Journeyman Electrician

Job Summary
Install, maintain and repair electrical appliances, systems, facilities and related electrical controls and devices. Helps maintains buildings, grounds and equipment, as well as utilities and their use
Duties
1. Repairs, installs, replaces and tests electrical circuits, equipment and appliances using hand tools and testing instruments to supply electrical power for lighting and equipment operation in the hospital.
2. Inspects and tests electrical lighting, signal, communication, and power circuits and equipment
3. Isolates defects in wiring, switches, motors and other electrical equipment using testing instruments such as ammeter, ohmmeter, voltmeter, or testing lamp.
4. Examines and tests such elements of systems as distribution panel, controls, circuit fixtures and motors to locate obvious faults such as blown fuses, short circuits, broken wires, loose connections, and worn motors.
5. Replaces faulty switches, sockets, plugs, fuses, insulators, and other simple elements of electrical systems, fixtures and appliances.
6. Renews circuits either by isolating and cutting out defective wiring and replacing it with new wiring, or by splicing ends of broken wires.
7. Dismantles electrical machinery with hand tools and unsolder or unscrew wiring connections.
8. Replaces such defective mechanical parts as gears, bushings and bearings and such related electrical parts as armatures, commentators, and transformers, assembling components according to diagrams.
9. Checks clearance of moving parts with precision gauges.
10. Restores electrical connections to complete circuits.
11. Installs new wiring and electrical machinery.