Working as an authorised electrician
If you carry out electrical installation work for business purposes, you have to be covered by a company's self-audit scheme. The self-audit scheme determines what kinds of work you are allowed to do on behalf of the company.
The requirements of the company's self-audit scheme are set out in the National Electrical Safety Board's regulations ELSÄK-FS 2017:3.
As an authorised electrician/electrical contractor, you are able to carry out electrical installation work privately, but this must be on a non-commercial basis.
Before July, 1 2017 the authorised electrician/electrical contractor were responsible for supervising their colleagues' work. This supervision function no longer exists. Under the current rules, it is instead the company that is responsible to establish a self-audit scheme to ensure that the individuals carrying out electrical installations have the right skills and that the work is done correctly, etc. Any personal responsibility you may have had for supervision is now a corporate responsibility.
Compliance officer
In the self-audit scheme, an authorised electrician/electrical contractor like yourself, can be given a special role as the company's compliance officer. All electrical installation companies are to have at least one authorised electrician/electrical contractor who is responsible for compliance.
It is the electrical installation company that appoint the compliance officers. You can find out from your employer whether this is relevant for you.
