Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
- Repair
- Testing
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Test and observe electrical and mechanical conditions of equipment
- Troubleshoot and repair electric motors, transformers, switchgear, generators and other electro-mechanical equipment
- Use machining tools to fabricate or recondition parts
- Replace or recondition shafts, bearings, commutators and other components
- Instruct apprentices
- Wind, assemble and install various types of coils
- Perform static or dynamic balancing of armatures or rotors
- Perform some machining to recondition or modify shafts, commutators or other parts
- Perform on-site servicing and repair
- Test and repair or replace faulty wiring or components in electrical switchgear
- Test repaired motors, transformers, switchgear or other electrical apparatus to ensure proper performance
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Manual dexterity
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Team player