Trades / Electricians
LMS for electricians: training software for electrical businesses
An electrical job carries your business's name for as long as the wiring is in the wall. With Howio you show every person on your team how each job is done, and you keep a record of who's completed the training.
The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board in New Zealand runs its online CPD on Howio. 7,339 practitioners completed it in 2025.
Every job has to be safe before the power goes on
One of your electricians wires a switchboard while you're running another job across town, and a new hire tests a circuit the way their last employer did it. A loose connection or a missed test might not show on the day, and the result can be an electric shock or a fire. In New Zealand, a supervisor is responsible and accountable for the electrical work their trainees do, and has to test it before it's certified. The Health and Safety at Work Act also requires your business to make sure the people who work for you are properly trained and supervised. Showing someone once on site is hard to repeat for the next starter, and it's harder still to prove later.
How Howio helps
Show the whole team how each electrical job is done, and keep the record
Build it from what you already have
Describe what you want, or drop in a manufacturer's installation manual, a video of a switchboard fit-out or your own photos, and the AI course builder turns it into a draft course you can edit to match how your business works. If you don't have images, you can create them in the course builder.
Done on a phone, between jobs
Send a link by email and each person opens the course in their phone browser. There's no app to install and no account to set up.
A record of who has done it
Search for anyone by name and see which courses they've completed, the date and their score. When a client or an inspector asks how your team was trained for a job, you've got the record to show them.
Refreshers that come round on time
Set automated reminders for the refreshers that matter, such as safe isolation or testing, and issue a certificate on completion that renews automatically when it's due. Certificates can carry your branding and be added to a LinkedIn profile.
What electrical businesses put on Howio
Each person sees the courses that match their role, so an apprentice and a supervising electrician get different training.
Induction
An induction for every new starter and apprentice, covering how your business works and who to call.
Switchboards
Your method for switchboard installs and upgrades.
Testing and verification
Testing and verification before a job is certified, step by step.
Safe isolation
Safe isolation and lock-out.
EV chargers and solar
EV charger and solar installs, using the manufacturer's method.
Scenarios
Branching scenarios, such as what to do when a test result doesn't look right.
Case study
A New Zealand trade regulator runs its licence CPD on Howio
The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board runs its online CPD on Howio, and 7,339 practitioners completed it in 2025. Its practitioners work the way your team does, on site and between jobs, and they do their training on a phone. You use the same software to build your own business's training.
Looking for something else?
If you run CPD or training for a register or a membership, see how Howio works for regulators and for associations.
If you're an electrical worker in New Zealand looking for your competence programme, the Electrical Workers Registration Board sets it out on its website.
Questions about an LMS for electricians
- What is an LMS for electricians?
- An LMS (learning management system) for electricians is software an electrical business uses to build training, send it to its team and keep a record of who has completed it. Howio is built for people who work on site, so courses run in a phone browser.
- Does training I build on Howio count towards the EWRB competence programme?
- The competence programme is separate. In New Zealand, electrical workers complete it every two years through the Electrical Workers Registration Board's e-learning modules and a course with a training provider. Courses you build on Howio are for your own business's training, and they sit alongside it.
- Can I build a course from a manufacturer's installation manual?
- Yes. You can build courses from manuals, documents, video and photos, and add your own steps.
- Can I see who has completed a course, and when?
- Yes. Search for the person by name to see their status, results and completion date.
- Does Howio connect to Simpro?
- Yes. Howio integrates with Simpro, as well as payment, sign-in and CRM systems.
Try it with a job your team does every week
Start a free trial and build your first course from a manual you already have, or book a demo and we'll show you how an electrical business would set it up.