What an electrician in New South Wales has to hold
In New South Wales electrical licensing sits with Building Commission NSW, and the Service NSW licence check is where you look a licence up. The state's own page says you must have an electrical licence or certificate before you can do any electrical wiring work in NSW, regardless of the cost of the work and whether it is residential, commercial or industrial. So there is no small-job threshold to hide under. Electrical wiring work there means installing, repairing, altering, removing or adding to an electrical installation, or supervising it. The page names four tickets: an individual contractor licence, a company or partnership contractor licence, a qualified supervisor certificate and a provisional tradesperson certificate. It does not spell out what each covers, so ask which one the business holds and check that number. The page does not describe a compliance certificate after the work, so ask what paperwork you get. Check the licence before a deposit, not after.
Check a licence yourself: Service NSW licence check (Building Commission NSW). Sources: www.nsw.gov.au, read 15 Sep 2026.
Who runs the wires in Blue Mountains
The distributor owns the meter and the connection to the street, so a new connection or a bigger supply goes through them, and your electrician is the one who deals with them for you.
What to ask before you say yes
Ask for the licence number and check it on the register before any money changes hands. In most states the business holds a contractor licence and the person on the tools holds their own, so ask which one you are looking at. Ask what paperwork you get when the job is done. Some states require a compliance or safety certificate, and it is yours to keep. Ask for a written quote, not a number on the phone. It has to say what the work is, what it costs, what is not included, and how long it holds. Ask whether the price includes GST. A registered business has to say. Ask what happens if they find old wiring behind the cover. The honest answer is a variation in writing before the extra work starts. And ask for the deposit terms. A deposit with no written quote behind it is not normal. If any of those gets a shrug, that is your answer.
How the request works
You describe the job in your own words. We work out what trade it actually is, which is the part most people get wrong. You pick which businesses get it. It goes to them and to nobody else, so your job is never blasted out to strangers. Nobody pays for your request and nobody pays to sit higher on this page.
Describe your job and pick who gets it →Questions people in New South Wales ask
Do I need a licensed electrician to replace a switchboard in New South Wales?
Yes. NSW requires an electrical licence or certificate before any electrical wiring work, regardless of the cost of the work, and a switchboard is an electrical installation. Ask for the licence number and check it on the Service NSW licence check before they start.
Is the person doing the work the same as the business I pay?
Not always. NSW lists contractor licences for an individual, a company or a partnership, plus qualified supervisor and provisional tradesperson certificates. Ask which ticket the business holds and which the person on the tools holds, then check both numbers on the register.
What does a written quote have to include?
What the work is, what it costs, what is not included, whether GST is in the price, and how long the quote holds. A number on the phone is not a quote. See what a written quote must include.
What if they do not turn up?
Text first, then ring. If nothing comes back, move on and pick another business from the list. A no-show before the job is a warning about the job. See what to do if a tradie does not turn up.
Is this every electrician in New South Wales?
No. It is what the Yamate directory holds for these postcodes on the date at the top of the list, and nothing more. A good electrician can be missing from it. A listed one has not been checked by us. The register is the authority, not this page.
Electricians near Blue Mountains
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General information only, not legal advice. Yamate is not a regulator and has not checked any licence, any insurance or any work on this page; the state register is the only place a licence can be confirmed. Business names, suburbs and services come from the Yamate directory on the date shown and may be out of date. The founder plan is $19 a month flat if you sign up before 30 October 2026, $29 a month after — that is the software for tradies, and it has nothing to do with whether a business appears here.