POSITION SUMMARY

The Electrician Helper is an entry-level field position that supports qualified electricians with the safe installation, maintenance, repair, and removal of electrical systems and related equipment. Under direct supervision, the Helper prepares work areas, stages tools and materials, assists with conduit and cable work, maintains housekeeping, and performs basic tasks appropriate to documented training and authorization.

This position is intended to develop foundational knowledge of electrical construction, tools, materials, drawings, hazards, and safe work practices. The Helper may not independently perform electrical connections, testing, troubleshooting, energized work, lockout or tagout, or other restricted tasks unless properly trained, qualified, directly supervised, and specifically authorized.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Jobsite Preparation and Material Support

• Report to the designated location on time, fit for duty, wearing required clothing and personal protective equipment, and prepared for assigned conditions.
• Assist with establishing work areas, barricades, signage, lighting, access routes, material staging, and protection of nearby equipment and customer property.
• Load, unload, count, stage, carry, organize, and secure conduit, cable, fittings, boxes, supports, grounding materials, fixtures, tools, and other supplies as directed.
• Verify labels and material descriptions against instructions and report shortages, damage, or incorrect items before installation.
• Maintain clean, orderly work areas, vehicles, trailers, tool storage, and laydown areas and properly separate trash, scrap, and reusable material.

Electrical Installation Assistance

• Assist qualified electricians with measuring, marking, layout, cutting, threading, bending, assembling, and supporting conduit and raceway systems.
• Support installation of cable tray, supports, boxes, enclosures, grounding components, fixtures, devices, equipment, and related hardware under direct supervision.
• Assist with pulling, feeding, routing, labeling, protecting, and securing conductors and cable using approved methods and communication.
• Perform basic demolition, excavation support, trench cleanup, backfill, housekeeping, and restoration tasks as trained and directed.
• Use ladders, lifts, hand tools, and power tools only after receiving required instruction, inspection guidance, and authorization.
• Do not terminate conductors, energize equipment, perform testing, establish an electrically safe work condition, or enter restricted approach boundaries unless qualified and authorized.

Tools Equipment and Inventory

• Inspect assigned hand tools, power tools, cords, ladders, personal protective equipment, and material-handling devices before use and report defects promptly.
• Clean, store, and protect tools and equipment and do not attempt unauthorized repairs, modifications, or removal of guards or safety devices.
• Assist with tool inventories, material counts, returns, scrap tracking, and preparation of items for the next work activity.
• Provide spotting or ground-guide assistance for vehicles and equipment only after receiving task-specific instruction and while maintaining clear communication.

Safety and Electrical Hazard Awareness

• Participate in pre-job briefings, job hazard analyses, lockout or tagout planning, energized-work planning when applicable, and emergency-response discussions before work begins.
• Follow company, customer, site, and job-specific safety rules, permits, personal protective equipment requirements, barricades, approach boundaries, and instructions from qualified supervision.
• Treat circuits, conductors, equipment, enclosures, controls, and customer systems as energized until their condition has been established through approved procedures by authorized qualified personnel.
• Recognize and report hazards involving electricity, arc flash, shock, induced or stored energy, backfeed, grounding, excavation, lifting, work at height, traffic, pressure, chemicals, and moving equipment.
• Exercise stop-work authority when scope, system identification, isolation, test results, drawings, equipment condition, authorization, or required controls are unclear.
• Immediately report injuries, near misses, electrical contacts, arc events, utility strikes, spills, property damage, equipment failure, and other significant unsafe conditions.
• Maintain established approach distances and remain outside energized or controlled work zones unless individual duties and qualifications specifically permit entry.
• Do not assume that a circuit is de-energized based on appearance, switch position, tags, verbal statements, or inactivity.

Documentation Training and Communication

• Accurately complete time records, job numbers, training documents, inspection forms, and other assigned routine records.
• Communicate clearly through verbal instructions, radios, hand signals, and repeat-back confirmation when conditions may cause misunderstanding.
• Complete company-provided orientation, electrical-safety, tool, equipment, customer, and task-specific training and demonstrate competency before performing new duties.
• Ask questions when instructions are unclear and promptly report completed work, material needs, delays, defects, and changing conditions to supervision.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or GED preferred; an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• No prior electrical experience is required; prior construction, industrial, oil and gas, utility, mechanical, or outdoor labor experience is helpful.
• Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions, safety rules, labels, signs, hand signals, basic drawings, and equipment limitations.
• Ability to perform basic measurements and arithmetic and accurately complete timekeeping and routine field records.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record consistent with company requirements.
• Ability to complete company-provided and customer-required training, medical evaluation, fit testing, and site-access requirements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience using common hand tools, power tools, ladders, material-handling equipment, conduit tools, or construction measuring devices.
• Current first aid/CPR, OSHA, H2S, lift, excavation, defensive-driving, or similar job-relevant training.
• Enrollment in or interest in pursuing an electrical apprenticeship, trainee registration, or other recognized development pathway.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Follow instructions precisely, remain within assigned limits, accept coaching, and avoid performing work beyond training or authorization.
• Learn electrical terminology, materials, tools, symbols, work methods, and hazard controls through supervised field instruction.
• Maintain awareness of energized systems, moving equipment, overhead work, dropped-object hazards, excavations, traffic, and changing site conditions.
• Work effectively as part of a crew and demonstrate dependable attendance, punctuality, adaptability, equipment care, and willingness to learn.

PHYSICAL AND WORK ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

This position performs physically demanding work at oil and gas facilities, industrial sites, construction locations, yards, rights-of-way, customer facilities, and other field locations throughout the company's service area.

• Frequently stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, twist, push, pull, grip, and perform repetitive hand and tool work.
• Frequently lift or carry items weighing up to approximately 50 pounds and use team lifting or mechanical assistance for heavier or awkward materials and equipment.
• Climb stairs and ladders and work from approved elevated platforms, scaffolds, or lifts when trained, equipped, and authorized.
• Work on uneven, muddy, rocky, gravel, elevated, roadside, or restricted-access surfaces around electrical systems, traffic, moving equipment, excavations, and industrial operations.
• Work outdoors in heat, cold, wind, dust, rain, noise, vibration, insects, and changing weather while wearing required personal protective equipment.
• Travel frequently to customer locations and work extended shifts, nights, weekends, holidays, call-outs, and irregular schedules as business needs require.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibilities. The Electrician Helper works under the direction of the Electrical Operations Foreman and qualified electricians and must not represent themselves as a qualified electrician unless formally designated.

DISCLAIMER

This job description summarizes the position's general duties and requirements and is not exhaustive. Management may modify duties or assign additional responsibilities to meet business, legal, safety, and operational needs. Employment remains subject to applicable company policies and requirements.

Standard Safety & Supply is an Equal Opportunity Employer.