Rutul Bhavsar is a final year Electrical Engineering student at Mohawk College. He recently co-authored a whitepaper on Mohawk College’s Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation discussing the technologies utilized in the state-of-the-art zero-carbon/carbon-neutral facility.
Any contractor who has been on the jobsite during a difficult wire pull can attest to the frustration of a cable fault. You’ve spent hours pulling multiple parallels only for the Megger to show a faulty reading, resulting in overtime to repull and replace the damaged cable. This can have significant financial implications on your bottom line.
At opposite ends of the scale, electrical journeymen in Winnipeg make $8.25 more per hour than their counterparts in Hamilton. The national average among those surveyed is $33.00. See results for five other cities across Canada.
Shannon Tymosko is a first-year apprentice with IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Local 105, something she undertook after 10 years working her way up the ranks of a payday loan company.
Of those surveyed, skills in troubleshooting and electronic equipment Installation are correlated to pay that is above average. The national average is $17/hour.
Vast quantities of renewables and bi-directional flows on the grid, along with rapid cost declines and performance improvements have allowed for several major deployments of energy storage.
Student workers may make up a relatively small portion of the sector workforce, but their impact is substantial. EHRC’s Empowering Futures wage subsidy program has placed 510 students…
The national average is $37.21, with pay ranging from $32.97 for the least experienced to $41.52 for the most experienced.
Step-down transformers allow any electrical product to be installed on 347V circuits, which is why many electrical contractors keep a few in their car stock.
Turning Chicago’s Merchandise Mart (the Mart) into the most extensive permanent projection system in the world was a significant feat, and the opening attracted over 30,000 people and garnered national media attention.
The code is a comprehensive document. Sometimes, it can seem quite daunting to quickly find the information you need. In this current series of articles, I will provide a guide to help users find their way through this critical document.
Average annual salaries for electricians in seven cities across Canada vary by up to $17,000. The national average is $68,000.
Human centric lighting puts people at the center of lighting design. It considers both the visual and non-visual effects of light from a physiological and psychological perspective and extends the scope of lighting beyond the traditional architectural design approach…
There is an opportunity for companies to improve and expand their safety programs, according to a survey Fluke conducted of 162 electrical workers. In the report, nearly 100% of workers agreed that having a safety culture at work was important in keeping them safe.
Only once in my life has time stood still. I can’t describe that brief period as bad or upsetting or even traumatic. All of those descriptors require an emotion to be present, so none of them would be an accurate portrayal.
Taylor Gerrie is a Director of Strategic Transformation with his family business, Gerrie Electric Wholesale Ltd.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
