subject: The Need For Qualified Electricians [print this page] Electricians are going to play an extremely important role in the South African economic system over the next 2 decades or so.
Eskom has announced the building of several new power stations over the following 10-15 years which entail both coal driven and nuclear driven power stations. Additionally other forms of generating electricity are also to be applied such as wind power as well as ocean generated power plants. Another highlight is the probability of private electricity suppliers entering the supply chain. Electricians will be needed in the commissioning phase along with the supply phase of power stations in numbers to enable the conclusion and commissioning phases. As that task is presented additional electricians will be needed at municipal as well as contractor's levels to implement the newly established electricity capacity. The supply of reliable sources of water and electricity are leading economic drivers and the current electricity capacity, in many ways are restrictive to industrial expansion as well as expansion to the regular users grid.
With the number of jobs to be created in South Africa over the next decade, the availability of electricity is a primary requirement to such motivation. One of the only feasible ways to produce the required volume of jobs is to expand the commercial capacity of the South African economy, mainly in the general manufacturing and food processing industries. This, along with the further intended and ongoing provision of houses to the poor, as well as a resumption of normal levels of construction, will see a huge increase in demand for electricians as all of such projects are presented and start coming on stream.
In addition to a renewed industrial development phase and the introduction of jobs in such areas due to the availability of additional electricity capacity, jobs will be further created in all of the aiding industries of the electrical supply chain, like mining, transportation and other sectors. Together with the anticipated supplemental commercial projects to be introduced including construction many other jobs may also be able to be created. As new electricians are trained and soaked up throughout the economy, additional support personnel, to electricians and contractors, will also need to be appointed. The need for additional capacity in our electrical grid should therefore not be underrated as a generator of job opportunities to a current economy that has run out of steam to create jobs. All this also means that proper planning should be put in place in the training of the needed compliment of electricians to make all of this possible. Training capacity should be planned to be presented in time for the intended Eskom expansion plan, which will be rolled out over a period of time before full capacity is reached. With inclusion of alternative resources for electricity, like wind, solar along with other sources, the education aspect of electricians also take on an exilerating career prospect to many youngsters today. To be associated with such projects as a lasting base for electricity generation must spell excitement to many would be electricians.
