Duties
The Master Electrician supervises and is responsible for all other Electricians working on any construction/installation project. Only the Master Electrician can pull the permits with the electrical authority, and can only be registered with one electrical contracting company at any one time. Other electrical duties performed by any electrician include:
- Inventory and repair and maintenance of all lighting fixtures, cables, effects, power distribution, dimmers, networking and lighting control consoles.
- Organization and purchasing of all consumables including color gel, gobos, Sharpies, and gaffer tape.
- Planning and implementing of the cabling (circuiting) of lights and electric power distribution.
- Documenting and tracking of all circuiting, addressing, and system configuration in cooperation with the Lighting Designer.
- Patching assignments of the control console based on the paperwork generated by the Lighting Designer and the planned circuiting.
- Occupational safety and health of workers and operational decisions as the Head of the Electrics department.
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