Electrician Jobs in Australia

Two main specialisations relevant to an electrician's job is construction or maintenance electrician work. A maintenance electrician's main job responsibility is to oversee the electrical wiring, whether it is the electrical wiring of buildings, infrastructure, electrical equipment or telecommunication equipment. With basic electrical training, the electrician can choose to specialise, focusing on one specific type of electrical wiring or equipment. The electrician's work field is thus very wide, and added to this, electricians are in popular demand – after all – most of modern's society's functioning depends on electricity. Safety is key to an electrician's work and a high level of safety awareness is critical. Although the electrician trade depends on certain skills, set equipment use and knowledge, electricians can benefit from continued professional training to ensure that a variety of electrical jobs can be successfully completed. An electrician can be contracted either by a private sector company or a government department working on government infrastructure; the option of self-employment is also popular amongst electricians.

58% of current opportunities are permanent, whereas 42% are contract jobs.

The standard deviation of salaries for the results of this search is 34,680.

The largest category under which open Electrician jobs are listed is Trade & Construction Jobs, followed by Engineering Jobs.

92% of the live vacancies are full-time, however 8% of them are part-time positions.