Electricity publications list
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Print copies
Some of these documents are also on the Commerce Publications order form or from publications@commerce.wa.gov.au
Brochures
- Inspections of electrical and gas installations in remote areas (158226 bytes)
- Using electricity safely in caravans and tents (174783 bytes)
- Using electricity safely near water (94800 bytes)
- VegetationPowerline_Guidelines_2012 (690683 bytes)
- Watch out for power lines above when you're working below (226326 bytes)
- Working safely when cutting trees (172182 bytes)
Codes of practice
- Inspectors (electricity) in Western Australia (4182495 bytes)
- Personnel electrical safety for vegetation control work (209469 bytes)
- Safe low voltage work practices by electricians (321487 bytes)
- Sale of electrical installation products to the public (106423 bytes)
Fact sheets
- Electrical vocational employment training (56461 bytes)
Guides
- Guide to the Technical Safety Regulatory Framework (58085 bytes)
Guidelines
- Apprentice Safety Assessment Guidelines (1220286 bytes)
- Management of vegetation near power lines (424268 bytes)
- Safety guidelines for electrical workers (653443 bytes)
Information sheets
- Australian Electrical Regulatory Authorities (45950 bytes)
- Electrical information for remote communities (50890 bytes)
- Electrical vocational employment training (56461 bytes)
- Guidelines for the inclusion of licence numbers on advertising (73313 bytes)
- High voltage installations - submissions (438182 bytes)
- Importing, selling or hiring electrical appliances and equipment (994660 bytes)
- Pins on plug tops - insulation requirements (364317 bytes)
- Testing Organisations and Consultancy Services (126813 bytes)
- Unenclosed joints in electrical cables in ceiling spaces (112369 bytes)
- Unsafe battery charging leads and small portable generators (31837 bytes)
- Warning on the use of inverters (48335 bytes)
Newsletters
- Electrical Safety News 2 (105594 bytes)
Notes
- Presentation to electrical contractors and consultants (292129 bytes)
Notices
- Energy Safety Levy Notice 2008 (603355 bytes)
- Unenclosed joints in electrical cables in ceiling spaces (68898 bytes)
Policies
- Essential Performance Requirements for Licensed Electricians (46208 bytes)
- Policy Framework for Restricted Electrical Licences in WA (109691 bytes)
Incident reports
- 2008 Distribution Wood Pole Audit Review (1116839 bytes)
- Dunsborough Fire Report (469725 bytes)
- Electrical safety of grid-connected solar installations in WA (135088 bytes)
- Final report into bushfire, Toodyay 29 December 2009 (2998240 bytes)
- Power Line Fault and Bush Fire, Parkerville. (761467 bytes)
- Power Pole Failure and Bush Fire - Balingup WA (392480 bytes)
- Report into bushfire - Folewood Rd, Toodyay, December 2009 (512045 bytes)
Statistics
- Electrical Incident Safety Report 2010-11 (338342 bytes)
Technical standards
- WA Electrical Requirements - July 2008 Edition (2193587 bytes)
- WAER amendment control sheet (18853 bytes)
- WAER replacement pages (75635 bytes)