Helper--Electrician
Other Titles
Cable Puller, Electrician Helper, Electrician's Helper
Measure, cut, and bend wire and conduit, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter.
Strip insulation from wire ends, using wire stripping pliers, and attach wires to terminals for subsequent soldering.
Examine electrical units for loose connections and broken insulation and tighten connections, using hand tools.
Construct controllers and panels, using power drills, drill presses, taps, saws, and punches.
Drill holes and pull or push wiring through openings, using hand and power tools.
Clean work area and wash parts.
Maintain tools, vehicles, and equipment and keep parts and supplies in order.
Transport tools, materials, equipment, and supplies to work site by hand, handtruck, or heavy, motorized truck.
Install copper-clad ground rods, using a manual post driver.
Thread conduit ends, connect couplings, and fabricate and secure conduit support brackets, using hand tools.
Disassemble defective electrical equipment, replace defective or worn parts, and reassemble equipment, using hand tools.
Erect electrical system components and barricades, and rig scaffolds, hoists, and shoring.
Perform semi-skilled and unskilled laboring duties related to the installation, maintenance and repair of a wide variety of electrical systems and equipment.
Dig trenches or holes for installation of conduit or supports.
Raise, lower, or position equipment, tools, and materials, using hoist, hand line, or block and tackle.
Break up concrete, using airhammer, to facilitate installation, construction, or repair of equipment.
Requisition materials, using warehouse requisition or release forms.
String transmission lines or cables through ducts or conduits, under the ground, through equipment, or to towers.
Solder electrical connections, using soldering iron.
Trim trees and clear undergrowth along right-of-way.
Bolt component parts together to form tower assemblies, using hand tools.
Operate cutting torches and welding equipment, while working with conduit and metal components to construct devices associated with electrical functions.
Active Listening→ Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Quality Control Analysis→ Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Critical Thinking→ Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Repairing→ Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
Speaking→ Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Troubleshooting→ Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Performing General Physical Activities→ Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
Getting Information→ Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Handling and Moving Objects→ Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events→ Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings→ Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships→ Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge→ Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material→ Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates→ Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment→ Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical principles.
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards→ Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems→ Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment→ Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
Processing Information→ Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Coaching and Developing Others→ Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information→ Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work→ Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Cut metal components for installation.
Measure materials or objects for installation or assembly.
Test electrical equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
Install electrical components, equipment, or systems.
Repair electrical equipment.
Inspect electrical or electronic systems for defects.
Thread wire or cable through ducts or conduits.
Fabricate parts or components.
Clean work sites.
Drill holes in construction materials.
Maintain construction tools or equipment.
Move construction or extraction materials to locations where they are needed.
Order construction or extraction materials or equipment.
Assemble temporary equipment or structures.
Dig holes or trenches.
Remove debris or vegetation from work sites.
Position construction or extraction equipment.
Break up rock, asphalt, or concrete.
Weld metal components.
Apply paint to surfaces.
Near Vision→ The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Manual Dexterity→ The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Information Ordering→ The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g. , patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Problem Sensitivity→ The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Extent Flexibility→ The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Finger Dexterity→ The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Multilimb Coordination→ The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Arm-Hand Steadiness→ The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Control Precision→ The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Trunk Strength→ The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
Visual Color Discrimination→ The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Visualization→ The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Deductive Reasoning→ The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning→ The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral Comprehension→ The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Speech Clarity→ The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Language→ Knowledge of the structure and content of a language - English, French, Swahili et cetera - including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Mechanical→ Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Building and Construction→ Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Customer and Personal Service→ Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Design→ Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Physics→ Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
