EDUCATION

• Other trades certificate or diploma

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Physically demanding
• Handling heavy loads
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

EXPERIENCE

• 2 years to less than 3 years

• Read blueprints to determine work requirements
• Test and observe electrical and mechanical conditions of equipment
• Troubleshoot and repair electric motors, transformers, switchgear, generators and other electro-mechanical equipment
• Use machining tools to fabricate or recondition parts
• Replace or recondition shafts, bearings, commutators and other components
• Weld or braze components
• Wind, assemble and install various types of coils
• Perform static or dynamic balancing of armatures or rotors
• Perform some machining to recondition or modify shafts, commutators or other parts
• Test and repair or replace faulty wiring or components in electrical switchgear
• Test repaired motors, transformers, switchgear or other electrical apparatus to ensure proper performance