Electrical Safety Inspector Numbers Increase as Population Surges
The Electrical Safety Office (ESO) is currently training 11 new electrical safety inspectors bringing the total number in Queensland to more than 40.
As Queensland's population has increased with more families moving to the sunshine state from overseas and across Australia, the ESO is boosting resources to meet the demand in the growth of infrastructure and development.
ESO Executive Director Peter Lamont said the increase in inspector numbers would provide the resources necessary to expand the compliance, audit, education and community engagement functions undertaken by the ESO to address electrical safety issues.
The 11 new recruits join a group of five senior electrical inspectors who completed their Certificate IV in Government (Investigation) and a national competency in the verification of electrical installations in July 2009.
The inspectors, who are all licensed electrical workers, come from a range of backgrounds including the police service, trade teachers, electrical contracting and areas of management within the electrical industry.
They join other senior and principal electrical safety inspectors throughout Queensland appointed to regional areas including Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Maryborough and the Sunshine Coast. Other regional teams are located at Toowoomba, Ipswich, the Gold Coast and in and around Brisbane.
The ESO will train the new inspectors in investigating electrical incidents to help achieve the Electrical Safety Plan for 2009-2014
