Electrician

This position is located in the D.C Department of Corrections, Maintenance Division. The incumbent in this role is responsible for performing complex tasks, planning and laying out the routing, placement, and arrangement of industrial or similarly complex systems, circuits, controls, and equipment. In additions, installing, modifying, repairing, maintaining, troubleshooting, testing, and loading new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Performs inspections of electrical systems and components to ensure safety and compliance with electrical codes. Responds to emergency situations, providing timely and effective solutions to electrical problems. Works on more difficult and large projects such as high-tension projects involving installing, repairing, or replacing overhead equipment, installing new contacts, new resistors, coils, monitors, generators, etc. Works from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals to plan and lay out the routine, placement, type, size, gauge, balance, load continuity, and proper and safe operation of electrical lines, circuit systems, equipment, and controls.

Determines and installs wiring, conduits, fixtures, transformers, and other electrical devices in the size, type, and arrangement needed for proper and safe operation of electrical systems, circuits and equipment. Cuts and/or drills holes in ceilings, walls, and floors, through which conduits or cables are to pass. Works with electrical power from light fixtures, unless the system being worked on is motor controlled. Inspects, maintains, cleans, repairs, tests, and adjusts electrical buzzer and circuits, fight sockets, lighting fixtures, fans, switches, office and heating appliances, fire alarms, clocks, rheostats, thermostats, and electrical drills, grinders and shop equipment.

Qualifications and Education

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