Electrician

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Description

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Plans layout, installs, and repairs wiring, electrical fixtures, apparatus, and control equipment, such as switches, relays, and circuit-breaker panels, fastening in place with screws or bolts, using hand tools and power tools.

Essential Functions

• Plans new or modified installations to minimize waste of materials, provide access for future maintenance, and avoid unsightly, hazardous, and unreliable wiring, consistent with specifications
• Prepares sketches showing location of wiring and equipment, or follows diagrams or blueprints, ensuring that concealed wiring is installed
• Measures, cuts, bends, threads, assembles, and installs electrical conduit, using tools, such as hacksaw, pipe threader, and conduit bender
• Pulls wiring through conduit
• Splices wires by stripping insulation from terminal leads, using knife or pliers, twisting or soldering wires together, and applying tape or terminal caps
• Connects wiring to power equipment, using hand tools
• Connects power cables to equipment, such as electric range or motor, and installs grounding leads
• Tests continuity of circuit to ensure electrical compatibility and safety of components, using testing instruments, such as ohmmeter, battery and buzzer, and oscilloscope
• Observes functioning of installed equipment or system to detect hazards and need for adjustments, relocation, or replacement
• May repair faulty equipment or systems
• May cut and weld steel structural members, using flame-cutting and welding equipment

Other Duties

• Performs all other duties as required

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Experience And/Or Training

• High School diploma or GED required
• 2 year technical degree or equivalent work experience required

Problem-solving Skills

• Identify problems, investigate the root-cause, and make recommendations for solutions

Verbal Communication Skills

• Use verbal skills to communicate with co-workers or customers and/or vendors

Written Communication Skills

• Complete and maintain documentation/records to effectively convey ideas and information both in written and oral form

Math Skills

• Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, ratios

Computer Skills

• Internet / Email
• Spreadsheet Software
• PLC Software

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

• General office equipment
• Hand tools
• Power hand tools
• Pneumatic tools
• Welding tools
• Motorized equipment
• Heavy equipment
• Electrician specific tools

MENTAL DEMANDS typically required

• Respond to unpredictability
• High level of record keeping
• High pressure for results
• Independent judgment and discretion
• Organize and prioritize
• Manage multiple projects / tasks
• Read, comprehend and follow instructions / work orders
• Relate to others

PHYSICAL DEMANDS (typically required to perform the essential functions of the job)

• CONSTANTLY INCURRED (more than 75% time on job)
• Ability to stand - Ability to climb stairs
• Ability to walk - Ability to use legs/arms to climb
• Ability to sit - Ability to stoop
• Ability to lift up to 65 lbs - Repetitive twisting or pressure involving
• Repetitive finger movement wrists or hands
• Ability to use both hands - Ability to stoop
• Ability to use both legs - Ability to repeatedly bend
• Ability to communicate orally - Ability to operate truck/motor vehicle
• Ability to hear conversation
• FREQUENTLY INCURRED (25 – 75% time on job)
• Ability to carry up to 75 lbs – Ability to pull hand over hand
• Ability to push/pull up to 75 lbs - Ability to balance
• Ability to kneel – Specific visual requirements
• Ability to crawl – Use of depth perception
• Reaching at high or low level – Ability for rapid mental/muscular coordination simultaneously
• OCCASIONALLY INCURRED (up to 25% time on job)
• Use of color vision

WORKING CONDITIONS (typically required)

• CONSTANTLY INCURRED (more than 75% time on job)
• Work a shift between 8-12 hours
• FREQUENTLY INCURRED (25 – 75% time on job)
• Work in heat between 90o – 100o - Work with machinery with moving parts
• Exposure to constant noise above 85dB - Work with moving vehicles
• Exposure to dust (more than nuisance) - Work with ladders/scaffolding
• Exposure to gases (helium, argon, nitrogen) - Work weekly more than 40 hours
• OCCASIONALLY INCURRED (up to 25% time on job)
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