Training Academy
• Triple Trade Training 
• The Institute of Electrotechnology

Contact our Licensing team

You can contact our licensing team in the following ways:

• Complete our contact us form.
• Send an email to licensing@energysafe.vic.gov.au and your query will be attended to as soon as possible.
• Contact our Licensing and Registration team directly on 1800 815 721 between the following hours: