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Electricians

Install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. May install or service street lights, intercom systems, or electrical control systems.

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  • Ohio Employment Trends
  • Typical Education
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  • Tools
  • Technology
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  • Plan layout and installation of electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures, based on job specifications and local codes.
  • Assemble, install, test, or maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.
  • Place conduit, pipes, or tubing, inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes.
  • Provide preliminary sketches or cost estimates for materials or services.
  • Provide assistance during emergencies by operating floodlights or generators, placing flares, or driving needed vehicles.
  • Direct or train workers to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures.
  • Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components.
  • Fasten small metal or plastic boxes to walls to house electrical switches or outlets.
  • Prepare sketches or follow blueprints to determine the location of wiring or equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes.
  • Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous.
  • Direct or train workers to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures.
  • Perform physically demanding tasks, such as digging trenches to lay conduit or moving or lifting heavy objects.
  • Test electrical systems or continuity of circuits in electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures, using testing devices, such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or oscilloscopes, to ensure compatibility and safety of system.
  • Install ground leads and connect power cables to equipment, such as motors.
  • Inspect electrical systems, equipment, or components to identify hazards, defects, or the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with codes.
  • Perform business management duties, such as maintaining records or files, preparing reports, or ordering supplies or equipment.
  • Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, or components, using test equipment and hand tools to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem.
  • Maintain current electrician's license or identification card to meet governmental regulations.
  • Perform business management duties, such as maintaining records or files, preparing reports, or ordering supplies or equipment.
  • Repair or replace wiring, equipment, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.
  • Assemble, install, test, or maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.
  • Construct or fabricate parts, using hand tools, according to specifications.
  • Use a variety of tools or equipment, such as power construction equipment, measuring devices, power tools, and testing equipment, such as oscilloscopes, ammeters, or test lamps.
  • Assemble, install, test, or maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.
  • Provide preliminary sketches or cost estimates for materials or services.
  • Work from ladders, scaffolds, or roofs to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures.

Work Activities

Work Activities

  • Plan layout and installation of electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures, based on job specifications and local codes.
  • Assemble, install, test, or maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.
  • Place conduit, pipes, or tubing, inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes.
  • Provide preliminary sketches or cost estimates for materials or services.
  • Provide assistance during emergencies by operating floodlights or generators, placing flares, or driving needed vehicles.
  • Direct or train workers to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures.
  • Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components.
  • Fasten small metal or plastic boxes to walls to house electrical switches or outlets.
  • Prepare sketches or follow blueprints to determine the location of wiring or equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes.
  • Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous.
  • Direct or train workers to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures.
  • Perform physically demanding tasks, such as digging trenches to lay conduit or moving or lifting heavy objects.
  • Test electrical systems or continuity of circuits in electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures, using testing devices, such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or oscilloscopes, to ensure compatibility and safety of system.
  • Install ground leads and connect power cables to equipment, such as motors.
  • Inspect electrical systems, equipment, or components to identify hazards, defects, or the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with codes.
  • Perform business management duties, such as maintaining records or files, preparing reports, or ordering supplies or equipment.
  • Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, or components, using test equipment and hand tools to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem.
  • Maintain current electrician's license or identification card to meet governmental regulations.
  • Perform business management duties, such as maintaining records or files, preparing reports, or ordering supplies or equipment.
  • Repair or replace wiring, equipment, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.
  • Assemble, install, test, or maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.
  • Construct or fabricate parts, using hand tools, according to specifications.
  • Use a variety of tools or equipment, such as power construction equipment, measuring devices, power tools, and testing equipment, such as oscilloscopes, ammeters, or test lamps.
  • Assemble, install, test, or maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.
  • Provide preliminary sketches or cost estimates for materials or services.
  • Work from ladders, scaffolds, or roofs to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures.

Skills

  • Judgment and Decision Making

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

  • Operations Monitoring

    Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.

  • Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

  • Social Perceptiveness

    Understanding people's reactions.

