Talk to your school counselor about programs and classes like woodworking that are offered at your school so you can start learning skills that will get you started in this field.

Find a class to jump-start your construction skills.

Search online for how-to videos to see how hard this work is to master--and whether it's something you think you'd like. Does seeing this kind of work in action make you more interested in trying it?

Watch tutorials on how to do this kind of work.

Read about electric circuits, including how they work, the two basic types, and a brief history of electricity. Is this something you'd be interested learning more about?

Learn more about electric circuits.

Helpers--Electricians

Help electricians by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

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Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

Helpers, Construction Trades

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Measure, cut, and bend wire and conduit, using measuring instruments and hand tools.

Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter.

Strip insulation from wire ends, using wire stripping pliers, and attach wires to terminals for subsequent soldering.

Examine electrical units for loose connections and broken insulation and tighten connections, using hand tools.

Construct controllers and panels, using power drills, drill presses, taps, saws, and punches.

Drill holes and pull or push wiring through openings, using hand and power tools.

Maintain tools, vehicles, and equipment and keep parts and supplies in order.

Transport tools, materials, equipment, and supplies to work site by hand, handtruck, or heavy, motorized truck.

Install copper-clad ground rods, using a manual post driver.

Thread conduit ends, connect couplings, and fabricate and secure conduit support brackets, using hand tools.

Disassemble defective electrical equipment, replace defective or worn parts, and reassemble equipment, using hand tools.

Erect electrical system components and barricades, and rig scaffolds, hoists, and shoring.

Perform semi-skilled and unskilled laboring duties related to the installation, maintenance and repair of a wide variety of electrical systems and equipment.

Dig trenches or holes for installation of conduit or supports.

Raise, lower, or position equipment, tools, and materials, using hoist, hand line, or block and tackle.

Break up concrete, using airhammer, to facilitate installation, construction, or repair of equipment.

Requisition materials, using warehouse requisition or release forms.

String transmission lines or cables through ducts or conduits, under the ground, through equipment, or to towers.

Solder electrical connections, using soldering iron.

Trim trees and clear undergrowth along right-of-way.

Bolt component parts together to form tower assemblies, using hand tools.

Operate cutting torches and welding equipment, while working with conduit and metal components to construct devices associated with electrical functions.

Paint a variety of objects related to electrical functions.

Adjustable widemouth pliers

Adjustable wrenches

Air compressors

Air spades

Airhammers

Ammeters

Automatic wire strippers

Awls

Backhoes

Bear claw wire threaders

Block and tackle equipment

Bucket trucks

Bulldozers

Cabinet tip screwdrivers

Cable cutters

Cable gripping gloves

Cable labeling machines

Cable lacing needles

Cable reels

Cable splicing knives

Cable tie guns

Capacitance testers

Circle cutters

Circuit test meters

Compaction tampers

Conduit deburring tools

Helpers--Electricians

Overview

Career

What Helpers--Electricians Do

Other Job Titles Helpers--Electricians May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Helpers--Electricians

Overview

Career

What Helpers--Electricians Do

Other Job Titles Helpers--Electricians May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

Level of Education Attained by Helpers--Electricians

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