72201 Industrial electricians

What this occupation covers

Industrial electricians install, maintain, test, troubleshoot and repair industrial electrical equipment and associated electrical and electronic controls. They are employed by electrical contractors and maintenance departments of factories, plants, mines, shipyards and other industrial establishments. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 8 main duties for this code.

• Read and interpret drawings, blueprints, schematics and electrical code specifications to determine layout of industrial electrical equipment installations
• Install, examine, replace or repair electrical wiring, receptacles, switch boxes, conduits, feeders, fibre-optic and coaxial cable assemblies, lighting fixtures and other electrical components
• Test electrical and electronic equipment and components for continuity, current, voltage and resistance
• Maintain, repair, install and test switchgear, transformers, switchboard meters, regulators and reactors
• Maintain, repair, test and install electrical motors, generators, alternators, industrial storage batteries and hydraulic and pneumatic electrical control systems
• Troubleshoot, maintain and repair industrial, electrical and electronic control systems and other related devices
• Conduct preventive maintenance programs and keep maintenance records
• May install, maintain and calibrate industrial instrumentation and related devices.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 8 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 72200 Electricians (except industrial and power system)
• 72011 Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
• 72202 Power system electricians

Excluded from this code

• Construction electrician (See 72200 Electricians (except industrial and power system))
• Industrial electricians supervisor (See 72011 Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations)
• Power system electricians (See 72202 Power system electricians)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

apprentice industrial electrician · apprentice marine electrician · diesel electrician - railway · electric signal repairer - railway · electrical repairer - crane maintenance · electrician - rail transport · industrial electrical repairer · industrial electrician · industrial electrician apprentice · industrial electrician lead hand · journeyman/woman industrial electrician · machine shop electrical repairer · maintenance electrician - industrial · marine electrician · marine equipment electrician · marine wireman/woman · mill electrician · mine electrician · plant electrician · plant maintenance electrician · railway signal installer · railway signal maintainer · rig electrician · ship's electrician

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a four- or five-year industrial electrician apprenticeship program or A combination of over five years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in industrial electrical equipment is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Trade certification for industrial electricians is compulsory in Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Manitoba and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, British Columbia and the Yukon.
• Additional construction electrician certification may be required for industrial electricians when the employers are not owners of the industrial electrical equipment.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified industrial electricians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.