Building Electrician

You lay conduit and cable trays to the drawing, pull cables, fit boxes, sockets and switches and terminate circuits in the distribution board. Before energising you check continuity, insulation resistance and the earth loop, and you write the readings into the test sheet. A fault found at the handover walk is corrected the same day. Work runs 07:00-15:00 on site, the site engineer marks the drawings each morning, and Saturday work is voluntary and paid separately.

Trade school for an electrician or equal practice

At least three years on building sites

Reading single line diagrams and floor plans

Working with a multimeter and an insulation tester

Knowledge of cable sizing and protective devices

Safe work at height on a scaffold or a platform

English at B1 for equipment manuals and site meetings

Net salary from 1022 up to 1226 EUR per month

Permanent contract after a paid trial month

Site allowance paid with the salary

Hot meal at the site canteen

Transport between sites in a company van

Paid renewal of the electrical work licence

Tools, work clothing, gloves and safety shoes provided

Electricians who close their own test sheets without corrections take over a crew of three, and the company pays for the medium voltage course for those who want substation work.

Work is on site, indoors once the building is closed and on open floors before that. A helmet, gloves, glasses, a harness for edge work and safety shoes are supplied and are worn on every floor.