| The Clean Energy Regulator is expected to announce a new accreditation provider in February 2024. To prepare for the transition we are making changes to applications and fees. Find out more |
Here’s what you need to do to get your Clean Energy Council accreditation.
First, you will need to complete the relevant training units required for the type of accreditation you would like to apply for.
There are a number of registered training organisations (RTOs) that offer the units required for accreditation. Get in touch with relevant RTO for more information about the courses they offer.
Unit requirements for trade and university based training
Registered training organisations that offer required units
Once you have completed your training, you can apply to become accredited. To do this you will need to submit copies of your:
Provisional accreditation will be awarded after you have made your application payment, submitted the relevant documents, and the application has been approved.
Note: You will not receive an accreditation number at this point as you will still need to complete the online assessments outlined in step 3.
To demonstrate your knowledge you have 30 days to complete the assigned online assessments.
Once the online assessments have been successfully completed you will receive your accreditation number and can begin working as a CEC-accredited designer or installer.
If you have applied for design only accreditation, you have now completed your required assessments. You don’t need to complete a practical assessment and can go to step 5.
If you hold Design and Install or Install Only provisional accreditation, you must complete a practical assessment before your three-month provisional accreditation expires. This is to demonstrate competency in installing solar or battery systems and will require you to submit documentation showing one of your first solar and/or battery installations.
Information on these practical assessments will be available to you in the login area.
If you hold Design Only provisional accreditation, once you have successfully completed your online assessments, you can submit your upgrade application and payment to become fully accredited.
If you hold Design and Install or Install Only provisional accreditation, once you have completed your online and practical assessments, submit your practical assessment documents, upgrade application and payment to become fully accredited. Your practical assessment will be sent to our technical team to review. Once it is approved you will become fully accredited.
The upgrade application is available in the login area.
Your full accreditation lasts for one year and will need to be renewed annually, via continuous professional development.
In order to renew you will be required to complete 100 points of eligible training, which is split into two categories, Core and Elective. This is to ensure installers keep up-to-date with changes in the industry, and that accredited installers have all the information required to comply with the necessary standards.
Once you’ve got your full accreditation, if you want to design or install other types of systems, you can add these to your accreditation. Find out more about types of additional accreditation.
When you add new accreditation types you will be provisionally accredited for a three-month period and will need to complete the associated assessments for that accreditation.
