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Qualified Electrician (Residential Installations)

How2Apply Talent Network

Paarl, Western Cape

Full-time

Posted 1 hour ago

Full-time Trades & Services Code 08

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Job Description

The shopfitting and retail fit-out firm in Paarl needs a qualified electrician who can work neatly and sign off safe installations. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Location: Paarl, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

The work, day to day

Complete job cards, material lists and test reports at the end of each job
Terminate armoured cable and fit glands on three-phase motor supplies
Run conduit, trunking and cable tray on new builds and renovations
Quote small jobs for clients and explain the fault in plain language
Supervise and teach an electrical assistant or apprentice on site
Install inverters, battery banks and changeover switches for backup power clients

What you need

Clean criminal record, since you will work inside client homes
At least 3 years working as a qualified electrician after your trade test
Your own basic hand tools and a calibrated multimeter
Valid Code 08 driver's licence
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

Extra points for

Master Installation Electrician registration for three-phase CoCs
Working at Heights certificate still in date
Solar PV installation training and experience with hybrid inverters

What you get

Provident fund and group risk cover after probation
Company-issued test instruments, calibrated every year
Company bakkie for call-outs and travel between sites

How to apply for this job

Read the "What you need" list above. If you tick most of it, go ahead and apply.
Get these ready, because shortlisted people are asked for them straight away: driver's licence copy plus Wireman's licence or registration letter from the Department of Employment and Labour.
Send your details with the form below. Add one or two lines about similar work you've done.
Watch for a call or WhatsApp from How2Apply over the next 10 working days.

Your application joins the How2Apply talent pool for this role, and we put shortlisted people forward to employers hiring in and around Paarl.

How2Apply never charges you to apply, for training, for uniforms or for a "placement fee". If anyone asks you for money, it is a scam.

Before you hit apply

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.