Electrical Mechanic - Try it for 5

I wonder what jobs I'm going to be allocated today. Morning Jim. Morning, Clayton, how are you this morning? Good, thanks. Three jobs for you today. We need you to go to Strike Avenue in Kelmscott for a tube; we need you to go to Gooseberry Hill for a slab and East Perth for a final. Good, let's hope that the weather holds up. Okay, let's hope you get through it all. Right, Jamie, we're loading up for this final this afternoon. Yep. Have you got all the double powerpoints? Yeah, I've already loaded them in the van. Good, make sure you've got everything, we've got a deadline to meet. Alright, no worries. I'm an electrician by trade, classed as an electrical mechanic. I'm only at work on domestic installations, which includes basic lighting and power to very complex state-of-the-art home-automation and structured cabling packages. This is the floorplan of the slab today, we've done most of the lighting circuits already here. The power circuits have all been already done, just remaining we have some.... Like all tradespeople, you have to train apprentices, which requires patience. Electrical apprenticeships take four years to complete, you do on-the-job training and one day a week for three years at TAFE. At TAFE you learn about the whole electrical industry as well as what you need to know about your specific area. The final year is just continuous work, where you get to apply everything you have learned. Jamie is in his first year. Some power cable. Yep. I've always like the electrical field. I used to play around a lot with building electronic models. I guess it's the interests that develop more into the career I am in now. Even at school I was always interesting in the electrical principles in life. I have always been good with my hands and I was always into physics and did quite well at mathematics. So, what have you got for lunch today, Jamie? Curried egg. What have you got? Toasted ham and cheese today. So, Clayton, remember you telling me about that extra course at TAFE you were doing - how's that going? Yeah, going well, actually, quite well, looking forward to the end now; I'm just about done now. You're almost finished, are you? Yeah, it's going well. I'm sort of designing and maintaining electrical installations as the main work I do. So that's actually designing the work we do at the moment is it? Yeah, that's right: working on installations such as these and mainly design work but putting it into practice as well. Good on ya, man. Yeah. Yeah, it's good. Alright, back to work, Jamie, this job's got to be done today. Okay, I'll set-up upstairs then????? Excuse me, Clayton? Yes? Would you mind raising this powerpoint up somewhere there - do that today for me please? Yeah, can do. Thanks Communication with other tradespeople on site is important. You must be able to work as part of a team. Now for the most important bit: checking and testing. We get to see the whole job coming together. Testing for polarity And testing now RCD trips correctly. All circuits clear. Better watch I don't get zapped. Everything appears to be working and is safe and ready to connect. I like the fact that there's a lot of variety in my work: slab stage, freewire, final stage and checking and testing. Well, that's it for work for the day. It's great to walk away from a job well done.