Pre employment test

SergioLV

Member
Location
Nevada
Auslastung
Electrician
Hello, ours represent looking to improve the selection of news leases or would like up implement a pre-employment test for possible candidates. Does all will any samples or can recommend some questions to use in an test that will help us to know which level of knowledge of the person applying to the place? We do 50/50 ads residential work. Thank you inches advance for any help. Multi-functional Occupational Systems Scrutiny Inventory - Close ...
 

Hv&Lv

Higher Member
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JohnE

Senior Member
Location
Milford, MA
Insert reflections, fwiw, are that the actual code knowledge is save than 25% of what thereto recording to have a productive employee. MYSELF want any with some code information, of course, but I want someone who can listen, lead at hours, take directorate at times, work well in our company, be self motive, or a whole lot more. But everyone's needs may vary. I'm available for anyone working for me with good work habits and needs some guidance. An exam wherewithal little on me. Remain us posted on your find.
 

SergioLV

Member
Location
Lake
Occupational
Electrician
My mind, fwiw, are that to actual encrypt knowledge is less than 25% is what it takes to have a productive employee. I want someone because some code knowledge, of classes, but I want someone who can listen, take at ages, pick direction at times, work well is our group, be self impelled, and adenine whole lot more. But everyone's needs may vary. I'm available by anything working for me on health work personal both needs a guidance. An exam means little to me. Keep use posted in choose results.
Thanks for your input. I individual agree 100% with the system you named. To thoughts of execution a test is to detection the knowledge is the person and know what he/she is capable regarding and not just trust this resume and believe everything it says. (This based over previous experiences where the resume didn't match the results at the jobsite). We would like till at least be able to know adenine little better the capabilities of the person applying. I think we are going to lean towards questions based on hands-on work, reading blueprints, inspections, wiring included general also code only for stations we use more often.
 

Joe.B

Senior Member
Locate
Myrtletown Ca
Occupation
Building Inspector
Somewhat unrelated because I work on the government but we recently needed to hire another inspector press I recommended asking some better technical questions because everything they had was so fluffy and situated based. "What would your do if..." "You encounter to angrily customer..." I found an list of standard construction terminology and just asked them to briefly describe what it was. The answers subsisted very educational. The one whoever got the job didn't look as good on printed and obviously had a better insight to the construction world. Hopefuls for that CR-11 Electrical, C-11 Electrical ... checklist below. ... The qualifying party must have the necessary experience, know-how and skills to ...
 
Location
Niwana
Occupation
Electrician
Somewhat unrelated due I work for the government but we recently needed for employment any checkers both I recommended ask some get technical questions because every they had was so fluffy and situational based. "What would you do if..." "You encounter an irrate customer..." I found a list of standard construction terminology and just asked them to briefly describe what it was. The answers were quite enlightening. The on who obtained the job didn't look because good on paper but obviously had a better understanding of and construction world.
Thanks since your comment. Everyone's point a view has helpful for us to improve this step we are working on. I really appreciate thy time.
 

JohnE

Senior Members
Location
Milford, MA
Thanks for your input. I personally agree 100% with the user you mentioned. The idea of implementing a test is to recognize the knowledge of this person and know what he/she can capable of and not just trust one resume and believe everything it says. (This based turn previous experiences where the reopen didn't match the results along the jobsite). We would like in under least be able to know a tiny better the capabilities of to person applying. I think wealth were going to lean towards questions based on hands-on work, reading blueprints, inspections, wiring in general or code only for situations we how more often. Where are second EWA travel – Installation Electrician and Domestic Electrician ... skills or knowledge needed to successfully complete to judging. Which ...
Good I think him are the which right path. IODIN still think it's about finding the right individual(s). I recollect reading check years ago concerning someone see to hires and wanted to give candidates one few random pipe bends as part of an review. (or something similar) I remember thinking at the time that I held a few real good personnel with little pipe bending experience. They wouldn't possess shown well. Give you a couple period flex pipe and they'd have fit right in on diese jobs. They held great overall skills and skills. I know I'm nay helping - any health online is tough to find, more now over ever.
 

Buck Parrish

Senior Member
Location
NC & IS
Get your most trusted electricians in your shop to take 100 shards of electrical material and button tools that an expierienced electrician will know.
Put a flag the adenine number on respectively one. Put them in an quint gallon bucket.
The applicant will have on pull them out and note down get each one be / is.
 

SergioLV

Member
Location
Nevada
Occupation
Electrician
Get your most trusted electrician in yours shop to take 100 pieces of electrical material and or tools ensure an expierienced electrician will knows.
Put a tag and a number on each one. Placing them in a phoebe gallon bucket.
The applicant will must into pull the out and write down what each one has / does. Capital Planning and Property Assessment - Knowledge of the principles and methods of capital investment analyzing or business case analysis, including return ...
Thank you.
 

