Electrician
Industrial Electrician
Trade code:
442A
Non-compulsory
An Industrial Electrician lays out, inspects, assembles, installs, troubleshoots, repairs and maintains (including programming, calibration and preventive/predictive maintenance) electrical fixtures, apparatus, control equipment and wiring for industrial electrical systems, as well as equipment and systems such as motors, generators, distribution equipment systems, wiring systems, lighting systems, motor drives, stand-by power systems, instrumentation, communication, security, renewable energy and energy storage systems. Specifically, an Industrial Electrician:
plans installations from blueprints, sketches and specifications and installs all electrical and electronic devices
systematically diagnoses faults in electrical and electronic systems and equipment and repairs or replaces electrical and electronic components as required
measures, cuts, threads, bends, assembles and installs conduits and other electrical conductor raceways
splices and terminates electrical conductors
tests electrical and electronic equipment for proper function
