Industrial Electrician
What the work is
Installs, services, maintains and repairs intricate and complex electrical and electronic circuitry in industrial settings, including oil or gas installations, mine sites and processing plants.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Installs, connects and maintains electrical control systems in industrial facilities
- Diagnoses, fault finds and repairs industrial electrical systems
- Performs service and maintenance on electrical systems and equipment in industrial facilities for compliance with safety standards and regulations
- Interprets and uses technical drawings, circuit wiring and mechanical diagrams, equipment and cable/connection schedules and manuals to undertake electrical wiring work in industrial settings
- Collaborates with engineers and other professionals to plan and execute industrial electrical projects
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a small electrical contracting business working on homes and shops. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- You trace a fault nobody else could find, and the lights come back on
- A clean finished job that you know is safe and that you can be proud of
- A grateful customer who gets their shop back open before the weekend
Hard days
- Crawling through a hot roof space in the middle of summer
- A customer pushing you to cut a corner because they are in a hurry
- A fault that keeps coming back, with the clock and the budget both running
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 381233, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.