Commercial Electrician (Shopfitting & Retail)

You'll wire, fault-find and certify installations for the facilities management company in Bellville. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a facilities management company on the Bellville side of Western Cape. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Read electrical layouts and mark out point positions before chasing walls
• Supervise and teach an electrical assistant or apprentice on site
• Replace faulty light fittings, plugs, geyser elements and thermostats
• Install and wire distribution boards, isolators and earth leakage units to SANS 10142-1
• Test installations and issue Certificates of Compliance where your registration allows
• Run conduit, trunking and cable tray on new builds and renovations
• Install inverters, battery banks and changeover switches for backup power clients

• Solid working knowledge of SANS 10142-1 and the Electrical Installation Regulations
• Clean criminal record, since you will work inside client homes
• Comfortable working at heights on ladders and in roof spaces
• Electrical trade test certificate (Section 13 or 26D) through a QCTO-accredited centre
• Valid Code 08 driver's licence

• PLC and motor control experience from a factory setting
• Solar PV installation training and experience with hybrid inverters
• N3 electrical trade theory on top of your trade test

• Company-issued test instruments, calibrated every year
• Overtime paid at time-and-a-half on weekends
• Company bakkie for call-outs and travel between sites

• List two or three recent jobs with sizes, like a 60-point house rewire or a 10 kVA inverter install. It shows your level quickly.
• Put your registration category (IE, MIE or single-phase tester) and registration number right under your name on the CV.