Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-127 - Prevailing wage › Section 296-127-01323 - Inside wireman electrician

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For the purpose of the Washington state public works law,
				chapter
				39.12 RCW, inside wireman
				electricians plan the layout, install and repair conduit, wiring, electrical
				fixtures, apparatus, and control equipment in buildings and adjacent yards to
				provide electricity for power and lighting.
(1) They assemble, install and maintain all
			 electrical lighting, electric heating and cooling equipment, standby motor
			 generators, electric heat pumps, under-floor duct and luminous ceilings.
They install, repair and maintain highway and street lighting
				systems and highway and street traffic signal systems.
The work includes, but is not limited to:
* The handling and moving of any electrical materials,
				equipment and apparatus on the job site.
* Welding, burning, brazing, bending, drilling and shaping of
				all copper, silver, aluminum, angle iron and brackets to be used in connection
				with the installation and erection of electrical wiring and equipment.
* Measuring, cutting, bending, threading, forming, assembling
				and installing of electrical conduit, using such tools as hacksaw, pipe
				threader and conduit bender.
* Pulling wiring through conduit.
* The installation of conduit and interduct raceways for fiber
				optic cable and the pulling of fiber optic cable through these raceways, except
				telephone conduit and cable.
Cutting holes in floors and walls for electrical
				conduit:
* With point and hammer.
* Core-drilled.
* Chasing and channeling necessary to complete any electrical
				work, including the fabrication and installation of duct and manhole forms
				incidental to electrical installation.
* Splicing wires by stripping insulation from terminal leads
				with knife or pliers, twisting or soldering wires together and applying tape or
				terminal caps.
* Installation and maintenance of lighting fixtures.
* Connecting wiring to lighting fixtures and power
				equipment.
Assembling and installing of conduit switches, relays, junction
				boxes, circuit breaker panels, and related accessories and controls.
* Testing continuity of circuit to insure electrical
				compatibility and safety of components.
* All cleanup required in connection with electrical
				work.
(2) The following
			 power line construction classifications may assist journeymen wireman in the
			 installation, repair and maintenance of highway and signal lighting systems and
			 highway and street traffic signal systems:
(a)
			 Groundmen.
* Performs the following tasks:
* Manual digging of pole holes, anchor holes and
				trenches.
* Assembles and erects fixtures.
* Assists in framing of poles, pulling guys.
* Tamping and compacting.
* Driving of 1/2 or 3/4 ton pickup truck.
(b) Head groundman.
* Performs the following tasks:
* Manual digging of pole holes, anchor holes and
				trenches.
* Assists in framing of poles, pulling guys.
* Assembles and erects fixtures.
* Tamping and compacting.
* Driving of 1/3 or 3/4 ton pickup truck for materials or man
				haul.
(c) Line equipment
			 operators. Operate caterpillars, trucks equipped with winch and/or boom,
			 hydraulically operated backhoes with or without front end loaders, mounted
			 booms, and any other equipment that does not come within the scope of heavy
			 equipment operators.
(d) Heavy line
			 equipment operators. Operate any piece of equipment which, in accordance with
			 manufacturer's recommended specifications is capable of operating with one
			 hundred or more aggregate feet of boom, be it crane, backhoe or clam shell,
			 drag line, or shovel.