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The work of an electrician lies in the ability to solve complex engineering problems in the repair and maintenance of fans, pumps, compressors for their smooth and safe operation, which means that there will be high efficiency in achieving the tasks assigned to the unit. This requires knowledge of the provisions of dozens of legislative and regulatory technical documents and the ability to read design projects, passports, drawings, technological schemes, process maps. In the work team, the electrician must demonstrate leadership, stress resistance and a quick assessment of the situation in order to distribute the work among employees in accordance with their functional responsibilities within their competence.
Ensuring uninterrupted supply of units and their equipment with necessary types of energy
The job description of an electrician prescribes to constantly maintain electromechanical equipment. These are pumps, compressors, fans, instrumentation, energy networks, mechanisms, devices, starting equipment, pipelines, cables, ropes, grounding. Therefore, the specialist should be able to organize work on the maintenance of the energy-mechanical economy. The job description of an electrician of the 4th category assigns duties to check the current protection of starting electric equipment, the fire hazard of the equipment, to coordinate the process of distribution of the necessary types of energy and water, to keep track of the amount of energy consumed. The ability to interact with employees engaged in the maintenance of electromechanical equipment constitutes the social competence of a specialist.
Maintenance of equipment
The job description of the electrician of the 5th category prescribes to have the skills to establish uninterrupted, safe and trouble-free operation of equipment, machines and mechanisms, to assess their technical condition and degree of malfunction. In this case, the specialist must adhere to the standards for the use of equipment, planned depreciation costs, lubricants and spare parts. According to professional and production competence, he analyzes the risks of unplanned equipment failure and develops schedules for preventive maintenance. The work of an electrician is manifested in the skills to think critically, quickly assess the situation in the workplace and make organizational and managerial decisions.
Checking the status of automatic control and management systems
The use of electromechanical equipment at the enterprise is fraught with threats to the health and life of workers, therefore, the safety of people at work depends on the health of automatic control and management systems. Within the limits of his professional production competence, the electrician organizes a check of the technical condition of equipment, protective systems, measuring instruments, means of alarm, automation and protection, develops layouts for monitoring equipment and accompanies its routine maintenance.
Attracting specialists to this work, an electrical engineer must demonstrate knowledge of the basics of interpersonal communication in accordance with his social competence. Given this factor, the job description of the electrician on duty indicates the need to be able to assess and predict the degree of risk when operating equipment in conditions of increased danger and accident, including in the winter period. Depending on the results obtained, he designs and draws up diagrams, technical plans and schedules for preparing the equipment for work. Management competence requires a specialist to be able to analyze the production situation and make decisions.
Organization and control of compliance with the requirements of regulatory documents on labor protection
The job description of an electrician requires putting into practice the provisions of legislative and regulatory documents on labor protection, fire safety, industrial sanitation, electrical installations of consumers, electrical protective equipment and instructions. At the same time, the specialist, within the framework of social and personal competencies, should take personal and collective responsibility for actions that contribute to the effective protection of human and material resources, predict events and their consequences, critically use the accumulated experience and defend one’s own point of view.
Conducting briefings on work orders and workplaces on safe work
Handing out work orders, the electrical engineer has the right to inform the personnel of the unit about the production situation at workplaces and to verify knowledge of safety rules and norms by employees. Of course, one cannot do without technical means for conducting instruction and training, the ability to use which also constitutes the professional production competence of a specialist.
The managerial abilities of an electrical engineer are manifested in the use of principles and methods of rational arrangement of labor resources on a site. Ensuring the systematization, generalization and analysis of information of instrumentation, telemetry equipment of the unit - all this is also necessary. The production activities of the unit are controlled by measuring instruments and telemetry equipment, the information from which allows the specialist to determine the degree of acceptable risk during work at the facilities and to predict the occurrence of emergency situations. The ability to work with technical documentation is a professional regulatory competence of an electrician.
Ensuring compliance with existing provisions of the OSH management system, compliance with industrial sanitation rules
Since work in industry is associated with an increased likelihood of injury and occupational diseases, the job description of a communication electrician prescribes to navigate in difficult situations, as well as to know and put into practice the provisions of national and international regulatory documents on labor protection. Management competency requires a specialist to conduct group and individual training and briefing of unit personnel.
The use of personal and collective protective equipment, special rescue equipment, first aid
Unfortunately, accidents and accidents in mining are not uncommon. The job description of an electrician obliges you to be able to use personal and collective protective equipment, special rescue equipment and first aid skills. This can significantly minimize the consequences of emergency situations. In this case, one of the main abilities of a specialist is predicting the behavior of people in the event of an accident, taking responsibility for themselves. Participation in the implementation and development of measures to improve safety and labor protection is also his duty.
As mining technologies develop, so does the effectiveness of protecting human and material resources in production. To ensure that everything complies with the requirements of the time, a mining electrical and mechanical engineer has the right to critically use the best domestic and foreign experience and implement the best safety and labor protection standards. The specialist’s personal competence lies in the ability to quickly assess the situation during the liquidation of the accident and, accordingly, to plan individual and collective activities.
Control of receipt, internal movement, disposal of fixed assets subordinate
The job description of the electrician of the 6th category prescribes to analyze the operation of the equipment of the unit and the work with the computer, which is necessary for the organization and planning of the smooth operation of the enterprise. At the workplace, he maintains documentation of the receipt, internal movement and disposal of fixed assets, as well as makes complaints about their structural, technical, production inconsistencies with the regulatory characteristics of the equipment. The job description of an electrician indicates the necessary skills to interact with partners and negotiate, justifying the correct selection and placement of equipment. Fulfillment of the requirements of normative provisions on time-keeping records, participation in the development of time-sheets, schedules for getting to work is also his responsibility.
Making decisions, orders to employees of the unit (site)
The job description of the electrician also sets the task to improve the technical and economic indicators of the unit. To achieve this, in his professional-production and managerial competence, he involves personnel in optimizing the production process and equipment operating modes, issues subordinates orders and monitors the work performed. Participation in the evaluation of labor of employees, assignment of qualification categories to workers of a unit (site) is also his duty. A mining electrical engineer must adequately evaluate the personnel resources of the unit in order to increase their professional qualification level.
