An Electrician Job is a skilled worker specialising in electrical wiring of buildings, stationary machines, and Lighting fixture. A Licensed Electricians Career is mandatory for new electrical installation or maintenance like rewiring of existing electrical system. In other specific areas like ships, aeroplanes, and other mobile platforms require additional skill training. For electrician, service click here….
Electrician Job Description
Licensed Electrician duty include performs electrical wiring and Testing the safety of an electrical system and equipment before it can turn on. The work environment includes outdoor and indoor sometimes in cramped spaces. They must be physically fit able to work under the sun, cover climbing and kneeling for a short period for the installation and repair. They must be detail oriented so to keep Job safety to the highest to prevent an accident.
Electricians Career path
There is only 3 Grade of licence which is Grade 7,8,9 AKA “LEW” want to read more “LEW” is not a surname is mean “Licence Electrical Worker”
Why Electrical regulations? Basic
Residential property has serval type of wiring. Almost all Electrical installations are permanent like Distribution Box, Ceiling Fan, House Wiring, LED Lighting, Power Socket
Light Switch And Water Heater. Singapore makes it a mandate that all the Electrical regulations is followed and tested by a LEW. The Wiring installation regulations can be a difference from country to country.
LEW Grade7 “Licence Electrical Worker”
The electrician’s licence can test supply installation which voltage operation does not exceed 1,000 volts he is also able to approve installation load no over 45 kVA. The electrician can inspect, operate, maintain, repair install design the circuit that not above 1,000 volts or 45 kVA.
He is also able to conduct install, repair, maintain and operate, under the supervision of an electrical technician, an electrical/supply installation where the operating voltage of such installation does not exceed 1000 volts and the approved load of such installation is more than 45 kVA but does not exceed 500 kVA;
He also carries out any work as instructed by or under the supervision of an authorized high voltage switching engineer.
Refer Link to https://elise.ema.gov.sg/elise/newworkerapplicationservlet?lic_type=EL
LEW Grade 8 “Licence Electrical Worker”

Electrical regulations
The electrical technician’s licence can test supply installation which voltage operation does not exceed 1,000 volts he is also able to approve installation load no over 500 KVA. The electrician can inspect, operate, maintain, repair install design the circuit that not above 1,000 volts or 500 KVA ”
“electrical technician’s licence LEW Grade 8” who can design and submit plans and drawings of an electrical installation where the operating voltage of such installation does not exceed 1000 volts and the approved load of such installation does not exceed 150 kVA, except that the limitation of 1000 volts shall not apply in the case of an Electric Discharge Lighting Circuit; and
“electrical technician’s licence LEW Grade 8” can carry out any work or switching operation as instructed by or under the supervision of an authorised high voltage switching engineer.
Refer link: https://elise.ema.gov.sg/elise/newworkerapplicationservlet?lic_type=TE
LEW Grade 9 “Licence Electrical Worker”
The electrical engineer’s licence design, install, repair, maintain, operate, inspect, test and take full charge and responsibility for any electrical installation. They are also range of capacity in a range of 1,000 / 22,000 / 66,000 / 230,000 Volt.
An electrical engineer’s licence has a range of operation voltage restrictions. They are as follows:-
(i) in operation: “up to 1000 volts”
(ii) in operation: “up to 22000 volts”
(iii) in operation: “up to 66000 volts”
(iv) in operation: “up to 230000 volts”
(v) restricted to particular installations.
Refer Link: https://elise.ema.gov.sg/elise/newworkerapplicationservlet?lic_type=EN