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"From November 2 onwards, whoever wishes to apply for registration as a Grade A electrical worker will have to, apart from having sufficient working experience in electrical work, possess the required academic qualifications or pass the Grade A Trade Test approved by the DEMS," said a spokesman for the department.
Meanwhile, the spokesman said, under the registration scheme, there were also Grade B and Grade C electrical workers who could perform more complex low voltage electrical work.
Any worker without formal academic qualifications who wishes to be qualified for registration as a Grade B or C electrical worker is required to pass an examination approved or set by DEMS.
The examination for registration as a Grade B worker is held regularly twice a year by the Hong Kong Examination Authority while the examination for registration as a Grade C worker will be available the first time this year.
The examination for registration as a Grade C worker is now jointly organised by EMSD, the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. It will be conducted in the first week of November each year starting from this year.
The spokesman said there would be no minimum entry requirement for the examination, although preference would be given to current registered electrical workers, in particular Grade B electrical workers.
"A candidate who has passed the examination will still have to fulfil the electrical work experience requirement as laid down in the Electricity (Registration) Regulations if he wishes to apply for registration as a Grade C electrical worker," he said.
Details of the examination syllabus and sample questions are contained in a booklet "Notes on Examination for Registration as a Grade C Electrical Worker" which is available free from:
Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Customer Service Office ground floor, 98 Caroline Hill Road, Hong Kong;
University of Hong Kong Department of Electrical and Electrical Engineering Room 601, Chow Yei Ching Building Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong; and
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
University Department
Department of Electrical Engineering Hung Hom, Kowloon