Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
Work setting
- Construction
- Service
- Repair
- Various locations
- Maintenance
- Commercial
- Institutional
- Residential
- Installation
- Troubleshooting/diagnostic
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
- Test and measure voltage, loads, ground faults integrity of circuits
- Determine appropriate selection of materials and methods for hazardous locations
- Troubleshoot and isolate faults
- Connect power to audio and visual equipment
- Install surface mount and/or overhead cables
- Instruct apprentices
- 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
- Conduct preventive maintenance programs
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Fibre optics
- Generators and turbines
- Instrumentation
Area of specialization
- Emergency power system
- Fire alarm system
- Security and surveillance system
- Communications system
- Lighting system
- Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player