Due Date: 2025/07/31
Ref No: AEC250717-1
Pillar: AECI Plant Health
Job Title: Electrical Apprentice
Job Type Classification: Permanent
Job Grade: BL
No. of Posts: 1
Placement: Modderfontein Gauteng
Purpose of the job
- Carry out maintenance of electrical equipment
- Attend to day-to-day breakdowns as per job cards
- Ensure that electrical installations are compliant and up to standard.
Required outputs: Functional:
- To complete apprenticeship program theoretical and practical experience.
- To be involved in the servicing, repair and installation of various electrical equipment.
- Complete maintenance work on electrical equipment including testing malfunctioning equipment, identifying defects, trouble shooting, repairing equipment, and replacing defective parts.
- Assist with new and upgrade installations of building electrical wiring and AC 3-phase motors.
- On occasion required to carry out miscellaneous legal ad hoc tasks for which the incumbent is competent as instructed by the Electrician or Maintenance Team Leader.
- Ensure adherence to quality standards, rules, and regulations.
- Assist with breakdown maintenance of electrical equipment.
- Assist with testing and commissioning of electrical equipment
- Make use of electrical testing equipment of power and hand-outs.
- Ensure accurate and honest reporting of incidents, near misses and safety hazards
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum education Grade 12 with a post matric qualification (N3 Electrical)
- Basic awareness of SANS 10142 wiring code
- Awareness of Mer-seta apprenticeship requirements.
- Must be computer literate.
- Basic awareness of OHSAct.
- Must possess good report writing skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as within a team and be deadline driven.
Competencies (skills, knowledge and characteristics)
- Safety awareness.
- Work standards.
- Deciding and initiating action
- Working with people.
- Working independently
- Problem solving
- Adhering to principles and values
- Excellent communication (verbal and written)
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