Northwest Territories Electrical Worker Registration and Contracting Prep

What you'll learn

• Describe how electrical work is regulated in the Northwest Territories under the Electrical Protection Act and its regulations, and the roles of the Chief Inspector, the Electrical/Mechanical Safety Section, the utilities and the WSCC.
• Explain who is a qualified electrical worker, including certificate holders from the territory, the provinces and other territories, and the Chief Inspector's approval route.
• Register and renew as a qualified electrical worker, including the application, the fee, the three-year term and the effect of a lapse on permits.
• Plan the set-up of an electrical contracting business in a territory that does not license contractors, including legal form, registrations, WSCC coverage, insurance and bonds.
• Explain how the Canadian Electrical Code becomes law in the territory, which edition is enforced, how deviations are permitted and which work the Act excludes.
• Apply for installation permits and calculate the project value on which fees are based, including travel and living costs, and explain permit terms, extensions, refunds and transfers.
• Distinguish annual permits, homeowner permits and installation permits, and identify when plans stamped by an engineer must be approved.
• Follow the inspection and connection gates on a permitted job and use the appeal route to the Chief Inspector.
• Apply the Builders' Lien Act's holdback, registration and perfection periods, and explain the absence of prompt payment legislation in the territory.
• Apply the Safety Act, the OHS Regulations and WSCC reporting rules to an electrical contracting business, including committees, the right to refuse and electrical hazard control.
• Explain the offences, penalties and limitation period under the Electrical Protection Act, and keep the records and routine that maintain compliance.
• Use a structured readiness review and practice test to confirm readiness to run permitted jobs as a new contractor.