Electrician
Installation, testing, maintenance and repair of electrical machines, wiring systems, control panels and domestic and industrial installations.
About this trade
The Electrician trade is the largest and most widely recruited craftsman course in the country. Over two years a trainee moves from the fundamentals of electricity and safe working practice to winding and testing motors, wiring three-phase installations, reading and preparing electrical drawings, and troubleshooting control circuits.
Training is split between theory, workshop calculation and science, engineering drawing and — the largest share — practical work in the trade workshop. Trainees also complete the Employability Skills module prescribed by DGT.
Where this trade can take you
Wireman and electrician in construction and infrastructure projects; maintenance electrician in manufacturing plants; technician with State electricity utilities; service technician for electrical equipment dealers; apprenticeship under NAPS; self-employment as a licensed electrical contractor.
Course structure
As with every trade under the Craftsman Training Scheme, the year is divided between practical work in the trade workshop — which takes the largest share of contact hours — and the supporting subjects:
- Trade Practical — the exercises and jobs that build the skill itself.
- Trade Theory — the principles behind the practical work.
- Workshop Calculation & Science — the arithmetic and applied science the trade depends on.
- Engineering Drawing — reading and preparing the drawings used on the job.
- Employability Skills — communication, workplace behaviour, basic IT and entrepreneurship, as prescribed by DGT.
Trainees are assessed internally through the year and sit the All India Trade Test at the end of each year. The full syllabus for this trade is published by DGT on Bharat Skills.
After the course
Trainees who complete the trade may take up employment directly, register for apprenticeship training under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme — which carries a stipend and counts as recognised experience — or apply for the Crafts Instructor Training Scheme to become an instructor themselves. Many also set up on their own account.