Thinking Of Becoming An Electrician? Here’s What You Need To Know

By Author: Andrew Bain
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An electrician entails any tradesperson skilled in installing, designing, maintaining, and repairing electrical systems and products. These systems or products are often used in residential homes, offices, factories, etc. Electricians can work indoors or outside buildings, and they aim to ensure that lights, electrical appliances, and industrial equipment function reliably and safely. Electricians are often categorized according to their job nature and specifics. Some of these categories include:
Residential Electricians:these people are in charge of installing household electrical equipment such as ceiling fans, hot water systems, wiring, and solving common electrical problems at homes and other residential areas.
Interior Electricians:these are people concerned with maintaining and repairing electrical equipment, motors, and control systems in business places and factories.
What are the Responsibilities ...
... of an Electrician?
As an electrician, your job responsibility is to transfer electricity from its primary source to smaller sources where business consumers and individuals can access it. An electrician's specific responsibilities might vary, according to his area of specialization. However, general duties for most electricians include the following:

Planning and designing electrical systems for new properties. Electricians are also responsible for deciding the positions for light fixtures, electrical outlets, ventilation systems, heating outlets, and other appliances.
Installation of lighting, wiring, and control systems in new or existing properties. All electrical installations must comply with municipal codes.
Reading and interpretation of architectural blueprint, electrical plans, circuit diagrams, and other forms of industry technical documents.
Creating electrical circuits by joining wires to fixtures and components. They are also responsible for testing completed circuits.
Installation of rackets and hangers for supporting electrical products.
Installation of switches, relays, circuit breaker panels, and other electrical distribution and control equipment.
Inspection of switches, transformers, circuit breakers, and other electrical components to detect faults.
Carrying out maintenance and repair tasks to ensure that lighting, wiring, and control systems are always in perfect working shape.
Determining electrical faults in appliances and systems, using testing devices.
Upgrading, repairing and replacing, outdated or faulty electrical appliances, fixtures, equipment, and wiring. They are also responsible for detecting isolated faults and facilitating safe removal and replacement.
Teaching other electricians and guiding them on how to perform specific electrical tasks.

Where Does an Electrician Work?
Unlike many other employees who work in a constant location (like an office), electricians often work remotely for specific periods. The period might range from one day to a few months, depending on when they finish the available task. Once they complete the electrical job on a site, they often move to new job locations. An electrician's job environment can be close or far from his home, and it is not rare for an electrician to travel up to 100 miles away from their home for a specific job.
As mentioned earlier, they can work indoors or outdoors, depending on the job's location and nature. For instance, their work will be indoors when installing electrical systems in a new or existing building and outdoors when installing or fixing telecommunication systems. In essence, an electrician's work environment is not permanently defined and can be dynamic depending on a specific task's nature.
It is vital to note that an electrician's working environment is often filled with live wires and other electrical elements. As such, they can be quite dangerous if adequate preventive measures are not put in place.
Conclusion
Being an electrician can be quite lucrative, especially for people who have the skills and adequate information. This article has discussed some things you should know about the job.

Managing director of leading Australian cleaning company, Worth Every Cent Cleaning.