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Electricians to prove competence through examination

Electricians who do not write the Certified Electrical Wiring Professional (CEWP) examination face the risk of not plying their trade in the country from next year.

The CEWP examination, which is under the auspices of the Energy Commission, is basically to test the knowledge of electricians in the practical aspects of the profession.

Electricians who register for the examination would be required to undergo an oral and practical examination, and an interview before passing out with a certificate.

The examination is grouped into three main categories: CEWP Domestic, CEWP Commercial and CEWP Industrial.

In an interview with the Daily Graphic during an examination session which was held for electricians in Accra at the weekend, the Director of Public Affairs of the Energy Commission,

Mr Victor Owusu, said electricians  were mandated to sit the CEWP examination to determine the depth of their knowledge in the electrical profession.

Mr Owusu mentioned that 200 candidates from some selected regions in the country were writing the examination, and added “The examination, which is being held now, is meant for the electricians in this region. At the moment, the electricians in the Central, Western, Ashanti and Northern regions are also sitting the same paper to test their proficiency in the field of work”.

The director of public relations also said the Electrical Wiring Regulations Legislative Instrument 2008 required all electricians in the country to write the examinations.

“The examination that is being conducted for the electricians today would be based purely on practical work. Even the oral papers require the candidates to provide practical approaches to the questions. The exams would be based solely on how the work of an electrician should be done, the materials needed for the work and how quality it is,” he said.

Mr Owusu also stated that the examinations would be conducted and written twice annually; in May and November, adding that ‘the examination would be supervised by officials of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). If an electrician failed the examinations, he would be accorded the chance to re-sit the papers’.

He also said the commission had taken it upon itself to inject professionalism into the electrical wiring profession and added, “This initiative is a laudable one. It has come in the wake of rampant fire outbreaks in the country and the Ghanaian populace is raising eyebrows about the work of electricians in the country”.

Mr Owusu urged all electricians in the country to register and sit the examinations.

He also called on all electricians in the country who obtained licences from the Electricity Company of Ghana after 2007 to present them to the commission for new ones.

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