journeyman/woman construction electrician

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 to 60 hours per week
• Education: Registered Apprenticeship certificate
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Cold/refrigerated
• Dusty

Work setting

• Construction
• Repair
• Various locations
• Maintenance
• Commercial
• Institutional
• Installation
• Troubleshooting/diagnostic

Tasks

• Professionalism in customer service
• Install underground wiring and cables
• Install, replace and repair electrical controls and panel boxes
• Keep maintenance reports and documentation
• 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
• Renovate electrical systems in residential and commercial structures
• Conduct preventive maintenance programs
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Electrician Trade Certification
• Working at heights training
• Workplace Safety and Insurance Board¿(WSIB) clearance Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Confined Space Entry Training
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Construction Electrician Red Seal Certificate
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Basic security clearance
• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation
• Willing to travel
• Valid driver's licence
• Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Overtime required
• Tight deadlines

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player

Workplace information

• On the road job

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Team building opportunities