Electrician

Work site environment

• Outdoors

Work setting

• Construction
• Commercial

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Professionalism in customer service
• Install underground wiring and cables
• Install, replace and repair electrical controls and panel boxes
• Keep maintenance reports and documentation
• Splice, join and connect wires
• Design and construct low voltage (30 to 750V) multiphase service for single or multimeter installations
• Test and measure voltage, loads, ground faults integrity of circuits
• Troubleshoot and isolate faults
• Connect power to audio and visual equipment
• Install surface mount and/or overhead cables
• Instruct apprentices
• Install power generation, stand-by power generation and power conditioning systems
• Supervise other workers
• Ground and bond electrical equipment, systems and structures including swimming pools and hot tubs
• Renovate electrical systems in residential and commercial structures
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Electrician Trade Certification

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own vehicle
• Vehicle supplied by employer
• Valid driver's licence
• Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Organized
• Team player

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer