[brian john]

What do you consider the best skill set for a well rounded electrician.

For me

Learning to bend conduit.
Residential wiring
Trouble shooting skills I learned doing residential and light commercial service.

If you can do this you can work in almost any aspect of the trade.

 

[dronai]

Learning to BS customers to make excessive amounts of money

 

[macmikeman]

Well.. Basic skills required-

Thread and bend 6" rigid galv conduit and install 600 ft per day
Run miles of 4" pvc per day for below slab.
Create your own inventions using radio tubes.
Begin all thread posts with Well...





I learned this basic skill set from Mr. Pipebender.

 

[eejack]

What kind of electrician?

 

[rewire]

Add working knowledge of current codes

 

[Chris1971]

The best electricians never stop learning.


They just grow old and die.

 

[farlsincharge]

Customer service/people skills are just as important if not more. Especially for a service based company.

 

[480sparky]

Understanding prints & spec books.
Organizational skills.
Overseeing, or working with, others.
Understanding the other trades.
Working knowledge of Codes, and not just the NEC.
Being able to see past the task at hand.
Trolling internet electricians' forums.
Ability to figure what color to install on a 480/277v system for circuit no. 37...........in your head.............. quickly.

 

[Rollie73]

What do you consider the best skill set for a well rounded electrician.

For me

Learning to bend conduit.
Residential wiring
Trouble shooting skills I learned doing residential and light commercial service.

Understanding prints & spec books.
Organizational skills.
Overseeing, or working with, others.
Understanding the other trades.
Working knowledge of Codes, and not just the NEC.
Being able to see past the task at hand.
Ability to figure what color to install on a 480/277v system for circuit no. 37...........in your head.............. quickly.

All very good and important skills for a well rounded sparkie. I would add having even a rudimentary knowledge of PLC's and motor controls. Even the most basic of knowledge in those two things can and will help you immensely in your career.

Figuring any color for any circut number in your head should be easy when you know the color coding scheme to start with.
We all know there are lots electricians out there who can't do it though.

 

[99cents]

The best electrician can figure things out even if he has never done it before. The best contractor, like someone else said, makes excessive amounts of money.

 

[bobelectric]

Howzabout Schmoozing customers?

 

[chicken steve]

What kind of electrician?

the kind a short time after this happened...

~CS~

 

[chicken steve]

What do you consider the best skill set for a well rounded electrician.

For me

Learning to bend conduit.
Residential wiring
Trouble shooting skills I learned doing residential and light commercial service.

If you can do this you can work in almost any aspect of the trade.

If i had to pick one , it's be TS'ing

Seen some amazing sparkies, read even more here.....

~CS~

 

[sparky970]

The ability to learn
Basic computer skills
Knowing where to get information
Mechanical ability

 

[drsparky]

Ability to tell tall tails without slowing down task.
Internal clock set to lunch and breaks.
Able to unwind at tavern after work without making ass out of himself and not upset the ladies.

 

[Dash Dingo]

The ability to make important decisions very quickly

 

[Big John]

Ability to tell tall tails without slowing down task.
Internal clock set to lunch and breaks.
Able to unwind at tavern after work without making ass out of himself and not upset the ladies.

I was good right until the last one. I can not make an ass out of myself or not upset the ladies, but I can't do both at the same time.

 

[owl]

Ability to figure what color to install on a 480/277v system for circuit no. 37...........in your head.............. quickly.

Chit, how do you do this again? Divide by 6 and then count the remainders on brown, orange, yellow?

 

[Rollie73]

Chit, how do you do this again? Divide by 6 and then count the remainders on brown, orange, yellow?

Pretty much..........anything evenly divided by 6 is on the "C" phase as well as the circuit across from it. Count one way or the other from there.

 

[owl]

So 37 = brown