Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
- Bright Outlook
- Rapid Growth
Inspect, test, repair, or maintain electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays.
What you’d do
- Inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using wiring diagrams and testing devices such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or ammeters.
- Prepare and maintain records detailing tests, repairs, and maintenance.
- Consult manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering personnel to troubleshoot and solve equipment problems and to determine optimum equipment functioning.
- Analyze test data to diagnose malfunctions, to determine performance characteristics of systems, or to evaluate effects of system modifications.
- Open and close switches to isolate defective relays, performing adjustments or repairs.
- Notify facility personnel of equipment shutdowns.
- Repair, replace, and clean equipment and components such as circuit breakers, brushes, and commutators.
- Run signal quality and connectivity tests for individual cables, and record results.
Skills that matter
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Maintenance
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Reading Comprehension
- Operations Monitoring
How to get there
Medium preparation: usually vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree
Also called
- Relay Technician
- Substation Electrician
- Substation Technician
- Wireman
- Electrical and Instrumentation Technician (E and I Technician)
- Electrical Technician
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