Electrician 3863 - Tools and Equipment -
Questions and Answers - Graded A+
LADWP Electrical Craft Helper 3799 & Electrician 3863 | Tools and Equipment | Questions
and Answers | Graded A+
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Hand Tools for Electrical Work - Pliers, Screwdrivers, Wire Strippers, and Crimpers Use and Care
Power Tools - Drills, Saws, Conduit Benders, and Threaders Safety and Operation
Testing Equipment - Multimeter, Clamp Meter, Megger, and Voltage Testers Usage
Material Handling Tools - Ladders, Scaffolds, Hoists, and Rigging Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment PPE - Hard Hats, Gloves, Safety Glasses, Arc Rated Clothing
Tool Maintenance and Inventory - Tool Care, Calibration, and LADWP Tool Accountability
,STUDY GUIDE - Tools and Equipment
Preparation for LADWP Electrical Craft Helper 3799 and Electrician 3863 focusing on Tools and Equipment. Covers
Hand Tools for Electrical Work - Pliers, Screwdrivers, Wire Strippers, and Crimpers Use and Care, Power Tools - Drills,
Saws, Conduit Benders, and Threaders Safety and Operation. Detailed for LADWP exam.
Hand Tools for Electrical Work - Pliers, Screwdrivers, Wire Strippers, and Crimpers Use and Care - Detailed Tools and
Equipment for LADWP Electrical Craft Helper Class 3799 and Electrician Class 3863 including electrical fundamentals
safety Ohm's law power calculations safety principles shock protection arc flash PPE LADWP safety rules general
orders LOTO de-energizing first aid emergency response shock burns job site emergencies, tools equipment hand tools
pliers screwdrivers wire strippers crimpers power tools drills saws conduit benders threaders testing multimeter clamp
meter megger voltage testers material handling ladders scaffolds hoists rigging PPE hard hats gloves safety glasses arc
rated clothing tool maintenance inventory care calibration LADWP accountability, wiring installation conductor
identification sizing wire gauge ampacity insulation color codes raceway conduit EMT rigid PVC bending cable pulling
supporting securing box enclosure junction panelboard device mounting device receptacles switches lighting fixtures
equipment grounding bonding techniques craft helper assisting, electrical theory code series parallel AC DC power
factor NEC structure articles application LADWP work California Electrical Code LADWP supplement state local
amendments blueprint schematic reading symbols plans diagrams load calculations branch feeder service voltage drop
fault current formulas correction, motors controls power distribution motor fundamentals types operation nameplate
selection utility motor control starters contactors overloads control circuit wiring transformer types connections sizing
installation distribution panelboards switchboards switchgear busways lighting types controls installation maintenance
backup generators UPS transfer switches LADWP facilities, high voltage utility systems high voltage awareness
transmission distribution voltage levels substation components equipment safety zones craft helpers underground duct
banks manholes vaults cable installation overhead poles crossarms insulators conductors hardware metering service
residential commercial service installation utility safety minimum approach distances energized work clearances,
troubleshooting maintenance methodology systematic finding faults common problems opens shorts ground faults high
resistance preventive maintenance inspection cleaning tightening testing corrective repair replacement documentation
work orders logs reporting quality control verification operational checks, LADWP procedures regulations organization
water power system operations job classifications 3799 3863 duties responsibilities career progression work rules
timekeeping work orders job site conduct environmental regulatory compliance environmental rules permits
sustainability customer service public interaction public areas customer properties apprenticeship training helper to
electrician pathway, construction field operations construction site safety excavation trenching confined space fall
protection concrete structural foundations embeds support structures electrical material handling storage receiving
storing handling job site logistics coordination other trades scheduling as built documentation redline drawings
recording changes final inspection closeout punch list testing project completion. Hand Tools for Electrical Work - Pliers,
Screwdrivers, Wire Strippers, and Crimpers Use and Care - Detailed Tools and Equipment for LADWP Electrical Craft
Helper Class 3799 and Electrician Class 3863 including electrical fundamentals safety Ohm's law power calculations
safety principles shock protection arc flash PPE LADWP safety rules general orders LOTO de-energizing first aid
emergency response shock burns job site emergencies, tools equipment hand tools pliers screwdrivers wire strippers
crimpers power tools drills saws conduit benders threaders testing multimeter clamp meter megger voltage testers
material handling ladders scaffolds hoists rigging PPE hard hats gloves safety glasses arc rated clothing tool
maintenance inventory care calibration LADWP accountability, wiring installation conductor identification sizing wire
gauge ampacity insulation color codes raceway conduit EMT rigid PVC bending cable pulling supporting securing box
enclosure junction panelboard device mounting device receptacles switches lighting fixtures equipment grounding
bonding techniques craft helper assisting, electrical theory code series parallel AC DC power factor NEC structure
articles application LADWP work California Electrical Code LADWP supplement state local amendments blueprint
schematic reading symbols plans diagrams load calculations branch feeder service voltage drop fault current formulas
