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Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers about who we are, where we work, our licences and how to invite us to tender.

About Vorick Group

What does Vorick Group do?

Vorick Group is a commercial and industrial electrical contractor. We deliver the whole electrical package for builders, developers and industrial clients: design, switchboards built in our own workshop, installation, testing and commissioning, certification and handover, then maintenance.

Where is Vorick Group based?

Our office and switchboard workshop is at Unit 2, 7 Precision Place, Mulgrave NSW 2756, in the Hawkesbury in north-west Sydney. That is Mulgrave in New South Wales, not the Mulgrave in Victoria.

Is Vorick Group a commercial electrician in Western Sydney?

Yes. Our commercial and industrial electricians work from Mulgrave NSW. Recent Western Sydney projects include the Cranebrook retail precinct and the BMW dealership at Penrith, 2 Ultimo Place at Marsden Park, Blacktown Medical Specialist Centre and Unitas Business Park at Rouse Hill.

What areas do you cover?

Western Sydney and greater Sydney, the Hawkesbury and the Hills District, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Hunter, Illawarra and Southern Highlands. Recent projects are at Penrith, Cranebrook, Marsden Park, Blacktown, Rouse Hill, Windsor, Lane Cove, Bowral and Soldiers Point. We take industrial projects interstate by arrangement.

How long has Vorick Group been operating?

Since August 2014, when Joshua Attard and Dean Houghton started the company. They still run its projects.

Who owns Vorick Group?

Joshua Attard and Dean Houghton, the two directors, who started the company in August 2014.

How big is Vorick Group?

30 people: licensed electricians, apprentices and management staff, with our own switchboard workshop at Mulgrave NSW.

What are Vorick Group's office hours?

7 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday, on (02) 7233 1895. For a call-out in the evening or on the weekend, call Joshua Attard on 0405 708 627 or Dean Houghton on 0416 143 428.

Who do you work for?

Builders and developers such as DSD Group, Paynter Dixon, Rogers Construction Group and Farindon Constructions; industrial clients such as Bosch Rexroth, BlastOne International and PF Formation; and clubs, schools, medical and aged care operators.

What is Vorick Group's legal name and ABN?

Vorick Group Asset Maintenance Pty Limited (Vorick Group), ABN 44 601 045 872.

Licences, Insurance and Safety

Are you licensed and insured?

Yes. NSW electrical contractor licence 319114C, NSW master security licence 000109301, an ACMA cabling registration for data cabling and Certech structured cabling certification. We are NECA member N037467 and carry $20 million public and products liability, professional indemnity and workers compensation. Certificates of currency come with every tender.

Is Vorick Group a NECA member?

Yes. Vorick Group is member N037467 of the National Electrical and Communications Association.

What safety system do you work under?

A documented WHS policy and safe work method statements for low-voltage electrical work, working at heights, work near overhead and underground services and work that may disturb asbestos, reviewed annually and for each site. Every job has site inductions and SWMS sign-on, daily prestarts, toolbox meetings and test and tag to AS/NZS 3760.

How do you manage work in live switchrooms?

Under an isolation register and a permit for the work.

Are your staff cleared to work in schools and childcare centres?

Vorick Group is registered as an employer for Working with Children Checks with the NSW Office of the Children's Guardian. Our staff licences and certificates register, checked monthly, covers Working with Children Checks alongside electrical licences, white cards, high-risk work licences and first aid. We have worked at Arndell Anglican College and Chifley College Dunheved.

Do you test and certify your work?

Yes. Installations are tested to AS/NZS 3000, with test records for every circuit, and a Certificate of Compliance for Electrical Work is lodged for every job.

Tenders and Prequalification

How do I invite Vorick Group to tender?

Send the drawings and specification through the request form on our contact page, email them to [email protected], or call the office on (02) 7233 1895. Vorick Group is also on EstimateOne.

What comes with a Vorick Group tender?

Certificates of currency and the NSW licence register extract come with every tender and prequalification submission. Licence and competency records are supplied for prequalification and site inductions, and referees are available on request.

What size projects does Vorick Group take on?

From tenancy fit-outs and switchboard upgrades to whole electrical packages: retail precincts, a three-level medical centre with a 100-space basement carpark, a 17-unit business park and a seven-storey, 62-unit seniors living building.

Licences, insurance and policies for a prequalification are together on our prequalification page.

Questions by Service

Each question is answered on its service page.

Commercial and Retail Construction

Industrial Plant and Equipment

Switchboards

Security and Communications

Dry Fire, Standby Power and Automation

Service and Maintenance

Tendering a Project?

Send the drawings and specification to [email protected], or call (02) 7233 1895.