Installation Electrician (Wireman's Licence) – Immediate Start

Got your trade test and a steady hand on a DB board? This food processing plant in Klerksdorp needs you on the tools. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

This post is Klerksdorp-based, with most of your time spent at a food processing plant. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Lock out and tag out circuits before any work on live equipment
• Replace faulty light fittings, plugs, geyser elements and thermostats
• Supervise and teach an electrical assistant or apprentice on site
• Test installations and issue Certificates of Compliance where your registration allows
• Run conduit, trunking and cable tray on new builds and renovations
• Install and wire distribution boards, isolators and earth leakage units to SANS 10142-1

• 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
• Your own basic hand tools and a calibrated multimeter
• At least 3 years working as a qualified electrician after your trade test

• PLC and motor control experience from a factory setting
• N3 electrical trade theory on top of your trade test
• Master Installation Electrician registration for three-phase CoCs

• Overtime paid at time-and-a-half on weekends
• Provident fund and group risk cover after probation
• Standby allowance when you are on the after-hours roster

• 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.
• Many applicants forget to attach the trade test certificate itself. Recruiters often skip CVs that only mention it.