Electrical Stations Technologist (CPC Technologist) Apprentice (Kelowna, BC, CA)

Position Overview

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of a Journeyman Electrician or CP&C Technologist, the CP&C Technologist Apprentice will:
• Enroll in a four-year electrician apprenticeship program and become a journeyman electrician.
• Conduct emergent, investigative and scheduled tests on generation, transmission and electrical distribution system electrical apparatus and equipment, cables, metering, telecommunications and protective relaying facilities by coordinating line and equipment clearances.
• Carry out specialized tests required to analyze and assess inherent faults or conditions including power quality and radio or television frequency interference.
• Compile and record test data on telecommunications, relay characteristic tests and other associated electrical equipment.
• Install, test and commission a wide range of generation, substation and terminal station communication and protective schemes.
• Assess and organize those conditions that must be dealt with in the installation and maintenance of telecontrol equipment such as two-way radios, repeater sites, microwave radio, power line carrier, supervisory control, telemetering equipment, telecontrol standby power equipment and security systems.
• Read, interpret and troubleshoot complex protective relaying schemes and determine any corrective actions needed to solve problems.