Job Profile:      Airport Electrician


Install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. May install or service street lights, intercom systems, or electrical control systems.

47-2111
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47,040 90,710 156,030

Select Tasks
Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, or components, using test equipment and hand tools to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem. Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components. Inspect electrical systems, equipment, or components to identify hazards, defects, or the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with codes.
Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous. Test electrical systems or continuity of circuits in electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures, using testing devices, such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or oscilloscopes, to ensure compatibility and safety of system. Maintain current electrician's license or identification card to meet governmental regulations.
Plan layout and installation of electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures, based on job specifications and local codes. Direct or train workers to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures. Prepare sketches or follow blueprints to determine the location of wiring or equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes.
Use a variety of tools or equipment, such as power construction equipment, measuring devices, power tools, and testing equipment, such as oscilloscopes, ammeters, or test lamps. Install ground leads and connect power cables to equipment, such as motors. Perform business management duties, such as maintaining records or files, preparing reports, or ordering supplies or equipment.
Repair or replace wiring, equipment, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools. Work from ladders, scaffolds, or roofs to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures. Place conduit, pipes, or tubing, inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes.
Fasten small metal or plastic boxes to walls to house electrical switches or outlets. Perform physically demanding tasks, such as digging trenches to lay conduit or moving or lifting heavy objects. Provide preliminary sketches or cost estimates for materials or services.
Provide assistance during emergencies by operating floodlights or generators, placing flares, or driving needed vehicles. Construct or fabricate parts, using hand tools, according to specifications.





Select Abilities
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object. The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). The ability to see details at a distance. The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
The ability to see under low light conditions. The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.




Tools Used
Air compressors Allen wrenches Ammeters
Automatic insulation strippers Awls Backhoes
Bandsaws Bear claw wire threaders Bucket trucks
Butane soldering irons Cabinet tip screwdrivers Cable benders
Cable butt trimmers Cable cutters Cable gripping gloves
Cable jacket strippers Cable labeling machines Cable lacing needles
Cable sheath strippers Cable splicing knives Cable tie guns
Capacitance testers Channel lock crimping tools Channel lock pliers
Circuit testers Circuit tracers Circular saws
Clamp-on ammeters Claw hammers Coaxial cable cutters
Conduit benders Conduit deburring tools Conduit fitting and reaming screwdrivers
Conduit levels Conduit locknut and reaming pliers Conduit measuring tapes
Continuity coaxial testers Cordless drills Crescent wrenches
Current clamps Cutting torches Depth gauges
Desktop computers Diagonal cutting pliers Diggers
Double-end can socket wrenches Drill bit sets Electric conduit benders
Electricians' scissors End cutting pliers End wire strippers
External snap ring pliers Feeler gauges Fish tape pullers
Frequency meters Fuse pulling equipment Gas leak detection devices
Generators Ground fault circuit interrupter GFCI testers Growlers
Hacksaws Hammer drills Hammers
Hard hats Heat guns Heavy duty longnose pliers
Hex key sets High-leverage cable cutters High-leverage diagonal cutting pliers
High-leverage side cutting pliers Hole saws Hydraulic conduit benders
Hydraulic presses Hydraulic punching tools Inductance testers
Infrared scanners Inspection mirrors Insulated bolt cutters
Insulated cable cutters Insulated nutdrivers Insulated pliers
Insulated screwdrivers Insulated socket sets Insulated wrenches
Internal snap ring pliers Ladders Laser plumb bobs
Laser printers Lighted magnet pickups Lineman's pliers
Magnetic locators Manlifts Megohmmeters
Metal locators Micrometers Milliameters
Multimeters Needlenose pliers Nibbler cutting tools
Non-contact voltage detectors Notebook computers Nut drivers
Ohmmeters Oscilloscopes Personal computers
Phase rotation meters Phillips head screwdrivers Polyvinyl chloride PVC cutters
Programmable logic controllers PLC Pump pliers Punchdown tools
Ratchet crimper kits Ratcheting pipe wrenches Razor knives
Resistance bridges Respirators Round shank screwdrivers
Safety glasses Scaffolding Screw-holding screwdrivers
Self-adjusting insulation strippers Shears Side cutting pliers
Single reel cable trailers Soldering tools Square shank screwdrivers
Staple guns Strap wrenches Tablet computers
Tap sets Tape measures Tapered reamers
Tapping tools Telescoping lighted pickups Tension gauges
Terminal crimpers Test lamps Threading dies
Tin snips Tongue and groove pliers Torpedo levels
Transfer impedance meters Truck cranes Two way radios
Universal stripping tools Utility cable cutters Utility knives
Volt tick meters Voltmeters Wattmeters
Welders Welding hoods Wheeled wire dispensers
Winches Wire crimpers Wire crimping tools
Wire cutters Wire dispensers Wire dollies
Wire hand caddies Wire loop pullers Wire strippers
Wire wrap guns

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