Trades Specialist Electrician

Duties Description Repairs, maintains, and installs electrical systems and equipment such as motors, transformers, wiring, switches, alarm systems, controls, and related equipment, such as radios, televisions, and music players.

* Locates and determines electrical malfunction using test instruments such as ammeter, volt meter, ohmmeter, oscilloscope, and test lamp.

* Repairs malfunction by such methods as replacing burnt-out elements and fuses, bypassing or replacing defective wiring, finding switch contact points, and cleaning or rewiring motors.

* Tests electrical equipment such as generators and heaters for safety and efficiency using standard test equipment and by observing functioning.

* Installs fixtures, motors and other electrical equipment.

* Makes adjustments to electrical equipment.

* Inspects circuits and wiring for specified shielding and grounding and repairs or rewires system according to building codes and safety regulations.

* Replaces bearings in electric motors.

* Repairs mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, or electric components of electrical equipment and controls, using standard tools, gauges, and procedures.

* Plans layout and wires new installations.

* Installs and repairs traffic control devices and systems.

Plans layout and installs and repairs wiring, electrical fixtures, apparatus and control equipment.

* Plans new or modified installations consistent with specifications and electrical codes.

* Prepares sketches showing location of all wiring and equipment or follows diagrams or blueprints.

* Measures, cuts, bends, threads, assembles and installs electrical conduit.

* Connects wiring to lighting fixtures and power equipment.

* Installs control and distribution apparatus such as switches, relays, and circuit breaker panels.

* Tests, adjusts, calibrates, and maintains a wide variety of control equipment, including central heating plant controls; b...