Solar PV Installation Electrician

You'll wire, fault-find and certify installations for the solar and backup power installer in Pretoria East. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

You'll be based at a solar and backup power installer in Pretoria East. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Read electrical layouts and mark out point positions before chasing walls
• 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
• Fault-find tripping circuits with a multimeter, insulation tester and loop tester
• Run conduit, trunking and cable tray on new builds and renovations

• Registered with the Department of Employment and Labour as an Installation Electrician or holding a Wireman's licence
• 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
• At least 3 years working as a qualified electrician after your trade test
• Your own basic hand tools and a calibrated multimeter

• Working at Heights certificate still in date
• Solar PV installation training and experience with hybrid inverters

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

• Put your registration category (IE, MIE or single-phase tester) and registration number right under your name on the CV.
• If you have issued CoCs before, say how many and for what type of property.