  • Management of Material Resources

    Managing equipment and materials.

  • Active Learning

    Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

  • Critical Thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • Persuasion

    Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

  • Learning Strategies

    Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

  • Systems Evaluation

    Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

  • Coordination

    Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

  • Service Orientation

    Looking for ways to help people.

  • Negotiation

    Bringing people together to solve differences.

  • Operation and Control

    Using equipment or systems.

  • Quality Control Analysis

    Testing how well a product or service works.

  • Time Management

    Managing your time and the time of other people.

  • Equipment Maintenance

    Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.

  • Installation

    Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.

  • Technology Design

    Making equipment and technology useful for customers.

  • Equipment Selection

    Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.

  • Reading Comprehension

    Reading work-related information.

  • Complex Problem Solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

  • Instructing

    Teaching people how to do something.

  • Troubleshooting

    Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.

  • Mathematics

    Using math to solve problems.

  • Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • Science

    Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

  • Active Listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • Programming

    Writing computer programs.

  • Management of Financial Resources

    Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

  • Management of Personnel Resources

    Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

  • Operations Analysis

    Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

  • Repairing

    Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.

  • Systems Analysis

    Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

WorkKeys®

Applied Math
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Workplace Documents
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Graphic Literacy
4

Abilities

  • Problem Sensitivity

    Noticing when problems happen.

  • Deductive Reasoning

    Using rules to solve problems.

  • Speech Recognition

    Recognizing spoken words.

  • Speech Clarity

    Speaking clearly.

  • Wrist-Finger Speed

    Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.

  • Gross Body Equilibrium

    Keeping your balance or staying upright.

  • Near Vision

    Seeing details up close.

  • Written Comprehension

    Reading and understanding what is written.

  • Multilimb Coordination

    Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.

  • Extent Flexibility

    Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Number Facility

    Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.

  • Speed of Closure

    Quickly knowing what you are looking at.

  • Visual Color Discrimination

    Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.

  • Selective Attention

    Paying attention to something without being distracted.

  • Stamina

    Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.

  • Far Vision

    Seeing details that are far away.

  • Fluency of Ideas

    Coming up with lots of ideas.

  • Information Ordering

    Ordering or arranging things.

  • Mathematical Reasoning

    Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.

  • Static Strength

    Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.

  • Reaction Time

    Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.

  • Peripheral Vision

    Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.

  • Time Sharing

    Doing two or more things at the same time.

  • Arm-Hand Steadiness

    Keeping your arm or hand steady.

  • Memorization

    Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.

  • Dynamic Flexibility

    Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Gross Body Coordination

    Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.

  • Glare Sensitivity

    Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.

  • Finger Dexterity

    Putting together small parts with your fingers.

  • Night Vision

    Seeing at night or under low light.

  • Oral Expression

    Communicating by speaking.

  • Flexibility of Closure

    Seeing hidden patterns.

  • Perceptual Speed

    Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

  • Spatial Orientation

    Knowing where things are around you.

  • Explosive Strength

    Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.

  • Hearing Sensitivity

    Telling the difference between sounds.

  • Auditory Attention

    Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.

  • Sound Localization

    Noticing the direction that a sound came from.

  • Response Orientation

    Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.

  • Dynamic Strength

    Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.

  • Speed of Limb Movement

    Quickly moving your arms and legs.

  • Manual Dexterity

    Holding or moving items with your hands.

  • Depth Perception

    Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.

  • Visualization

    Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.

  • Trunk Strength

    Using your lower back and stomach.

  • Rate Control

    Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.

  • Control Precision

    Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.

  • Written Expression

    Communicating by writing.

  • Originality

    Creating new and original ideas.

  • Inductive Reasoning

    Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.

  • Category Flexibility

    Grouping things in different ways.

  • Oral Comprehension

    Listening and understanding what people say.

