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Helpers--Electricians

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

Other names for Helpers--Electricians: Apprentice Electrician, Automotive Electrician Helper, Cable Puller, Electrical Apprentice, Electrical Assistant, Electrical Helper, Electrician, Electrician Assistant, Electrician Technician, Electrician's Helper, Journeyman Electrician, Protective Signal Installer Helper, Protective Signal Repairer Helper, Tower Erector Helper, Utilities Ground Worker,

What do Helpers--Electricians do?

  • Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter.
  • 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.
  • Drill holes and pull or push wiring through openings, using hand and power tools.
  • 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.
  • Transport tools, materials, equipment, and supplies to work site by hand, handtruck, or heavy, motorized truck.
  • Examine electrical units for loose connections and broken insulation and tighten connections, using hand tools.
  • 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.
  • Construct controllers and panels, using power drills, drill presses, taps, saws and punches.
  • String transmission lines or cables through ducts or conduits, under the ground, through equipment, or to towers.
  • Clean work area and wash parts.
  • Erect electrical system components and barricades, and rig scaffolds, hoists, and shoring.
  • Install copper-clad ground rods, using a manual post driver.
  • Raise, lower, or position equipment, tools, and materials, using hoist, hand line, or block and tackle.
  • Dig trenches or holes for installation of conduit or supports.
  • Requisition materials, using warehouse requisition or release forms.
  • Bolt component parts together to form tower assemblies, using hand tools.
  • Paint a variety of objects related to electrical functions.
  • Operate cutting torches and welding equipment, while working with conduit and metal components to construct devices associated with electrical functions.
  • Break up concrete, using airhammer, to facilitate installation, construction, or repair of equipment.
  • Solder electrical connections, using soldering iron.
  • Trim trees and clear undergrowth along right-of-way.

Do you enjoy these?

  • Welding masks
  • Wire cutters
  • Stripping tools
  • Spiral wrapping
  • Fish tape
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Air compressors
  • Trenching machines
  • Pneumatic hammer
  • Ammeters
  • Stripping tools
  • Awls
  • Backhoes
  • Cable accessories
  • Blocks or pulleys
  • Cargo trucks
  • Wheel bulldozers
  • Screwdrivers
  • Wire or cable cutters
  • Protective gloves
  • Label making machines
  • Cable accessories
  • Cable reels
  • Cable splicing kits
  • Banders
  • Capacitance meters
  • Hole saws
  • Circuit tracers
  • Tampers
  • Deburring equipment
  • Locking pliers
  • Circuit tester
  • Power drills
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Wire lug crimping tool
  • Clamp On Multimeter
  • Blow torches
  • Desktop computers
  • Diagonal cut pliers
  • Threading dies
  • Multimeters
  • Offset socket wrenches
  • Workshop presses
  • Power drills
  • Dump trucks
  • Impact wrenches
  • Manlift or personnel lift
  • Utility knives
  • Wire cutters
  • Track excavators
  • Light bulb changer
  • Retaining ring pliers
  • Fish tape
  • Fuse pullers
  • Gas detectors
  • Gas generators
  • GFI circuit testers
  • Circuit tester
  • Saws
  • Hammers
  • Wire lug crimping tool
  • Hand trucks or accessories
  • Heat guns
  • Wire lug crimping tool
  • Hex keys
  • Hoists
  • Hoists
  • Boring tools
  • Conduit benders
  • Calibrated inductance coils or boxes
  • Thermographs
  • Bolt cutters
  • Wire or cable cutters
  • Utility knives
  • Nut drivers
  • Linemans pliers
  • Screwdrivers
  • Socket sets
  • Specialty wrenches
  • Retaining ring pliers
  • Pneumatic hammer
  • Ladders
  • Levels
  • Magnetic tools
  • Hoists
  • Linemans pliers
  • Longnose pliers
  • Circuit tester
  • Metal detectors
  • Conduit benders
  • Megohmmeters
  • Megohmmeters
  • Metal detectors
  • Multimeters
  • Nibblers
  • Voltage or current meters
  • Notebook computers
  • Nut drivers
  • Ohmmeters
  • Personal computers
  • Phasemeters
  • Screwdrivers
  • Picks
  • Threading dies
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Plumb bobs
  • Compactors
  • Pipe or tube cutters
  • Post hole digger
  • Wire or cable cutters
  • Conduit benders
  • Power drills
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Stamping dies or punches
  • Wire or cable cutters
  • Circuit tester
  • Calibrated resistance measuring equipment
  • Respirators
  • Saws
  • Scaffolding
  • Screwdrivers
  • Screwdrivers
  • Shears
  • End cut pliers
  • Soldering irons or guns
  • Strap wrenches
  • Tape measures
  • Reamers
  • Threading taps
  • Magnetic tools
  • Tongue and groove pliers
  • Impedance meters
  • Trenching machines
  • Two way radios
  • Utility knives
  • Voltage or current meters
  • Welders

Technology used

  • Word processing software
  • Spreadsheet software