Qualifications and experience required:

• Qualified Electrician.
• One to two years’ relevant experience.

Key attributes and competencies:

• Must be physically fit and healthy and able to perform manual operations and duties on foot.
• Must be able to cope with working under environmental conditions that are physically stressful such as varying temperatures and weather conditions.
• Must be able to cope with mental stress arising from potential or actual physical threat as work is to be performed in the presence of high voltages and where explosion of switchgear can occur.
• Sight, speech and hearing ability (colour vision is required for interpreting wiring codes and plant status indication).

Job purpose:

• Undertaking fault-finding on high, medium and low voltage cables and performing pressure testing on all cable types on the Metro’s cable network. Also carrying out cable tracing and cable identification on all cable types on the Metro’s cable network.
• As part of the selection process, candidates may be tested on any requirement, skill or competency, which will include pre-employment screening, medical examination, security vetting and psychometric assessment.
• Fringe benefits will include membership of a Retirement Fund, Medical Aid Scheme, Group Life Assurance Scheme, participation in a Housing Subsidy and Car Schemes (subject to the conditions of the various Schemes), and normal leave and sick leave benefits.