What does an electrician do?   (An electrician's work)
Channel: NM Cabling Solutions
Date: 14/05/2021

What is an electrician - What does an electrician do? 
An electrician is a skilled tradesperson who specializes in the installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical systems and equipment. They work with wiring, circuits, electrical panels, and lighting in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. Electricians ensure that electrical systems are safe, functional, and up to code, handling tasks such as wiring new buildings, troubleshooting faults, and upgrading systems. They may also install appliances, provide electrical safety inspections, and ensure compliance with safety regulations.

What does an electrician do?
Electricians have various considerations. These include assigning electrical systems in either commercial buildings or residential homes. Furthermore, this can include industrial, warehouses, data centres, and many other industries

What is the main task of an electrician?

1. Reading plans to understand where electrical circuits, sockets, fuse boards, and other electrical elements are to be found
2. Designing the layout of the electrical wiring within a building. Furthermore, this can be several buildings
3. Installation of electrical equipment. This can include hardware, systems, and building control. Furthermore, examples can include access control and CCTV
4. Maintenance of the completed or ongoing electrical wiring, fuse boards, or sockets
5. On-site inspections due to electrical faults
6. Continuing education and training
Of course, these are only a few choices of activities. There are many others throughout the typical electrical installation
What types of electricians are there
Electrical companies and electricians may perform comparable works on projects. However, due to differences in industries. There are variations of electrical installation companies and electricians. Some will specialise in a single field and others will cover multiple
Electrical installations can be summarised in 4 starting areas
1. Residential and Homes. A residential specialist will mainly focus on electrical jobs in homes and places of residency. This can include apartment blocks, hostels, and HMO's
2. A communications electrician focuses on projects associated with communication systems. Examples would include telecommunication poles and data cabling, PCs, and telephone systems. This type of engineer is commonly a structured cabling installer. However, data cabling is a specialist field and best undertaken by a structured cabling specialist. 
3. Commercial Electrical Installations. These projects include more detailed and larger scaled requirements compared to residential installations. Thus, typically larger buildings. Examples would include offices, warehouses, shopping centres, data centres, and hotels
4. Outside electrical installations. These electricians are more focused on external projects. Thus, installing the cables that go from power plants to buildings and homes. These works usually involve a great deal of civil construction works also
Although these areas cover the spread of electrical installation, each will have its specialities and focus
What skills are needed to be an electrician?
Being an electrician requires comprehensive training. Furthermore, an electrician needs to acquire knowledge in the industry.
The following skills are those we feel are important for our electricians and engineers
1. An electrician is required to have a solution focus and good at solving problems..
2. Being an electrician is all involving job. Thus, a good electrician will have no issue working with their hands. Physicality. Electrical installations are a physical job. They at times require physical effort and endurance. 
 
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