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Electrical Distribution Cable Jointer

JobFinder · Christchurch · Full-time

  • Salary: $34 - $39.50 per hour
  • Location: Christchurch
  • Type: Full-time
  • Visa: Employer sponsored
  • Category: Trade

Job description

Christchurch, New Zealand: a permanent, full-time Electrical Distribution Cable Jointer is wanted by a local electrical and civil contractor.

The essentials are simple. You would joint, terminate, test and commission distribution cable and repair faults, in a growing team that puts safety and good workmanship first. The employer is an Accredited Employer and welcomes suitably qualified overseas cable jointers, so it can sponsor the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV). Three routes are open: be a New Zealand citizen or resident, hold a valid open work visa, or meet what the Accredited Employer Work Visa requires.

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Key responsibilities

  • Perform both jointing and terminating work on LV and HV cables
  • Handle the installation of buried electrical distribution cabling, including testing and commissioning, and work on PILC and XLPE cable, plus other distribution cable systems, jointing and terminating each
  • Installation and connection of transformers, RMUs, kiosks and distribution pillars
  • Find the cause of cable faults, fix them and take part in emergency restoration
  • Lend a hand on conversions from overhead to underground
  • Carry out cable tests and bring network sections into service
  • Safe working on electrical distribution networks, live or de-energised, and meet the standards expected for workmanship, safety and compliance

Requirements

  • A recognised equivalent is accepted in place of the New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Supply (Cable Jointer) Level 4, plus NZ electrical registration (EWRB) that is current, held together with a practising licence
  • Proven experience in electrical distribution cable jointing and underground network construction
  • Solid understanding of safety procedures in electrical distribution and of industry regulations
  • Holds a current Class 1 NZ driver licence; Class 2 is preferred
  • Overseas applicants: at least two years' experience as a qualified electrical distribution cable jointer, plus a recognised cable jointer qualification equivalent to NZ standards
  • Overseas applicants must finish all required qualification assessments and registration steps before an offer of employment can be made

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