Maintenance Electrician (Night Shift)

You'll wire, fault-find and certify installations for the solar and backup power installer in Randburg. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

Home base is a solar and backup power installer on the Randburg side of Gauteng. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Terminate armoured cable and fit glands on three-phase motor supplies
• Test installations and issue Certificates of Compliance where your registration allows
• Quote small jobs for clients and explain the fault in plain language
• Install and wire distribution boards, isolators and earth leakage units to SANS 10142-1
• Read electrical layouts and mark out point positions before chasing walls
• Fault-find tripping circuits with a multimeter, insulation tester and loop tester
• Replace faulty light fittings, plugs, geyser elements and thermostats

• 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
• Electrical trade test certificate (Section 13 or 26D) through a QCTO-accredited centre
• Clean criminal record, since you will work inside client homes
• At least 3 years working as a qualified electrician after your trade test
• Solid working knowledge of SANS 10142-1 and the Electrical Installation Regulations

• Master Installation Electrician registration for three-phase CoCs
• Working at Heights certificate still in date

• Company-issued test instruments, calibrated every year
• Company bakkie for call-outs and travel between sites
• Standby allowance when you are on the after-hours roster
• Overtime paid at time-and-a-half on weekends

• If you have issued CoCs before, say how many and for what type of property.
• 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.