Solar PV Installation Electrician

This is hands-on electrical work in Vanderbijlpark: new installs, repairs and CoCs that pass the first time. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

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

• Comfortable working at heights on ladders and in roof spaces
• Valid Code 08 driver's licence
• 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

• PLC and motor control experience from a factory setting
• Working at Heights certificate still in date
• Master Installation Electrician registration for three-phase CoCs

• 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
• Provident fund and group risk cover after probation

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