Electrician

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Skills and Abilities

Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Cold/refrigerated
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Hot
Work setting
- Construction
- Service
- Repair
- Various locations
- Maintenance
- Commercial
- Institutional
- Residential
- Installation
- Troubleshooting/diagnostic
- Hospital
- Agriculture, fishing and/or forestry
- Oilfield construction industry
Tasks
- Install electrical controls and panel boxes
- Replace and repair electrical controls and panel boxes
- Professionalism in customer service
- Install underground wiring and cables
- Keep maintenance reports and documentation
- Design and construct single-phase service for single or multimeter installations
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Estimate costs and materials
- Renovate electrical systems in residential and commercial structures
- Conduct preventive maintenance programs
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Commission systems and components
Certificates, licences, memberships, and coursesﾠ
- Electrician Trade Certification
Apprenticeship training
- Level one apprenticeship training
- Level two apprenticeship training
- Level three apprenticeship training
- Level four apprenticeship training
Policy and program experience
- Apprenticeship training
Equipment and machinery experience
- Generators
- Conventional electrical devices
- Dry cell and storage batteries
- High voltage equipment
- Instrumentation
- Motors and controls
- Programmable logic controller (PLC)
- Hand tools
Area of work experience
- Quality assurance or control
Area of specialization
- Emergency power system
- Fire alarm system
- Security and surveillance system
- Communications system
- Lighting system
- Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Tight deadlines
Own tools/equipment
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
Employment terms options
- Flexible hours
- Night
- On call
- Day
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Night shift premium
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other benefits
- Team building opportunities
- Transportation provided by employer
Support for Indigenous people
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)