What an electrician in Tasmania has to hold
In Tasmania electrical licensing sits with Consumer, Building and Occupational Services. CBOS lists four electrical licence types: practitioner, contractor, restricted and provisional. The two that matter to a customer are the first two. You need an electrical practitioner licence if you are doing electrical work, including as an employee of a business, and the practitioner types include electrician, cable jointer and line worker. If you are contracting for electrical work, you also need an electrical contractor licence, and the work a contractor can contract for is limited to what its nominated manager's practitioner licence covers. Either an individual or a company can hold the contractor licence. So the business you pay holds a contractor licence and the person on the tools holds a practitioner licence. A one-person business holds both. The CBOS pages we read do not describe a compliance certificate after the work, so ask what paperwork you get. Check both licences on the CBOS register before a deposit.
Check a licence yourself: CBOS licensing and registration. Sources: www.cbos.tas.gov.au, read 15 Sep 2026 · www.cbos.tas.gov.au, read 15 Sep 2026.
Who runs the wires in Devonport
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 Tasmania ask
Do I need a licensed electrician to install a hot water system in Tasmania?
Yes for the electrical side. CBOS says you need an electrical practitioner licence if you are doing electrical work, and the business contracting for it needs an electrical contractor licence as well. Ask for both numbers and check them on the CBOS register before they start.
What is a nominated manager?
The person on a contractor licence who holds a practitioner licence in Tasmania. CBOS says the work a contractor can contract for is limited to what that person's practitioner licence covers. If the job is outside it, the business cannot take it on under that licence.
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 Tasmania?
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 Devonport
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