How do they match: Helpers--Electricians

  • E and I Apprentice
  • Electrical and Instrumentation Apprentice
  • Electrician and Instrumentation Apprentice

  • Help electricians by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

  • Operate cutting torches and welding equipment, while working with conduit and metal components to construct devices associated with electrical functions.
  • Operate heavy equipment, such as backhoes.
  • Bolt component parts together to form tower assemblies, using hand tools.
  • Disassemble defective electrical equipment, replace defective or worn parts, and reassemble equipment, using hand tools.
  • Drill holes and pull or push wiring through openings, using hand and power tools.
  • Examine electrical units for loose connections and broken insulation and tighten connections, using hand tools.
  • Maintain tools, vehicles, and equipment and keep parts and supplies in order.
  • Measure, cut, and bend wire and conduit, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
  • Raise, lower, or position equipment, tools, and materials, using hoist, hand line, or block and tackle.
  • Thread conduit ends, connect couplings, and fabricate and secure conduit support brackets, using hand tools.
  • Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter.
  • Transport tools, materials, equipment, and supplies to work site by hand, handtruck, or heavy, motorized truck.

  • Operate excavation equipment.
  • Operate heavy-duty construction or installation equipment.
  • Cut metal components for installation.
  • Maintain construction tools or equipment.
  • Weld metal components.