Job Description:

• 1) Repairs and maintains electrical equipment in generating station or powerhouse: Tests defective equipment to determine cause of malfunction or failure, using voltmeters, ammeters, and related electrical testing apparatus.

• 2) Notifies plant personnel of necessary equipment downtime requiring changes from normal generating and transmission equipment operation to maintain uninterrupted service.

• 3) Repairs and replaces equipment, such as relays, switches, supervisory controls, and indicating and recording instruments.

• 4) Tests and repairs switchboard and equipment circuitry, interpreting wiring diagrams to trace and connect numerous wires carrying current for independent functions.

• 5) Cleans and repairs brushes, commutators, windings, and bearings of generators, motors, and converters.

• 6) May test and maintain transmission equipment, performing such duties as oiling circuit breakers and transformers.