Industrial Electrician (Factory Maintenance)

You'll wire, fault-find and certify installations for the shopfitting and retail fit-out firm in Boksburg. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

You'll be based at a shopfitting and retail fit-out firm in Boksburg. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Read electrical layouts and mark out point positions before chasing walls
• Install and wire distribution boards, isolators and earth leakage units to SANS 10142-1
• Supervise and teach an electrical assistant or apprentice on site
• Complete job cards, material lists and test reports at the end of each job
• Install inverters, battery banks and changeover switches for backup power clients
• Quote small jobs for clients and explain the fault in plain language

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

• N3 electrical trade theory on top of your trade test
• Solar PV installation training and experience with hybrid inverters
• Master Installation Electrician registration for three-phase CoCs

• Company-issued test instruments, calibrated every year
• Provident fund and group risk cover after probation
• Standby allowance when you are on the after-hours roster
• Company bakkie for call-outs and travel between sites

• Put your registration category (IE, MIE or single-phase tester) and registration number right under your name on the CV.
• 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.