Issued:	07/23/00	Classification Code # 73439
Supersedes:	12/01/90	FLSA NE

TITLE:

APPRENTICE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN

GRADE:

A6

BASIC FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITY

To perform work in the fabrication, installation, maintenance and repair of complex electrical, electronic and electromechanical equipment, devices, distribution apparatus, and electronic circuitry as an apprentice.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Perform the following duties as an apprentice: Install, repair and maintain electronic equipment and instruments such as pocket pagers, mobile radios, public address systems, heart/patient monitors, blood transducers, defibrillators, infant warmers, electrocardiograph and electoencephalograph units. Inspect, test and analyze malfunctions of electrical and industrial or medical electronic equipment using ammeter, voltmeter, ohmeter, oscilloscope, schematics and visual inspection. Install and/or modify standard electrical and electronic circuitry for new or changed applications of electrical and electronic equipment, instruments or systems. Advise faculty and staff on the proper use and care of electrical, biomedical and industrial electronic equipment and instruments and resolve problems resulting from improper set up and use. Diagnose malfunctions and repair printed circuits by soldering breaks in the printed circuit, replacing resistors, capacitors, integrated circuits, diods, transistors and other component parts. Read and interpret blueprints, diagrams, sketches, circuit and schematic diagrams and job specifications. Prepare records and service reports of materials and time expended.

RELATED DUTIES

Fabricate and install control and distribution apparatus, including switches, relays and circuit-breaker panels, fastening them in place with screws or bolts. Connect wiring to lighting fixtures and power equipment, using handtools. Cut, thread, bend and route conduit lines, and pull wire through conduit by means of fish tape. Dismantle and repair equipment, replacing defective wires, motor brushes, condensers and burned out fuses. Test continuity of electrical circuits in installed or repaired equipment, using electrical measuring instruments. Perform preventive maintenance activities, including periodic visual inspections, taping frayed or exposed wires and securing loose connections. Cut or bore through walls, ceilings or partitions. Install or operate public address equipment and temporary lines for electrical services.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Receives supervision from a designated official.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

No supervisory responsibility.

QUALIFICATIONS

Graduation from high school and specialized training in industrial electronic and electrical work is necessary. Licensure by the Federal Communications Commission may be required.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty.