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Overview
Building electricians install and maintain cables and electrical infrastructure in buildings, checking isolation, fire risk, existing installations and improvements needed on site.
In job descriptions, look for electrical supplies, building systems monitoring, troubleshooting, equipment malfunctions, electricity transmission tests, soldering electronics, electromechanics, quotation requests and site work.
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Open in Job ExplorerWork context
Building electricians work on electrical infrastructure inside buildings: cables, supplies, installed equipment, isolation, fire-risk checks and improvements to existing situations. The work often happens on construction or maintenance sites with drawings, tools and troubleshooting.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include inspecting electrical supplies, resolving equipment malfunctions, testing electricity transmission procedures, using building-system monitoring technology and soldering electronics. Specialization can move toward maintenance, installation, building automation, site coordination or fault diagnosis.
Salary context
Salary context depends on site complexity, responsibility for safety checks, troubleshooting depth, building-system technology, quotation work, shift or emergency coverage and whether the role includes coordination of other trades. This guide gives no salary amounts.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior installation work, electrical maintenance, building automation, site supervision, estimating and quotations, inspection support, technical service or further specialization in building electrical systems.
Good to know
Check whether adverts mention cables, isolation, fire hazards, electrical supplies, monitoring systems, fault finding, transmission tests, soldering or quotations. These terms show whether the role is installation, maintenance or troubleshooting heavy.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial occupation context. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data for this exact occupation.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 4
Electricians
47-2111.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETElectrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
49-2094.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETElectrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
49-2095.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETHelpers--Electricians
47-3013.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
Alternative labels
installation electrician
maintenance electrician
electrical maintenance technician
electrical systems installer
electrical installer
electrical services installer
electrical maintenance worker
industrial building electrician
building maintenance electrician
building services electrician
commercial building electrician
Occupation group
electrician (7411.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/33960bab-4423-4808-af6c-ec2b485dba41 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7411.1.1 |
| ISCO group | 7411 |
| Concept type | Occupation |