What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrician Helper position at Prime Retail?
Electrical Helper Role at Prime Power Department
We are looking for an Electrician Helper to undertake a variety of tasks relating to setting up and maintaining electrical infrastructure. Your job will involve installing electrical wiring in buildings and poles, troubleshooting malfunctions and blackouts and repairing appliances.
Key Responsibilities:
- Measure, cut, and bend wire and conduit, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
- Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter.
- Strip insulation from wire ends, using wire stripping pliers, and attach wires to terminals for subsequent soldering.
- Examine electrical units for loose connections and broken insulation and tighten connections, using hand tools.
- Drill holes and pull or push wiring through openings, using hand and power tools.
- Construct controllers and panels, using power drills, drill presses, taps, saws and punches.
- Clean work area and wash parts.
- Maintain tools, vehicles, and equipment and keep parts and supplies in order.
- Transport tools, materials, equipment, and supplies to work site by hand, hand truck, or heavy, motorized truck.
- Install copper-clad ground rods, using a manual post driver.
- Thread conduit ends, connect couplings, and fabricate and secure conduit support brackets, using hand tools.
- Requisition materials, using warehouse requisition or release forms.
- Disassemble defective electrical equipment, replace defective or worn parts, and reassemble equipment, using hand tools.
- Erect electrical system components and barricades, and rig scaffolds, hoists, and shoring.
- String transmission lines or cables through ducts or conduits, under the ground, through equipment, or to towers.
- Perform semi-skilled and unskilled laboring duties related to the installation, maintenance and repair of a wide variety of electrical systems and equipment.
- Solder electrical connections, using soldering iron.
- Dig trenches or holes for installation of conduit or supports.
- Trim trees and clear undergrowth along right-of-way.
- Bolt component parts together to form tower assemblies, using hand tools.
- Raise, lower, or position equipment, tools, and materials, using hoist, hand line, or block and tackle.
- Break up concrete, using air hammer, to facilitate installation, construction, or repair of equipment.
- Operate cutting torches and welding equipment, while working with conduit and metal components to construct devices associated with electrical functions.
- Paint a variety of objects related to electrical functions.
Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Proven experience as an electrical helper
- Experience in industrial and/or commercial electrical systems
- Demonstrable ability to use electrical and hand tools (ie wire strippers, voltmeter, etc)
- Capable of reading electrical drawings and/or blueprints
- Thorough knowledge of safety procedures and legal regulations/guidelines
- Excellent physical condition and flexibility to work long shifts and/or overnight
Working Environment:
- Work both indoors and outdoors
- Often exposed to very hot or very cold temperatures
- Often exposed to hazardous conditions, equipment, and situations
- Often exposed to sounds and noise levels that are uncomfortable and distracting
- Often exposed to very bright or inadequate lighting conditions
- Climb ladders and work from roofs and scaffolding
- Sometimes exposed to contaminants
- Work somewhat close to other people
- Often work in an enclosed vehicle
