Apply In-Person

1. To Apply for Electrical Wiring Professional Certificate (CEWP-I) in Ghana, the applicant has to approach the Ghana Energy Commission Office contact link
2. Application Form can be downloaded from the link
3. Attach a signed letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of the Energy Commission and all required documents and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page
4. Applicants to be licensed for Inspection and testing of: (check all that apply)
   • Domestic elect installation
   • Commercial elect installation
   • Industrial elect installation
5. Applicants will be required to produce the following as evidence of electrical wiring works carried out:
   • Form A, B, & Minor Works Form (Used & Unused)
   • Copies of Basic Test Sheets (If available)
6. Payment of Processing Fees must be made to Ghana Commercial BankGHS250 to Energy Commission – Electrical Wiring RegulationAccount No. 1011130039212, High Street Branch and attach proof of payment and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
7. Submit the completed application form and all required documents at the office of the Energy Commission, Ghana Airways Avenue, Airport Residential Area, in person or by courier.
8. The submitted details will be verified by respective receiving authority. If all the details and documents are in place, application will be accepted.
9. Applicant will get a receipt as acknowledgement for the submission of application.
10. This application will be processed by the respective department.
11. Applicant gets notification about the issuance.
12. After seeing this notification, applicant can go to the respective office and the applicants get their certificate.
13. The processing time for this procedure is 90 days.

• Application form link
• Original copy of License
• Applicants Work Experience (Installation Completion Certificates)
• Education certificate
• Form A, B, & Minor Works Form (Used & Unused)
• Copies of Basic Test Sheets (If available)
• Copy of energy commission ID card
• Passport size picture (write your name and phone number behind picture)
• Original copy of pay-in slip to the form
• Proof of identity (citizen card/ driving license/ passport /if any)

Energy Commission
Government office in Accra, Ghana
Address: Ghana Airways Ave, Accra, Ghana
HRX8+5RX Accra, Ghana
EMOP Secretariat.
Private Mail Bag,
Ministries Post Office,
Accra - Ghana.
Tel:  +233 (0)302 908193 /+233 (0)302 813 756/7
E-mail:  emop@energycom.gov.gh
Phone: +233 30 281 3756
Contact link
Location link
Email: info@energycom.gov.gh
Telephones: (233-302) 813763, 813762 or 813756

• The applicant should possess Electrical wiring professional Certificate of Competency Degree in Electrical Engineering or Diploma in Electrical Engineering or must be a person with 10 (Ten) years’ experience in electrical works.
• The Certified Electrical Wiring Professional-Inspector Certificate is issued to qualified personnel certified to undertake Inspection and Testing in accordance with the full implementation of the Electrical Wiring Regulation, 2011, L.I.2008.

Payment of Processing Fees must be made to Ghana Commercial Bank
Account Name: Energy Commission – Electrical Wiring Regulation
Account no.: 1011130039212
Branches: High Street Branch
Fee: GHC250.00

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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• The processing time for this procedure is 90 days.

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• The Ghana Electrical Wiring Regulations 2011, (L.I. 2008) were passed into law by Parliament on Friday 24th February, 2012 as one of the responses to the spate of electrical fires that had occurred in the country. The key objectives of the Regulations are to ensure that only properly qualified and certified professionals engage in electrical wiring and installation works, to well defined standards that would promote the safety of persons, property and livestock. Under these regulations, only Certified Electrical Wiring Professionals (CEWPs), qualified under the regulations, will be legally entitled to undertake indoor electrical wiring projects.

• Applicant’s personal data (use block letters)
  • Surname
  • Other name
  • Telephone number
  • Mobile
  • Drivers ID
  • National Id number
  • CEWP License PIN No
• Association/ Professional Body
  • Association/ Professional Body Name
  • Chapter
  • ECG/NEDCo District/Area
  • Region
  • Association Stamp & Signature
• Applicants Level of Education
• Applicants Access to Electrical Tools/ Instruments

• A licensed electrician will be appointed for erection of electrical wiring.
• An electrician is a tradesperson specializing in electrical wiring of buildings.
• To do an electrical work in buildings one should get a licence to do the work.

• Domestic Installation Works applies to the wiring of facilities used for residential purposes and includes:
  • Homes
  • Apartments
  • Estates
  • Bungalows
  • Flats
  • Cottages, Etc.
• Commercial Wiring (Commercial Installation Works applies to the wiring of facilities used for commercial purposes and includes):
  • Hotels
  • Churches
  • Markets
  • Shops
  • Block Factories
  • Filling stations
  • Office buildings
  • Banks
  • School blocks
  • Shopping malls, Etc.
• Industrial Wiring
  • Industrial Installation Works applies to the wiring of facilities used for industrial purposes and includes factories, etc.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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