{"id":1526,"date":"2010-11-05T17:39:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2021-01-22T00:53:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:53:55","slug":"electricians-what-do-they-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-other\/electricians-what-do-they-do.html","title":{"rendered":"Electricians &#8211; What They Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1148.16px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7216\" src=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Electricians-What-They-Do.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Electricians-What-They-Do-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Electricians-What-They-Do-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Electricians-What-They-Do-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Electricians-What-They-Do-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Electricians-What-They-Do-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Electricians-What-They-Do-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Electricians-What-They-Do-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Electricians-What-They-Do.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The electrician trade is one of the more highly skilled and potentially dangerous of the trades. All electricians must be part of the Electrical Workers Registration Board, so don&#8217;t be afraid to ask to see their registration before hiring&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The responsibilities of electricians include bringing electricity into homes, factories and businesses.\u00a0 They are able to install and maintain fuses, wiring and all other mechanisms that electricity might flow through.<\/p>\n<p>They may also be qualified to set up and manage electrical equipment in factories, and be able to read blue prints to work out where outlets, circuits, load centres, panel boards and other electrical equipment is to be installed or maintained from.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewrb.govt.nz\/\">Electrical Workers Registration Board<\/a> was set up in 1992 to promote safety for New Zealanders by ensuring the registration and competency of electrical and electronic workers.\u00a0 If you are thinking of <a href=\"http:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/post-job\">hiring an electrician<\/a> please remember to check their registration status.<\/p>\n<h3>An electricians work involves the use of:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pliers, cable cutters, wire benders and voltage indicators<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Cables, lighting, switches, sockets, transformers and meters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A qualified electrician is trained to work safely with live currents, and to minimize danger of accidents.<\/p>\n<p>An electrician working on residential property will be capable of a range of tasks from completely rewiring a home to minor repairs or installation of electrical household items such as an oven, <a title=\"What do Heatpump &amp; Air-conditioning Installers do?\" href=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/2010\/11\/05\/what-do-heatpump-air-conditioning-installers-do\/\">heatpump<\/a> or\u00a0<a title=\"Ducted Vacuum Installers \u2013 what do they do?\" href=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/2010\/11\/05\/ducted-vacuum-installers\/\">ducted vacuum system<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 The services of an electrician include wiring, rewiring, electrical refurbishments, installation of lights and lighting and renovation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/post-job\">Hire professional residential or commercial electricians<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The electrician trade is one of the more  &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[990],"tags":[914],"class_list":["post-1526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-other","tag-914"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Electricians - What They Do<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-other\/electricians-what-do-they-do.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Electricians - What They Do\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The electrician trade is one of the more ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-other\/electricians-what-do-they-do.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Builderscrack Blog - Home Repair &amp; 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