Electrical Apprentice

Position Overview

Title: Electrical Apprentice

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Overview

The Electrician Apprentice is an entry-level electrical trainee enrolled in an apprenticeship program to learn the concepts and skills necessary to become a certified electrician. As an apprentice, an electrician will receive a combination of classroom education and paid on-the-job experience. Learn to perform routine and emergency electrical maintenance on all machines and equipment, diagnose source of problems or potential problems, and maintain or repair as needed.

Accountabilities

• Ability to learn through self-directed study and desire for advancement.
• Measure, cut, and bend wire and conduit, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
• Maintain tools, vehicles, and equipment and keep parts and supplies in order.
• Perform semi-skilled and unskilled laboring duties related to the installation, maintenance, and repair of a wide variety of electrical systems and equipment.
• Disassemble defective electrical equipment, replace defective or worn parts, and reassemble equipment, using hand tools.
• Thread conduit ends, connect couplings, and fabricate and secure conduit support brackets, using hand tools.
• Drill holes and pull or push wiring through openings, using hand and power tools.
• Clean work area and wash parts.
• Strip insulation from wire ends, using wire stripping pliers, and attach wires to terminals for subsequent soldering.
• Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter.
• Transport tools, materials, equipment, and supplies to work sites by hand, hand truck, or heavy, motorized truck.

Qualifications

• High School education or GED equivalent.
• Enrolled in an accredited apprenticeship program.
• Wear required personal protective equipment (hard hat, earplugs, steel-toed boots, safety glasses at a minimum).
• Operate or work in industrial conditions - may be warm/hot, dusty/dirty, noise, heavy machinery or elevated working surfaces (with proper safety training and safety protection).
• Maintains cooperative working relationships, demonstrates a positive attitude and consideration towards fellow Team Members.
• Ability to pass test and receive Journeyman Card upon completion of Apprenticeship program.
• Must be willing to obtain own toolbox and electrical hand tools by craft.
• Ability to work overtime, weekends and holidays as needed.
• Ability to climb ladders or machinery, stoop, crouch, twist, kneel, crawl, and walk to access repair area while carrying or moving tools and repair parts, including overhead and floor-to-weight lifting of materials weighing over 50 pounds. #IND123

PADNOS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis ofrace, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientationor any other classification protected by Federal, Stateor local law.