Qualified Electrical Worker (QEW) Certification Online
The training half of the QEW designation, built around NFPA 70E and OSHA electrical safety standards: shock and arc-flash hazards, approach boundaries, PPE selection, and safe work practices. 3 hours, self-paced, certificate of completion the same day.
What is a Qualified Electrical Worker?
OSHA defines a qualified person as one who has received training in, and has demonstrated skills and knowledge in, the construction and operation of electric equipment and installations and the hazards involved. NFPA 70E says much the same and spells out the safety half: the person can identify the hazards present and reduce the risk they carry.
Read those definitions closely and you find two requirements, not one. Training is the knowledge: boundaries, PPE categories, what an arc flash does, how to justify energized work. Demonstrated skill is the other half, and it is specific to the equipment and the task in front of you. Someone can be qualified on one panel and unqualified on the switchgear beside it.
No course can make you qualified. Here is who actually decides.
Your employer designates who is qualified, and they do it on both halves — documented training plus skills you have shown on the specific equipment. A provider that sells you a “QEW certification” and implies the paper alone settles it is describing something training cannot do. What this course gives you is the training half, documented with a certificate that verifies online by its own code, so your employer has the record they need to make the designation.
What the training covers
Shock and arc-flash hazards
How current injures, what an arc blast does, and how to run a risk assessment before the cover comes off.
Approach boundaries
Limited, restricted and arc-flash boundaries — where they sit, who may cross them, and under what conditions.
PPE selection
The arc-flash PPE category method, arc-rated clothing, and how to inspect and maintain what you are trusting.
Energized vs. de-energized work
When energized work is justifiable at all, LOTO procedure, and verifying zero energy with tested equipment.
Program requirements
What an electrical safety program has to contain, and the rights and duties the standard puts on you and your employer.
Emergency response
First aid for electrical injuries, CPR and AED basics, emergency communication, and incident reporting.
Six modules and a final assessment, 21 lessons in total. See the full lesson list on the course page →
Who needs QEW training
Not only electricians. Electrocution is one of construction’s Fatal Four, and the people it reaches are often the ones who never expected to be near energized equipment that day.
Electricians and apprentices
Working panels, switchgear and controls where 70E governs the approach.
Industrial maintenance
Resetting breakers, troubleshooting drives, servicing equipment that stores energy.
Tower and telecom techs
Cabinet work, generators and rectifiers at the base of a site nobody calls electrical.
Facilities and plant crews
Temporary power, lighting and building systems where the boundary is easy to cross.
How it works
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Enrol
Card checkout, no account needed up front — we create one for you and email the login.
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Study at your pace
On any device. Progress saves, so you can stop mid-lesson and pick it up on the truck.
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Pass the test
Multiple-choice final assessment. Unlimited retakes, free — nobody pays twice for a second attempt.
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Download the certificate
Issued the same day with a unique code that verifies online for 2 years.
Qualified Electrical Worker (QEW) — Electrical Safety Compliance Training
3 hours, self-paced, on any device. Unlimited free retakes on the final test. Certificate of completion issued the same day and verifiable online for 2 years.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Qualified Electrical Worker?
A qualified person, in OSHA’s words, is one who has received training in and has demonstrated skills and knowledge in the construction and operation of electric equipment and installations, and the hazards involved. NFPA 70E adds the safety-training half: identifying the hazards present and reducing the risk they carry. Both halves matter — knowing the theory is not enough if you have never worked the equipment in front of you.
Does this course make me a qualified electrical worker?
It covers the training component, which is the part a course can deliver. The designation itself is your employer’s to make: they confirm you have the training and that you have demonstrated the skills on the specific equipment and tasks you will work on. Our certificate documents the training half with a code anyone can verify online. Any provider promising to make you “qualified” by itself is describing something training cannot do.
How long does QEW training take?
About three hours, self-paced. Most people finish in one sitting, but progress saves as you go, so you can split it across a few evenings or a lunch break. The final test allows unlimited free retakes.
How long is the certificate valid?
Two years, and it verifies online by its unique code for that whole period. We email you before it expires. Two years is the refresher interval most employers and site owners expect for electrical safety training.
Is this course OSHA-approved?
No provider’s course is. Outside the OSHA Outreach Training Program — the OSHA 10/30 DOL-card system delivered by OSHA-authorized trainers — OSHA does not approve, accept or certify training. Our courses are built to OSHA standards, and what you receive is a certificate of completion that verifies online by its own code. Whether it satisfies a given site is the employer’s or site owner’s decision.
What is the difference between QEW and NFPA 70E training?
NFPA 70E is the standard; QEW describes the person the standard expects. This course teaches the 70E material — approach boundaries, the arc-flash PPE category method, energized-work justification — framed around what a qualified worker has to do with it on site.
Do I need to be a licensed electrician to take it?
No. The course is written for anyone who works on or near energized equipment: electricians and apprentices, industrial maintenance staff, tower and telecom technicians, and facilities crews. A license is a separate, state-issued credential and is not what this course is about.
Can I train a whole crew at once?
Yes. Buy seats once from the team dashboard, assign the course to each worker, and watch completion in real time. You get a certificate roster with QR codes to show a site checker without chasing anyone for paperwork.
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