What an electrician in South Australia has to hold
In South Australia electrical licensing sits with Consumer and Business Services, and the state's licensing page describes two tickets. Individuals, including partners in a business, and companies must be licensed as plumbing, gas fitting or electrical (PGE) contractors if they run a business that carries out or organises that type of work. If you do the physical trade work, you also need to register as an electrician. So the business you pay holds a contractor's licence and the person on the tools holds an electrician registration, and the registration carries conditions that limit what the holder can do. Electrical work on that page means installing, altering, repairing or maintaining an electrical installation. A sole trader, a partnership or a company can hold the contractor's licence. The page does not describe a compliance certificate after the work, so ask what paperwork you get. Check the contractor's licence and the electrician's registration on the CBS licence search before a deposit.
Check a licence yourself: Consumer and Business Services licence search. Sources: www.sa.gov.au, read 15 Sep 2026 · www.cbs.sa.gov.au, read 15 Sep 2026.
Who runs the wires in Mount Barker
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 South Australia ask
Do I need a licensed electrician to rewire a house in South Australia?
Yes. South Australia licenses the business as an electrical contractor and registers the person doing the physical work as an electrician, and rewiring is installing and altering an electrical installation. Ask for both numbers and check them on the CBS licence search before they start.
What is the difference between a contractor's licence and an electrician registration?
The contractor's licence is for the business that carries out or organises the work, held by a sole trader, partners or a company. The registration is for the person doing the physical work. A one-person business holds both. Ask which you are looking at.
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 South Australia?
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 Mount Barker
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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.