Apprentice Electrician 

Job Title: Apprentice Electrician

Credentials: Valid Oklahoma Driver’s license with an acceptable driving record. Apprentice electricians license.

Education: High school diploma or GED; specialized vocational training preferred.

Training or experience required: 2 years in the residential or 2 years of vocational training in electrician work.

Site: Central Services Center

Reports to: Lead Electrician

Contract: 260 days

Salary Schedule: Maintenance 3

FLSA Classification: Non-exempt

Essential Job Functions:

• Assist journeyman in troubleshooting electrical problems and perform electrical maintenance for all electrical equipment and devices in the district.
• Assist journeyman upgrade electrical equipment and devices when needed.
• Assist journeyman to perform general wiring, replaces switches, receptacles, breakers, etc.  Install new wiring or circuits for additional equipment: copiers, alarms, fans, lights, etc.
• Assist journeyman to perform preventive maintenance on electrical equipment and eliminates severe problems that could be the cause of major downtime.
• Maintain a clean work area at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Employees must possess the basic communication skills to exchange information, give and receive simple instructions and respond to inquiries. Employees in this position may be required to perform routine computations requiring a knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, fractions, decimals and/or percentages.Employees may be required to read and interpret routine written or printed materials such as basic blueprints, charts, diagrams, maps or instruction material. In a workday, the employee must stand/walk 4-5 hours per day.  Employee's job requires occasional bending/stooping, squatting/crouching, crawling/kneeling, and pushing/pulling.  There is frequent climbing and reaching above the shoulders.

Employee's job requires frequent carrying/lifting of up to 35 pounds and occasional lifting from 35 to 75 pounds loading electrical supplies - spools of wire, panel boards, bundles of the conduit. etc.   The job requires the employee to use right foot for repetitive movements as in operating foot controls; both hands for such repetitive actions requiring a simple to firm grasping and/or fine manipulation.  The employee must be color-sighted. The employee must possess manual dexterity/visual ability to operate hand and power tools, and ladders. The employee must possess hearing to distinguish normal/abnormal sounds.  Must be able to communicate with fellow workers and the public.  Must be able to climb ladders and steps, crouch, kneel etc.  Employee's job requires working on unprotected heights (roofs); Use of/close to machinery; working in the outdoors with temperature changes; driving motorized equipment (forklift, trenchers); exposure to toxic gas, solvents, high voltages and working on live circuits.