You’ve picked a solid career. Now get training that employers trust. We’ve trained thousands of electricians across New Zealand for 30+ years.
Kick off your apprenticeship with us and pay zero training fees until February 2027. You build your skills on the job, and we back you with the formal training.
Your training evolves with technology and industry changes.
30+ years training electricians who keep New Zealand running.
Our electrical apprentice training doesn’t just teach you skills, it builds you into the confident tradie you’re capable of becoming. Learn real electrical skills through hands-on training that prepares you for qualified work.
You need to be employed as an apprentice with an electrical business to train with us.
Here’s what else you’ll need:
Explore your journey from day one at Skills Trades Training through to becoming a qualified electrician.
Meet with a Skills Trades Training Apprentice Mentor and sign a training agreement. Register with Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB) to get your Electrical Workers Number
Apply for your Trainee Limited Certificate (TLC)
Receive your welcome email and Learning Hive login
Start learning on the job. Complete TLC units 32605 & 32607
Attend 3 day orientation course within first 12 weeks
Start Year 1 off-job training – either night class or day release
Work on foundational on-job assessments
Year 1 block course in Term 3 or 4. EWRB Stage 1 Assessment
Prepare and sit Year 1 Capstone Exam
Start Year 2 off-job training – either night class or day release
Working on intermediate on-job assessments
Year 2 block course in Term 3 or 4. EWRB Stage 2 Assessment.
Prepare and sit Year 2 Capstone Exam
Start Year 3 off-job training – either night class or day release
Working on advanced on-job assessments
EWRB Electrical exams. Prepare and sit Electrician Theory
Year 3 block course in Term 3 or 4. EWRB Stage 3 Assessment
Ask your advisor about enhancing your business skills in prep for life after registration
Qualification and Certificate awarded. Apply to EWRB for Electrical Registration & Practicing Licence
Electrical apprenticeships combine hands-on experience with structured learning, providing a direct pathway to a rewarding and stable career.
Experienced electrician mastering solar to lead his business forward.
School leaver with no plan found her path in electrical.
Pre-trade graduate who landed Air New Zealand's engineering programme.
Why electrical engineering builds careers that last.
We’re New Zealand's leading trades training provider for electrical, plumbing, gasfitting, drainlaying and roofing. Our industry experts prepare the next generation of tradies with skills that work where it matters – on the job site.
From power grids to water mains, our graduates maintain the essential infrastructure that keeps New Zealand running every day.
