Électricien is the name given to the trade which exert the experts as regards electricity . It is resulting from the term electricity, since those have in load the realization, maintenance, the modification of electrical installations.

One distinguishes several trades with common competences, but of very different know-how, according to the specific environment in which they are carried out.

The electrician of the building

He officiates in all buildings with vocation of Habitation and Immeuble S of offices. He carries out the Installation S in the new buildings, the modifications, the setting with the Norme S, the breakdown services as well as the demounting of the old installations. He deals only with the classes of tension: BT (low tension) and TBT (Very low tension).

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In Quebec (Canada) the trade of électricien¨ne¨ is governed by the CCQ (commission of the construction of Quebec) i.e. that any person wanting to work in this field must have a chart of competence in this field. For the trade of electrician a 1800 hours formation is obligatory for obtaining the chart of competence.

The low electrician current

He is specialized in the installations comprising of the circuits functioning in TBT and weak current: telephony, Remote monitoring, Security system, Data-processing network.

The electrician of the tertiary sector

In large surfaces of sale and the installations of tertiary industry, it has competences: of the electrician of the building, of the low current electrician and the industrial electrician. He works as well in TBT as in LT, sometimes HT (High voltage)…

The electrician of industrial plant

It works on the industrial sites: with the installation, the maintenance and the modernization of the electrotechnical installations. He is confronted with systems with powers adapted to industry, claiming very high tensions sometimes and very often important currents. Its attributions bring it in the vicinity of TBT, BT, HTA (20000 volts)

The electrician of grid system

It has in load the installation, the modernization and the maintenance of the electric grid system. It uses Méthode S, Procédure S and Outillage specific to this particular trade. In general each type of tension requires electricians having of the different formations on the same network.

The electrician of cinema and theater

He works on the plates of Cinéma and of Théâtre or in natural decorations with various sources (fluorescent, HMI, tungsten), under the direction of the chief electrician , itself under the direction of the Chef operator, he places and regulates the projectors and their accessories. The role of the operator chief being obviously to try to fill the wishes of the realizer (director).

Tools used

Of course the various electricians use various tools but the base is always the same one:
  • Jeux of Tournevis
  • the grips
  • Pince with Nozzle Isolée
  • Strips cable
  • Scie with metals
  • Jeux of Wrench
  • Tubular hexagon box spanner Jeux of tubes
  • Allen wrench Jeux of
  • Multimètre
  • individual Protective gears (EAR)
    • Safety shoes
    • Gants
    • Lunettes
    • Working clothes

Formations

All the electricians of course have a basic training on electricity and its applications.
  • They frequently have good knowledge in Mécanique and Ajustage.
  • Often, they are obliged to use lifting gear to be able to reach the place of their work, it is necessary thus specific trainings for them for these machines.
  • a formation in the field of the Safety, supplemented by regular recyclings (every 3 years), their is exempted by trainers in safety. This Formation is obligatory so that them Employeur can deliver a Habilitation to them according to the Prescription S of UTE C18-510 /C18-513.

External bonds

  • technical and professional Association of qualification of the companies of electrical equipment

Simple: Electrician

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