Electricians: workers compensation requirements in Queensland

Verified for Queensland

• Licence liability condition: A Queensland electrical contractor licence requires a policy in the legal name of the business including public and products liability with a limit of indemnity of at least $5,000,000 and consumer protection insurance of at least $50,000, meeting Section 51 of the Electrical Safety Regulation. QLD · effective 2026-08-13 WorkSafe Queensland · 2026-08-13
• Licence evidence required: The applicant confirms with their insurer that the policy complies with s51 of the ES Regulation and declares it; a copy of the policy is not lodged. The Electrical Safety Office conducts periodic audits, and on audit the contractor must produce the policy or written confirmation from the insurer. QLD · effective 2026-08-13 WorkSafe Queensland · 2026-08-13
• Licensing body: Electrical contractor licences in Queensland sit with the Electrical Safety Office, whose official home is the WorkSafe Queensland site alongside Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and Workers' Compensation Regulatory Services. The licence is called an electrical contractor licence. QLD · effective 2026-08-13 WorkSafe Queensland · 2026-08-13

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

• What the limit figure on a certificate means
• Cover for the principal for your work
• When a certificate falls short of the contract

What this cover costs

This site publishes no cost benchmark for this cover. A benchmark needs a real sample of documents, and none is published until the sample is large enough to compute a median honestly. A benchmark from a handful of policies is a guess with a decimal point.

Sources

• Building Commission NSW — Building Commission NSW — building and trade licences
• Building and Plumbing Commission — Building and Plumbing Commission (Victoria)
• Consumer Protection WA — Consumer Protection, Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety (WA)
• Consumer and Business Services SA — Consumer and Business Services (South Australia)
• Consumer, Building and Occupational Services Tasmania — CBOS Tasmania — occupational licensing
• ACT Construction Occupations Registrar — ACT construction occupations licensing
• NT Building Practitioners Board — Northern Territory Building Practitioners Board — registration
• WorkSafe Queensland — WorkSafe Queensland — regulator portal (WHSQ, Electrical Safety Office, WCRS)