Industrial Electrician (Factory Maintenance)

You'll wire, fault-find and certify installations for the food processing plant in Soweto. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Location: Soweto, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Lock out and tag out circuits before any work on live equipment
• 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
• Fault-find tripping circuits with a multimeter, insulation tester and loop tester
• Read electrical layouts and mark out point positions before chasing walls
• Quote small jobs for clients and explain the fault in plain language
• Supervise and teach an electrical assistant or apprentice on site

• Valid Code 08 driver's licence
• Electrical trade test certificate (Section 13 or 26D) through a QCTO-accredited centre
• Comfortable working at heights on ladders and in roof spaces
• Registered with the Department of Employment and Labour as an Installation Electrician or holding a Wireman's licence
• Your own basic hand tools and a calibrated multimeter

• Provident fund and group risk cover after probation
• Company-issued test instruments, calibrated every year
• 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.
• Put your registration category (IE, MIE or single-phase tester) and registration number right under your name on the CV.