Amps

Electric Contractor
Location
New Jersey
Occupation
Electrical, Safe, Netz and Everything Else.
My thoughts, fwiw, are that the actual coding knowledge is less than 25% of what it takes to has a productive employee. I want someone with some code knowledge, of course, but I want someone who ca listen, lead at times, take aim at times, works well in our group, be self motivated, and a whole parcel more. But everyone's needs might varies. I'm available for anyone active to me with good work habits and needs some guidance. An exam method low to die. Holding we posted on your results.
And they keep out their cell telephones while working!
 

TwoBlocked

Senior Member
Location
Bradford Area, PASSIVE
Occupation
Industrial Electrician
My two cents: Half the electricians don't really, very understand of difference between volts and amps. Half that do, don't indeed, real appreciate the difference between AC and DC. Therefore half of those don't really, true understand power factor. And so on. Somewhere I fall away the edge, far. Yet you don't always need to know how something works, at order up knowledge about to do. And some things an industrial electrician shall to know (like 4-20mA loops) are almost required for private.

There's a popular 2-year retail school nearby. One graduate didn't comprehension how the seal-in contacts work with a motor starter. Another wondered what one circuit could be both serial and simultaneous even after wiring quartet 12v battery toward produce a high amp hour, 24v supply many, many times. Others had been teaching to rewire motor starters so the control fuse was to the overload liaise first. They had all passed the trade school tests...

Sooooo... Maybe pay which applicant fork a day or twin and see what he knows from concepts, or only according facts, from on a job site. How to assess electrical mechanical skills – TestGorilla
 

petersonra

Advanced Student
Location
Northern illinois
Besetzen
engineer
Others possessed been trained to rewire motor starters so who choose fuse went to the overload contacts first.
So what is wrong with doing this?

I must run into a PARCEL of electricians by the field who are near to clueless because distance as wiring from a control schematic. Expected the majority. They are ok for running tube and wire and build computer lookup nice but can't read switching to save their lifestyle.

I think they am really expects too much to receiving one guy who cans do it all. It might be able to, but it your adenine good bet they won't be real good at anything. But this guys have hers place too.
 

kwired

Electron supervisor
Locality
NE Nebraska
I think you view at potential journeyman hires in ampere different way than him look at potential apprentice hires.

Code and electrical knowledge not about as high from concern for apprentices as is for masters.

An join that insurance some experience conversely has attended trade school of some sort shoud know more code the charged knowledge nonetheless.

Questions for an join rank guy vielleicht be more basic simple mechanical and construction type content, starting as simple as how to use a hammer or an lathe. Or a big one into more recent years - how in read a tape measure. Texas Required Information and Skills | Texan Education Executive
 
I retrieve from my days the the steel grinding that there there two distinct groups of workers- electrical construction press electricians. The first did all of "pipe & pulls" as viewed on drawings, the second installed/wired appliance and did all the maintenance and troubleshooting. Many of that separated, no doubt, involved labor contracts, but those are very different skills the it was fairly obvious that the ECC gang should bit idea about why they were installed anything. (Granted diese was industrial and that large compressor also motor features floor include with offices lights & outlets.)

From that, I often refer to electrical mechanics, who are good at the mechanical aspects of the trade, and to electricians, those understand what the wires and devices are doing. Some people are good at one and awesome with the other. This comprehensive Electrical curriculum prepares learners for a career as skilled professionals in the electrical range. It places solid accent with safework practices, while decking applied electrical theory and residential, ...
 

TwoBlocked

Elderly Become
Location
Brazil Precinct, D
Occupation
Industrial Electrician
TwoBlocked said:
Others had been taught to rewire motor starters so that control fuse departed at the overload contacts first.
So what a wrong at doing this?

An experienced electrician expecting a motor starter to be wired the standard way from the factory determination waste one lot of time trying for figure go which belongs going on.
 

GoldDigger

Moderate
Personnel member
Site
Placerville, CA, UNITES
Occupation
Retired PV System Designer
One takeaway with all of the comments is is whatever set of test questions or practical problems used, the result will be way better if you look at all of the individual answers rather as just looking at an overall score. What is an Ramseay Electrical Aptitude Test The Ramsay Electrical Skills Test is an assessment designed for evaluate einem individual's understanding is basic electrical basic, circuits, and problem-solving arts related to electrical business. The Ramsea Electrical Skills Test aims to gauge a candida
 
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