Computer aided design CAD software -- e.g., Computer-aided drafting or design software
Database user interface and query software -- Recordkeeping software
Office suite software -- e.g, Microsoft Office
Spreadsheet software -- e.g., Microsoft Excel
Word processing software -- e.g., Report generation software
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Adjustable wrenches
Air compressors
Ammeters
Articulating boom lift→ Bucket trucks
Awls
Backhoes
Banders→ Cable tie guns
Blocks or pulleys→ Block and tackle equipment
Blow torch→ Cutting torches
Bolt cutters→ Insulated bolt cutters
Boring machines→ Horizontal boring tools
Cable accessories→ Bear claw wire threaders; Cable lacing needles
Cable reels
Cable splicing kits→ Cable splicing knives
Calibrated inductance coils or boxes→ Inductance testers
Calibrated resistance measuring equipment→ Resistance bridges
Capacitance meters→ Capacitance testers
Circuit tester→ Continuity testers; Growlers; Loop PSC testers; Residual current device RCD testers
Circuit tracers→ Circuit test meters
Compactors→ Pneumatic compacting equipment
Conduit benders→ Hydraulic conduit benders; Manual conduit benders; Power conduit benders
Deburring tool→ Conduit deburring tools
Desktop computers
Diagonal cut pliers→ Diagonal cutting pliers
Drilling machines→ Drill presses
Dump trucks
End cut pliers→ Side cutting pliers
Fish tape→ Fish tape pullers; Wire pullers
Fuse pullers
Gas detectors→ Gas leak detection devices
Gas generators→ Generators
GFI circuit testers→ Ground fault circuit interrupter GFCI testers
Hacksaw→ Hacksaws
Hammers
Hand reamer→ Tapered reamers
Hand trucks or accessories→ Handtrucks
Heat guns
Hex keys→ Hex key sets
Hoists→ Hoist trucks; Line trucks
Hole saws→ Circle cutters
Impact wrenches→ Electric impact drivers
Impedance meters→ Transfer impedance meters
Insulated screwdriver→ Insulated screwdrivers
Label making machines→ Cable labeling machines
Ladders
Levels
Light bulb changer→ Extension lamp extractors
Linemans pliers→ Insulated pliers; Lineman's pliers
Locking pliers→ Conduit locknut and reaming pliers
Longnose pliers→ Long nose pliers
Magnetic tools→ Lighted magnet pickups; Telescoping lighted pickups
Manlift or personnel lift→ Electric manlifts
Megohmmeters
Metal detectors→ Magnetic locators; Metal locators
Multimeters→ Digital multimeters
Nibblers→ Nibbler cutting tools
Notebook computers
Nut drivers→ Insulated nutdrivers
Offset socket wrenches→ Double-end can socket wrenches
Ohmmeters
Open end wrenches→ Crescent wrenches
Personal computers
Phasemeters→ Phase rotation meters
Picks
Pipe or tube cutter→ Polyvinyl chloride PVC cutters
Plumb bobs
Pneumatic hammer→ Airhammers; Jackhammers
Post hole digger→ Post drivers
Power drills→ Cordless drills
Protective gloves→ Cable gripping gloves
Punches or nail sets or drifts→ Punchdown tools
Respirators
Retaining ring pliers→ External snap ring pliers; Internal snap ring pliers
Saws
Scaffolding
Screwdrivers→ Cabinet tip screwdrivers; Phillips head screwdrivers; Screw-holding screwdrivers
Shears
Socket sets→ Insulated socket sets
Soldering iron→ Soldering irons
Specialty wrenches→ Insulated wrenches
Spot welding machine→ Welders
Stamping dies or punches→ Punches
Strap wrenches
Stripping tools→ Automatic wire strippers; Wire stripping pliers
Tampers→ Compaction tampers
Tape measures
Thermographs→ Infrared scanners
Threading dies→ Pipe threaders
Threading taps
Tongue and groove pliers
Track excavators→ Excavators
Trenching machines→ Air spades; Trenchers
Two way radios
Utility knives→ Electricians' knives; Insulated knives
Voltage or current meters→ Current clamps; Non-contact voltage sensors; Voltage meters
Welding masks→ Welding hoods
Wheel bulldozers→ Bulldozers
Wire cutters→ Electricians' snips
Wire lug crimping tool→ Hand operated indentors; Heavy duty crimping tools; Wire crimpers
Wire or cable cutter→ Cable cutters; Insulated cable cutters; Power cable cutters; Ratcheting cable cutters
Wire wrapping tool→ Wire wrap guns
Realistic→ Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Conventional→ Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Attention to Detail→ Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
Dependability→ Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
Innovation→ Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
Concern for Others→ Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
Integrity→ Job requires being honest and ethical.
Self Control→ Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
Cooperation→ Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
Independence→ Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
Stress Tolerance→ Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
Social Orientation→ Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Adaptability/Flexibility→ Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
Initiative→ Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
Persistence→ Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
Achievement/Effort→ Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
Analytical Thinking→ Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
Leadership→ Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
Support→ Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
Relationships→ Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
Working Conditions→ Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.