Electricians

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Adjustable wrenches
• Air compressors
• Hex keys (Allen wrenches)
• Ammeters
• Stripping tools (Automatic insulation strippers)
• Awls
• Backhoes
• Bandsaw wheel (Bandsaws)
• Cable accessories (Bear claw wire threaders)
• Articulating boom lift (Bucket trucks)
• Soldering irons or guns (Butane soldering irons/torches)
• Screwdrivers (Cabinet tip screwdrivers)
• Conduit benders (Cable benders)
• Wire or cable cutters (Cable butt trimmers)
• Wire or cable cutters (Cable cutters)
• Protective gloves (Cable gripping gloves)
• Stripping tools (Cable jacket strippers)
• Label making machines (Cable labeling machines)
• Cable accessories (Cable lacing needles)
• Stripping tools (Cable sheath strippers)
• Cable splicing kits (Cable splicing knives)
• Banders (Cable tie guns)
• Capacitance meters (Capacitance testers)
• Stripping tools (Channel lock crimping tools)
• Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
• Circuit tester (Circuit testers)
• Circuit tracers
• Power saws (Circular saws)
• Ammeters (Clamp-on ammeters)
• Hammers (Claw hammers)
• Wire or cable cutters (Coaxial cable cutters)
• Conduit benders
• Deburring equipment (Conduit deburring tools)
• Screwdrivers (Conduit fitting and reaming screwdrivers)
• Levels (Conduit levels)
• Locking pliers (Conduit locknut and reaming pliers)
• Tape measures (Conduit measuring tapes)
• Circuit tester (Continuity coaxial testers)
• Power drills (Cordless drills)
• Open end wrenches (Crescent wrenches)
• Clamp On Multimeter (Current clamps)
• Blow torches (Cutting torches)
• Depth gauges
• Desktop computers
• Diagonal cut pliers (Diagonal cutting pliers)
• Track excavators (Diggers)
• Offset socket wrenches (Double-end can socket wrenches)
• Drill bits
• Conduit benders (Electric conduit benders)
• Wire cutters (Electricians' scissors)
• End cut pliers (End cutting pliers)
• Stripping tools (End wire strippers)
• Retaining ring pliers (External snap ring pliers)
• Feeler gauges
• Fish tape (Fish tape pullers)
• Electrical frequency meters (Frequency meters)
• Fuse pullers (Fuse pulling equipment)
• Gas detectors (Gas leak detection devices)
• Gas generators (Generators)
• GFI circuit testers (Ground fault circuit interrupter GFCI testers)
• Circuit tester (Growlers)
• Saws (Hacksaws)
• Power drills (Hammer drills)
• Hammers
• Hard hats
• Heat guns
• Longnose pliers (Heavy duty longnose pliers)
• Hex keys (Hex key sets)
• Wire or cable cutters (High-leverage cable cutters)
• Diagonal cut pliers (High-leverage diagonal cutting pliers)
• End cut pliers (High-leverage side cutting pliers)
• Hole saws
• Conduit benders (Hydraulic conduit benders)
• Hydraulic press frames (Hydraulic presses)
• Stamping dies or punches (Hydraulic punching tools)
• Calibrated inductance coils or boxes (Inductance testers)
• Thermographs (Infrared scanners)
• Magnifiers (Inspection mirrors)
• Bolt cutters (Insulated bolt cutters)
• Wire or cable cutters (Insulated cable cutters)
• Nut drivers (Insulated nutdrivers)
• Linemans pliers (Insulated pliers)
• Screwdrivers (Insulated screwdrivers)
• Socket sets (Insulated socket sets)
• Specialty wrenches (Insulated wrenches)
• Retaining ring pliers (Internal snap ring pliers)
• Ladders
• Plumb bobs (Laser plumb bobs)
• Laser printers
• Magnetic tools (Lighted magnet pickups)
• Linemans pliers (Lineman's pliers)
• Metal detectors (Magnetic locators)
• Manlift or personnel lift (Manlifts)
• Megohmmeters
• Metal detectors (Metal locators)
• Micrometers
• Voltage or current meters (Milliameters)
• Multimeters
• Needlenose pliers
• Nibblers (Nibbler cutting tools)
• Voltage or current meters (Non-contact voltage detectors)
• Notebook computers
• Nut drivers
• Ohmmeters
• Oscilloscopes
• Personal computers
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
• Phasemeters (Phase rotation meters)
• Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Polyvinyl chloride PVC cutters)
• Adjustable widemouth pliers (Pump pliers)
• Punches or nail sets or drifts (Punchdown tools)
• Wire lug crimping tool (Ratchet crimper kits)
• Pipe wrenches (Ratcheting pipe wrenches)
• Razor knives
• Calibrated resistance measuring equipment (Resistance bridges)
• Respirators
• Screwdrivers (Round shank screwdrivers)
• Safety glasses
• Scaffolding
• Screwdrivers (Screw-holding screwdrivers)
• Stripping tools (Self-adjusting insulation strippers)
• Shears
• End cut pliers (Side cutting pliers)
• Cable reels (Single reel cable trailers)
• Welding or soldering kit (Soldering tools)
• Screwdrivers (Square shank screwdrivers)
• Staple guns
• Strap wrenches
• Tablet computers
• Taps or dies (Tap and die sets)
• Tape measures
• Reamers (Tapered reamers)
• Power drills (Tapping tools)
• Magnetic tools (Telescoping lighted pickups)
• Tensiometers (Tension gauges)
• Wire lug crimping tool (Terminal crimpers)
• Voltage or current meters (Test lamps)
• Threading dies
• Tinners snips (Tin snips)
• Tongue and groove pliers
• Levels (Torpedo levels)
• Impedance meters (Transfer impedance meters)
• Conventional truck cranes (Truck cranes)
• Two way radios
• Stripping tools (Universal stripping tools)
• Wire or cable cutters (Utility cable cutters)
• Utility knives
• Voltage or current meters (Volt tick meters)
• Voltage or current meters (Voltmeters)
• Wattmeters
• Welders
• Welding masks (Welding hoods)
• Cable reels (Wheeled wire dispensers)
• Winches
• Wire lug crimping tool (Wire crimpers)
• Wire lug crimping tool (Wire crimping tools)
• Wire cutters
• Cable reels (Wire dispensers)
• Cable reels (Wire dollies)
• Cable reels (Wire hand caddies)
• Fish tape (Wire loop pullers)
• Stripping tools (Wire strippers)
• Spiral wrapping (Wire wrap guns)

Technologies Include:

• Accounting software

• Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal

• Analytical or scientific software

• Electrosoft FlashWorks
• Elite Software E-Coord
• Elite Software Inpoint
• Elite Software Outpoint
• Elite Software Short
• Elite Software VDROP
• Lighting calculation software
• SoftEmpire Electrical Calculations

• Computer aided design CAD software

• Computer aided design CAD software
• One Mile Up Panel Planner
• SmartDraw software

• Data base user interface and query software

• Database software
• Insight Direct ServiceCEO
• Resolve service management software
• Sage Timberline Office software
• Shafer Service Systems software

• Project management software

• Construction Master Pro software
• Craftsman CD Estimator

• Spreadsheet software

• Spreadsheet software

• Word processing software

• Socrates Contractor's Library
• Word processing software

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)