What an electrician in South Australia has to hold
In South Australia the business you pay holds a contractor’s licence from Consumer and Business Services and the person on the tools holds an electrician registration, a one-person business holds both. Ask for both numbers.
The full South Australia rules, thresholds and certificates are on the state licence guide. 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 Port Lincoln
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. And ask for a written quote with GST in it, if that gets a shrug, that is your answer.
How the request works
You describe the job in your own words, you pick which businesses get it, and it goes to them and to nobody else. Nobody pays for your request.
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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.
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 Port Lincoln
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Listings come from the Yamate directory, loaded 31 Oct 2026. Is one of these your business? Open it and tap Claim it — it is yours to edit, and quote requests reach you. Not here at all? List your business free, in a minute. Or ask us to take it down — one email to a person, and the next update will not put it back. Wrong detail? Same email.
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 November 2026, $29 a month after — that is the software for tradies, and it has nothing to do with whether a business appears here.