Electrical Artisan (Trade Tested)

You'll wire, fault-find and certify installations for the office park maintenance team in Centurion. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is Centurion-based, with most of your time spent at an office park maintenance team. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Run conduit, trunking and cable tray on new builds and renovations
• Install inverters, battery banks and changeover switches for backup power clients
• Lock out and tag out circuits before any work on live equipment
• Quote small jobs for clients and explain the fault in plain language
• Terminate armoured cable and fit glands on three-phase motor supplies
• Complete job cards, material lists and test reports at the end of each job
• Fault-find tripping circuits with a multimeter, insulation tester and loop tester

• Your own basic hand tools and a calibrated multimeter
• Clean criminal record, since you will work inside client homes
• Registered with the Department of Employment and Labour as an Installation Electrician or holding a Wireman's licence
• Solid working knowledge of SANS 10142-1 and the Electrical Installation Regulations
• Comfortable working at heights on ladders and in roof spaces
• At least 3 years working as a qualified electrician after your trade test

• Working at Heights certificate still in date
• N3 electrical trade theory on top of your trade test
• Solar PV installation training and experience with hybrid inverters

• Provident fund and group risk cover after probation
• Overtime paid at time-and-a-half on weekends
• Company bakkie for call-outs and travel between sites

• Many applicants forget to attach the trade test certificate itself. Recruiters often skip CVs that only mention it.
• If you have issued CoCs before, say how many and for what type of property.