Qualified Electrician (Residential Installations)

You'll wire, fault-find and certify installations for the facilities management company in eMalahleni. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

You'll report in eMalahleni. Relocation is not covered for this one. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Supervise and teach an electrical assistant or apprentice on site
• Install and wire distribution boards, isolators and earth leakage units to SANS 10142-1
• Install inverters, battery banks and changeover switches for backup power clients
• Lock out and tag out circuits before any work on live equipment
• Terminate armoured cable and fit glands on three-phase motor supplies
• Run conduit, trunking and cable tray on new builds and renovations
• Read electrical layouts and mark out point positions before chasing walls

• Your own basic hand tools and a calibrated multimeter
• Valid Code 08 driver's licence
• 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
• Electrical trade test certificate (Section 13 or 26D) through a QCTO-accredited centre

• PLC and motor control experience from a factory setting
• Master Installation Electrician registration for three-phase CoCs

• Standby allowance when you are on the after-hours roster
• Provident fund and group risk cover after probation
• Company-issued test instruments, calibrated every year

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