What to See Before Hiring an Electrician?

 

Each state has its individual requirements regarding licensing, so first check your area’s rules before hiring any electrician. In most cases, all electricians will need formal education, job training, and have finished an apprenticeship before they can start working unsupervised as a qualified electrician. Most states require electricians to complete ongoing education as well throughout their careers to stay on track with the latest rules and regulations. In Victoria there is a new mandate where every A-Grade needs to have completed within two years of their licence being renewed, 8 or more hours of CPD (continuing professional development) training before their licence is renewed.

Before you hire an electrician for work make sure they have the subsequent qualifications and that their licence is registered with the local licencing authority. In Victoria it is Energy Safe Victoria.

Another critical aspect now-a-days is that there are not as many qualified electricians for the number of job for electrician available. So understanding what is unique about your business & highlighting that during the hiring process is critical. Another aspect is in addressing the jobseeker’s pain points – why are they thinking of leaving to j00. If you do not, then the electrician you hire may not stick around for a long period of time.

So the things to look out for are:

Gain their interest

Figure out your value proposition so you can highlight why they should consider your business and not anyone else. Understand why the individual wants to consider another role and see if your business can meet that goal. If yes, then proceed. If not don’t try and force this via a rate increase – as those sort of jobseekers won’t last long.

Are they licenced?

Check their licence against the local licencing authority – to ensure that they are genuinely locally licenced as required by law.

Decent Reviews

Check some references for them – whether it is an employer or a client related reference or a Google review if they are a sub-contractor.

Individual Liability Insurance

If they are a sub-contractor ensure they have all the licences needed which would include Public Liability, Workers Compensation various car related insurances and others specific to the role – like working at heights qualifications.

Apprentice

If it is an apprentice you are hiring do some reference checks by talking to their teachers – sometimes this is the only reference available. Clever interviewing asking open ended questions is also important to pick up the soft skills an apprentice has.

 

Services which electricians on electricianXchange offer

Electricians on electricianXchange can come from domestic, commercial, industrial, HVAC, data, security, solar, wind, maintenance, servicing from EBA or non-EBA employers. They can come from small, mid-sized or large employers and come with proficiency in:

 

indoor and outdoor lighting

all types of wiring

electrical inspections

working on circuit breakers

security systems

all household appliances

rough in and rough outs

test & tagging

safety checks

fault finding

electrical maintenance

and other electrical related work

 

Any questions on how to find an electrician via electricianXchange please go to www.electricianXchange.com/whatwedo or see our frequently asked questions page at https://www.electricianxchange.com/frequently-asked-questions or call us on 1300 353 364

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If you are one of them looking for electrician jobs in Sydney or anywhere in surrounding areas, you have a better option to fulfill your requirement by reaching at ElectricianXchange. https://www.electricianxchange.com/

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