"What Should A Commercial Electrician Know?"

Here's a good list to shoot for:

  1. Conduit / MC Cable,
  2. Metal Boxes,
  3. T-Bar Ceilings,
  4. Steel Stud Framing,
  5. Rated Corridors and Ceilings,
  6. Panelboards and Feeders,
  7. Large Service Equipment,
  8. Troffer type Fluorescent Lighting Fixtures,
  9. Complete Plansets!!! (how to read and install per "A", "M", "E", "P" and "S" Sheets),
  10. RFIs wink ,
  11. Scissor Lifts,
  12. Gang Boxes + Material Containers - inventory, logistics, etc.,
  13. Floor Boxes & Floor Ducts,
  14. Roof Top HVAC equipment,
  15. Comm / Data outlets,
  16. Working within Crews, around many Crews,
  17. Watching out for "Brown Nosers" (and not becoming one!),
  18. Knowing who is "In Charge" from the "Bandini Slingers",
  19. A much more relaxed pace of Work (unless the person(s) running the job are Bozos / Bandini Slingers, then you have problems!),
  20. A really good base on Circuitry Theory,
  21. And as previously mentioned - 3 Phase Circuitry knowledge, MWBC knowledge (3 phase 4 wire), trade-specific color codes for 208Y/120V and 480Y/277V Circuitry,
  22. Pulling LOOOOONNNNNNGGGGG Branch Circuits and Feeders,
  23. Making up Zillions of T-Bar Troffer Fixtures ad nauseum,
  24. Fault Levels exceeding 10KA,
  25. Bolt-On Breakers,
  26. PLC and similar type control equipment.


I'll toss a few more in later!

Scott " 35 " Thompson
Just Say NO To Green Eggs And Ham!