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Career Details :: Electrical Drafters
Description
Develop specifications and instructions for installation of voltage transformers, overhead or underground cables, and related electrical equipment used to conduct electrical energy from transmission lines or high-voltage distribution lines to consumers.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Drafts working drawing, wiring diagrams, wiring connections, or cross-section of underground cables, as required for instructions to installation crew.
- Draws master sketch showing relation of proposed installation to existing facilities.
- Reviews completed construction drawings and cost estimates for accuracy and conformity to standards and regulations.
- Visits site of proposed installation and draws rough sketch of location.
- Studies work order request to determine type of service, such as lighting or power, demanded by installation.
- Confers with engineering staff and other personnel to resolve problems.
- Estimates labor and material costs for installation of electrical equipment and distribution systems.
- Takes measurements, such as distances to be spanned by wire and cable, which affect installation and arrangement of equipment.
- Drafts sketches to scale.
Related Careers
- Civil Drafters
- Civil Engineering Technicians
- Civil Engineers
- Landscape Architects
- Marine Architects
- Materials Engineers
- Mechanical Drafters
- Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Drafting & Specifying Technical Devices, etc.
- Estimating Needed Characteristics
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Communicating With Other Workers
Important Skills
- Operations Analysis
- Mathematics
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Synthesis/Reorganization
- Product Inspection
Frequent Work Context
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Supervise, Coach, Train Others
Related Majors
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| Drafting/Design Engineering Technology | [ add ] |
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