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NAME OF THE JOB PROFILE:
Electrician-fitter
Description of the job profile
The electrician-fitter builds, renovates, modifies, repairs and maintains electrical installations (such as wires, cables, conduits, accessories, lighting devices, etc.) used for heating, lighting and power supply of various electrical appliances.
Their role is to set up the network of cables that distributes current (tubing, wiring, ducts, cable trays ...) and to carry out the connection of various equipment and components on different supports. They should then assemble the appropriate equipment in order to perform the installation of the elements and the proper wiring. In some cases, particularly in the context of the manufacture of electrical control cabinet, the electrician may be required to achieve and / or bond various substrates on which components are set. When the installation is complete, they should proceed to a series of tests, adjustments and any changes, element by element, before powering. A new testing phase is carried out, this time under tension, before completing the installation. The next step is the drafting of a comprehensive technical report with the plans, diagrams and information in order to communicate accurately all relevant information to their superiors, customers or colleagues in the maintenance service. In some cases, they may be responsible for conducting some activities of maintenance or modifications to the installation.
They perform all the tasks according to plans and specifications in order to ensure safe facilities that meet the industry and construction’s standards.
Depending on their specialty, the electrician can work in the residential, industrial or tertiary fields. If there is no fundamental difference in practice, regulation differs slightly from one sector to another. Thus, the service sector is more regulated than the residential one, for example. Similarly, facilities and equipment are not exactly the same.
Due to the constant evolution of technologies, new skills are necessary in the fields of telecommunication, home automation, intercom and videophone systems, CCTV, renewable and alternative energy (solar panels, windfarms…).
Economical sector
Secondary, Tertiary
Country
Belgium
Qualifications required
Many schools in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation offer full time education courses for “electricians fitter-mechanics”
IFAPME (sandwich course for self-employed and small and middle-sized enterprises) also offers a course for “electrician”, both in learning (3 years) and in the Entrepreneur (2 years) sector. As for the full-time education, offers of alternating training are available in Wallonia.
Not only IFAPME; but also a dozen of CEFA centres (Education Centres and Training Alternation) organise trainings in electricity in Brussels and Wallonia.
Those trainings associate general and technical training with practical training in a company. A pedagogical team guides and supports the student in all the aspects of their project. Same modules as in full-time education.
About thirty education institutions of social promotion offer courses related to electrical jobs.
Forem-Training (employment and training agency) provides full time training for electricians. This qualified training consists of 1,040 lessons of 60 minutes each. The training program is divided into four modules apt to acquire the expected skills in the field for the job-market: installing assistant, fitters, building comfort; home automation, structured networks. In order to meet all the changes of this profession, many centres also offer additional training in home automation or in solar photovoltaic (design and/or installation). These courses are open to job seekers, workers, teachers and students.
Total number of training hours
1000 – 2000
More information :
http://metiers.siep.be/metier/electricien-electricienne/
https://www.leforem.be/MungoBlobs/327/110/201212_Jobfocus2_Installateur-electricien.pdf
http://www.sfmq.cfwb.be/index.php?id=1852
Knowledge
Knowledge Description Level
Knowledge of materials/goods and techniques/procedures Knowledge of the wiring techniques Level 4
Languages Fluent in French language with particular regard to technical vocabulary; Fundamentals of technical English Level 4
Law Knowledge of the safety rules Level 4
Sciences and Mathematics In-depth knowledge of electricity and electrical engineering, Knowledge of the different electrical laws Level 4
Specific knowledge Building Comfort - home automation; Structured networks; Photovoltaic Level 4
Using of technical tools Knowledge of the the different equipment, apparatus and special tools ... Level 4
Skills
Skill Description Level
Analytical thinking To know how to test, monitor and adjust installations according to the rules Level 4
Graphics Be able to read and interpret a plan and to control circuit diagrams Level 4
Languages Technical English Level 4
Managing safety rules Risk prevention awareness: to know electrical risks and of working at height, to respect security standards and to adopt appropriate behaviours in health and safety ... Level 4
Manual dexterity Be able to drill and screw ducts (tubes) and useful materials; Be able to make connections of wires and cables Level 4
Organisational skills Managing one’s work station (supplying, cleaning and ordering the workstation and tools) Level 4
Problem solving skills Be able to identify faults and to perform troubleshooting Level 4
Maintaining-Constracting structures Be able to assemble electrical devices; Be able to identify, trace and rectify installations Level 4
Competences
Competence Description Level
Adaptability Adaptability: they should be able to adapt to the constant evolution of technologies Level 4
Communication competences Communication: an electrician should keep good contacts with clients and all other colleagues. Level 4
Languages Language skills: an electrician should be able to write a complete technical report in order to communicate all relevant information to his superiors, customers or colleagues in the maintenance service ... Level 4
Self-development Self-development: an electrician should have the predisposition to learning and growing Level 4
Teamworking Team work: generally, an electrician practices within a team supervised by a foreman or a manager; in some cases, this team will be multitasking and perhaps composed of mechanics, electricians, electricians ... Level 4
Previous Experience
A good practical training will allow them to earlier find a job.
After a few years of experience, they may evolve in their function: they may specialise in advanced technologies, or move towards team management, or they may become a control technician.
Personal Attitude
• Manual ability
• Creativity and acumen
• Being rigorous, careful, meticulous and methodical
• Attentive to safety rules
• Be mindful of the instructions and standards
• Owning facilities adaptation to technological change
• Have a good physical condition and not suffer from vertigo (for work at height).
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