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Occupations/47-2111.00

Electricians

Install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. May install or service street lights, intercom systems, or electrical control systems.

Certificate or two-year

Usually a certificate, vocational program, or associate degree — not a bachelor’s.

AI automation risk

30%

More resilient

Human characteristics

75%

Strong human-characteristic mix

Task orientation

68%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

    Assemble, install, test, or maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.

  • Task

    Prepare sketches or follow blueprints to determine the location of wiring or equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes.

  • Task

    Place conduit, pipes, or tubing, inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes.

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Prepare sketches or follow blueprints to determine the location of wiring or equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes.
  2. 02Place conduit, pipes, or tubing, inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes.
  3. 03Work from ladders, scaffolds, or roofs to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures.
  4. 04Use a variety of tools or equipment, such as power construction equipment, measuring devices, power tools, and testing equipment, such as oscilloscopes, ammeters, or test lamps.
  5. 05Assemble, install, test, or maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.
  6. 06Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.37
  • Degree of automation1.14
  • Time sitting1.81
  • Originality (ability)2.88
  • Conflict situations3.13
  • Hands-on objects/tools4.94
  • Outdoors / weather4.13
  • Disease exposure1.20
  • Decision freedom4.50

Top abilities

  • Problem Sensitivity4.00
  • Near Vision4.00
  • Inductive Reasoning3.88
  • Deductive Reasoning3.88
  • Oral Comprehension3.75
  • Information Ordering3.75
  • Finger Dexterity3.75
  • Visual Color Discrimination3.62

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.12
  • Active Listening3.38
  • Writing3.00
  • Speaking3.38
  • Mathematics3.00
  • Science2.00
  • Critical Thinking3.38
  • Active Learning3.25
  • Learning Strategies3.00
  • Monitoring3.12

CIP matches

46.0302Electrician

Schools offering related programs

11 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

Saint Paul College

St. Paul, MN · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$6,100100%29%

1 yr —

2 yr $41,937

Certificate · CIP 46.03

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Minneapolis, MN · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$5,900100%28%

1 yr $41,193

2 yr $41,193

Certificate · CIP 46.03

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$6,000100%31%

1 yr $41,160

2 yr —

Associate · CIP 46.03

Anoka-Ramsey Community College

Coon Rapids, MN · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$5,800100%33%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Certificate · CIP 46.03

Rochester Community and Technical College

Rochester, MN · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$6,200100%33%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Not reported

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$6,200100%38%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Not reported

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$6,100100%36%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Not reported

Minnesota West Community and Technical College

Granite Falls, MN · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$6,000100%37%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Not reported

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$2,900100%41%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Certificate · CIP 46.03

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$16,10088%82%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Certificate · CIP 46.03

Anoka Technical College

Anoka, MN · Public

Electrician

46.0302

$6,300100%48%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Not reported