Knowledge

  • History and Archeology

    Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

  • Administration and Management

    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

  • Telecommunications

    Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

  • Economics and Accounting

    Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

  • Foreign Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

  • Public Safety and Security

    Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

  • Psychology

    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

  • Biology

    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

  • Mathematics

    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

  • Computers and Electronics

    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • Geography

    Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

  • Sales and Marketing

    Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

  • Law and Government

    Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

  • Therapy and Counseling

    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

  • Communications and Media

    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

  • Design

    Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

  • 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.

  • Personnel and Human Resources

    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

  • Chemistry

    Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

  • Philosophy and Theology

    Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

  • Transportation

    Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

  • Food Production

    Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

  • 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.

  • Administrative

    Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

  • Sociology and Anthropology

    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.

  • Fine Arts

    Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

  • Education and Training

    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • Production and Processing

    Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

  • 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.

  • English Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • Engineering and Technology

    Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

  • Mechanical

    Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

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Pay

  • Typical Salary
  • $91,730
    $63,370
    $37,430
    Ohio
    US
    $104,180
    $61,590
    $38,470
  • Typical Hourly Wage
  • $44
    $30
    $18
    Ohio
    US
    $50
    $30
    $18

Ohio Employment Trends

  • Currently Employed 28,120
  • Yearly Projected Openings 2530

Typical Education

Personality

Realistic: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Self Control
  • Dependability
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Integrity
  • Initiative

Tools

  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Air compressors
  • Ammeters
  • Articulating boom lift
  • Awls
  • Backhoes
  • Banders
  • Bandsaw wheel
  • Blow torch
  • Bolt cutters
  • Cable accessories
  • Cable reels
  • Cable splicing kits
  • Calibrated inductance coils or boxes
  • Calibrated resistance measuring equipment
  • Capacitance meters
  • Circuit tester
  • Circuit tracers
  • Claw hammer
  • Conduit benders
  • Conventional truck cranes
  • Deburring tool
  • Depth gauges
  • Desktop computers
  • Diagonal cut pliers
  • Drill bit set
  • Electrical frequency meters
  • End cut pliers
  • Feeler gauges
  • Fish tape
  • Fuse pullers
  • GFI circuit testers
  • Gas detectors
  • Gas generators
  • Hacksaw
  • Hammers
  • Hand reamer
  • Hard hats
  • Heat guns
  • Hex keys
  • Hole saws
  • Hydraulic press frames
  • Impedance meters
  • Inspection mirror
  • Insulated screwdriver
  • Label making machines
  • Ladders
  • Laser printers
  • Levels
  • Linemans pliers
  • Locking pliers
  • Longnose pliers
  • Magnetic tools
  • Manlift or personnel lift
  • Megohmmeters
  • Metal detectors
  • Microcontrollers
  • Micrometers
  • Multimeters
  • Needlenose pliers
  • Nibblers
  • Notebook computers
  • Nut drivers
  • Offset socket wrenches
  • Ohmmeters
  • Open end wrenches
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Personal computers
  • Phasemeters
  • Pipe or tube cutter
  • Pipe wrenches
  • Plumb bobs
  • Power drills
  • Power saws
  • Protective gloves
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Razor knives
  • Respirators
  • Retaining ring pliers
  • Safety glasses
  • Scaffolding
  • Screwdrivers
  • Shears
  • Socket sets
  • Soldering iron
  • Specialty wrenches
  • Spot welding machine
  • Stamping dies or punches
  • Staple guns
  • Strap wrenches
  • Stripping tools
  • Tablet computers
  • Tape measures
  • Tapping machine attachment
  • Tensiometers
  • Thermographs
  • Threading die hand tool
  • Threading taps
  • Tinners snips
  • Tongue and groove pliers
  • Track excavators
  • Two way radios
  • Utility knives
  • Voltage or current meters
  • Wattmeters
  • Welding masks
  • Winches
  • Wire cutters
  • Wire lug crimping tool
  • Wire or cable cutter
  • Wire wrapping tool

Technology

  • Accounting software
  • Analytical or scientific software
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Document management software
  • Electronic mail software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Industrial control software
  • Office suite software
  • Operating system software
  • Process mapping and design software
  • Project management software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Word processing software

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