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EWRB past exam papers and other ways to study

The Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB) doesn’t list past papers on its exams page. It does publish Teaching Guidelines for Electrician, the prescription both written exams are set from, and a list of approved training providers. Old EWRB past exam papers in theory and regulations are linked from the Open Polytechnic library’s electrical guide.

  • 2013 to 2018Years the old EWRB papers cover
  • November 2026Date on the Electrician teaching guidelines
  • Block course or night classesHow exam preparation courses run
Get the teaching guidelines

Updated November 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

Official guides, a course and a library guide

OptionPriceFree to useLinks
Official sources
Teaching Guidelines for Electrician, from EWRBThe prescriptions for both written exams and the three practical stagesThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment prepared it for tutors. EWRB publishes guidelines for six other registration classes too.
Free PDFThe whole document
See EWRB’s teaching guidelines ↗
Find a training provider, from EWRBEWRB’s list of approved providers, with a filter by region and courseEach entry shows the courses a provider is approved for, from exam tuition to safety training and competence programmes.
Free to searchThe whole list
Search the provider list ↗
Courses
EWRB Electrician Regulations or Theory Exam Refresher CourseOnline refresher for either written exam, from the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT)Enrolment is open from 1 February to 1 November each year. WITT says Aspeq runs the exams, with separate entry forms and fees.
On WITT’s course pageTwo course preview videos
See WITT’s refresher course ↗
Guides
Electrical subject guide, Open Polytechnic libraryLibrary guide written for Open Polytechnic’s electrical studentsBesides the old EWRB papers, it links a formulae summary for EWRB exams and a Supervision Companion Guide.
Free to viewThe whole guide
Open the library guide ↗

Prices and ratings checked November 2026.

Where can you find EWRB past exam papers?

The Open Polytechnic library’s guide for its electrical students lists “EWRB old exam papers” for electrical theory and electrical regulations, linked through an archived copy of EWRB’s old web pages.

They’re EWRB’s own papers, but they were set years before the November 2026 teaching guidelines, so check each topic against the guidelines before you rely on them. Aspeq’s frequently asked questions don’t list any practice exams either.

Courses before the exams

EWRB’s course table lists exam preparation tuition for Electricians theory and Electricians regulations, and each course leads to eligibility to sit the exam. Some courses build on a lot of earlier electrical learning, so EWRB says that if you have none, you’ll need more than one course.

Block courses run over 1 to 2 weeks, and night classes over a semester. If English is your second language, EWRB says you may prefer a course that reviews the previous class before moving on.

In November 2026, EWRB’s provider list showed these providers approved for both Electricians Theory and Electricians Regulations courses:

  • Ara Institute of Canterbury: Christchurch, Timaru
  • Eastern Institute of Technology: Napier, Gisborne
  • Manukau Institute of Technology: Auckland
  • NorthTec (Northland Polytechnic): Whangarei
  • Otago Polytechnic: Dunedin
  • Skills Group Training Limited: Auckland, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, Rotorua, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin
  • Southern Institute of Technology: Christchurch, Invercargill
  • The Open Polytechnic of NZ: Wellington
  • Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology: Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Tauranga
  • Unitec Institute of Technology: Auckland
  • Universal College of Learning: Palmerston North
  • Waikato Institute of Technology: Waikato, Hamilton
  • Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki: New Plymouth

Studying from the teaching guidelines

EWRB publishes the guidelines for tutors, and they say tuition must cover all of the subject matter in the relevant part. That makes them a checklist to study from, item by item, whichever course you take.

The overview groups the sections into eight topics and explains the A to D knowledge levels.

See the exam topics →

A study path

Our suggested order:

  1. Read the theory and regulations prescriptions in the teaching guidelines, and mark the A and B items first.
  2. Pick an approved provider’s course for the exam you plan to sit first.
  3. For the regulations exam, practise finding things quickly in the reference material your booking allows.
  4. Once you’ve covered a topic, try the old EWRB papers on it.
  5. Once your course is done, book the exam through Aspeq and name your training provider.

If you’re training as an apprentice, the apprenticeship page explains how the exams fit into your certificate.

Read about apprenticeships →Compare registration pathways →
Sources: Electrical Workers Registration Board · Aspeq · Open Polytechnic library and 4 more. Checked November 2026.

Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.

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