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.

  • Bolt component parts together to form tower assemblies, using hand tools.
  • Break up concrete, using airhammer, to facilitate installation, construction, or repair of equipment.
  • Construct controllers and panels, using power drills, drill presses, taps, saws, and punches.
  • Dig trenches or holes for installation of conduit or supports.
  • 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.
  • Install copper-clad ground rods, using a manual post driver.
  • 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.
  • Requisition materials, using warehouse requisition or release forms.
  • Solder electrical connections, using soldering iron.
  • Strip insulation from wire ends, using wire stripping pliers, and attach wires to terminals for subsequent soldering.
  • Thread conduit ends, connect couplings, and fabricate and secure conduit support brackets, using hand tools.
  • Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter.