Quick CertAcademy
Skilled Trades

Free Electrical Safety Course for Apprentices and Beginners

How electricity actually injures people, why de-energising is the rule rather than the ideal, and the habits that keep first-year electricians alive. Free to take, with an optional certificate.

Modules
4
Lessons
12
Questions
59
Course
$0
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No card needed. Lessons 1–2 are open; after that a free account saves your progress.

Outcomes

What you’ll be able to do

  • 01

    Explain why current injures people and voltage only decides how much of it flows

  • 02

    Distinguish shock, arc flash and arc blast, and what protects against each

  • 03

    Describe lockout/tagout and test-before-touch in the correct order, and why the order matters

  • 04

    Recognise stored energy, and why an open switch proves nothing on its own

  • 05

    Name the hazards that actually injure electricians most often, and what year one expects of you

The lessons

4 modules, 12 lessons

Module 1

How Electricity Harms

What current does to a body, the difference between a shock and an arc flash, and why the voltages people dismiss are the ones that kill most often.

  1. 01What Electricity Does to a Body12 minOpen
  2. 02Shock, Arc Flash and Arc Blast12 minOpen
  3. 03Low Voltage Is Not Safe Voltage11 minFree account
Module 2

De-energise and Verify

The rule the whole trade is built on, the lockout procedure that enforces it, the test that proves it, and the energy that stays behind after the switch is open.

  1. 04De-energise First — the Rule Everything Rests On11 minFree account
  2. 05Lockout and Tagout12 minFree account
  3. 06Test Before You Touch12 minFree account
  4. 07Stored Energy11 minFree account
Module 3

The System Around You

Grounding, bonding and overcurrent protection in plain terms — what the safety systems in a building are actually for, and what protective equipment does and does not do.

  1. 08Grounding and Bonding in Plain Terms12 minFree account
  2. 09Working Around Panels and Switchboards12 minFree account
  3. 10Protective Equipment, and What It Is Actually For11 minFree account
Module 4

On Site, and Year One

The hazards that injure electricians most often are not all electrical. What the statistics say, what a first year expects of you, and what this course is not.

  1. 11What Actually Injures Electricians11 minFree account
  2. 12Your First Year, and What This Course Is Not11 minFree account
✓Final exam20 questions · unlimited retakesFree account

The free account only saves your progress and lets you take the exam. No payment, and no card — the certificate is the only thing we ever charge for.

Optional

Certificate of Completion

Pass the final exam and you can add a certificate for $9.90. It carries a unique ID and a public verification page an employer can check without going through you. The course stays free either way.

It states what you completed — not a licence, and not a substitute for the hands-on training and evaluation your employer provides.

Sample
Quick Cert AcademyTR-8K4P-2719

Certificate of Completion

Jordan Ellis

has completed the classroom portion of
Electrical Safety Basics

Completed
25 Sep 2026
Final exam
92%

Verify at quickcertacademy.com/verify/TR-8K4P-2719

Before you start

What this course is.

The classroom half — the part you can finish on your own, before you touch a machine. Your employer does the rest.

Is this a licence?
No. This course covers the classroom portion of training and we issue a Certificate of Completion. Hands-on practice and the workplace evaluation stay with your employer, on the equipment and site you will actually operate.
Do I have to pay?
The course is free — every lesson, every quiz and the final exam. The certificate of completion is $9.90 and entirely optional.
How long does it take?
4 modules and 12 lessons, taken at your own pace. Most people finish in four to six hours across a few sittings. Your place is saved.
What if I fail the exam?
Take it again. Retakes are unlimited and free, and every explanation stays available while you study.