correction, motors controls power distribution motor fundamentals types operation nameplate selection utility motor
control starters contactors overloads control circuit wiring transformer types connections sizing installation distribution
panelboards switchboards switchgear busways lighting types controls installation maintenance backup generators UPS
transfer switches LADWP facilities, high voltage utility systems high voltage awareness transmission distribution voltage
levels substation components equipment safety zones craft helpers underground duct banks manholes vaults cable
installation overhead poles crossarms insulators conductors hardware metering service residential commercial service
installation utility safety minimum approach distances energized work clearances, troubleshooting maintenance
methodology systematic finding faults common problems opens shorts ground faults high resistance preventive
maintenance inspection cleaning tightening testing corrective repair replacement documentation work orders logs
reporting quality control verification operational checks, LADWP procedures regulations organization water power
, system operations job classifications 3799 3863 duties responsibilities career progression work rules timekeeping work
orders job site conduct environmental regulatory compliance environmental rules permits sustainability customer
service public interaction public areas customer properties apprenticeship training helper to electrician pathway,
construction field operations construction site safety excavation trenching confined space fall protection concrete
structural foundations embeds support structures electrical material handling storage receiving storing handling job site
logistics coordination other trades scheduling as built documentation redline drawings recording changes final
inspection closeout punch list testing project completion.
Power Tools - Drills, Saws, Conduit Benders, and Threaders Safety and Operation - Detailed Tools and Equipment for
LADWP Electrical Craft Helper Class 3799 and Electrician Class 3863 including electrical fundamentals safety Ohm's
law power calculations safety principles shock protection arc flash PPE LADWP safety rules general orders LOTO
de-energizing first aid emergency response shock burns job site emergencies, tools equipment hand tools pliers
screwdrivers wire strippers crimpers power tools drills saws conduit benders threaders testing multimeter clamp meter
megger voltage testers material handling ladders scaffolds hoists rigging PPE hard hats gloves safety glasses arc rated
clothing tool maintenance inventory care calibration LADWP accountability, wiring installation conductor identification
sizing wire gauge ampacity insulation color codes raceway conduit EMT rigid PVC bending cable pulling supporting
securing box enclosure junction panelboard device mounting device receptacles switches lighting fixtures equipment
grounding bonding techniques craft helper assisting, electrical theory code series parallel AC DC power factor NEC
structure articles application LADWP work California Electrical Code LADWP supplement state local amendments
blueprint schematic reading symbols plans diagrams load calculations branch feeder service voltage drop fault current
formulas correction, motors controls power distribution motor fundamentals types operation nameplate selection utility
motor control starters contactors overloads control circuit wiring transformer types connections sizing installation
distribution panelboards switchboards switchgear busways lighting types controls installation maintenance backup
generators UPS transfer switches LADWP facilities, high voltage utility systems high voltage awareness transmission
distribution voltage levels substation components equipment safety zones craft helpers underground duct banks
manholes vaults cable installation overhead poles crossarms insulators conductors hardware metering service
residential commercial service installation utility safety minimum approach distances energized work clearances,
troubleshooting maintenance methodology systematic finding faults common problems opens shorts ground faults high
resistance preventive maintenance inspection cleaning tightening testing corrective repair replacement documentation
work orders logs reporting quality control verification operational checks, LADWP procedures regulations organization
water power system operations job classifications 3799 3863 duties responsibilities career progression work rules
timekeeping work orders job site conduct environmental regulatory compliance environmental rules permits
sustainability customer service public interaction public areas customer properties apprenticeship training helper to
electrician pathway, construction field operations construction site safety excavation trenching confined space fall
protection concrete structural foundations embeds support structures electrical material handling storage receiving
storing handling job site logistics coordination other trades scheduling as built documentation redline drawings
recording changes final inspection closeout punch list testing project completion. Power Tools - Drills, Saws, Conduit
Benders, and Threaders Safety and Operation - Detailed Tools and Equipment for LADWP Electrical Craft Helper Class
3799 and Electrician Class 3863 including electrical fundamentals safety Ohm's law power calculations safety principles
shock protection arc flash PPE LADWP safety rules general orders LOTO de-energizing first aid emergency response
shock burns job site emergencies, tools equipment hand tools pliers screwdrivers wire strippers crimpers power tools
drills saws conduit benders threaders testing multimeter clamp meter megger voltage testers material handling ladders
scaffolds hoists rigging PPE hard hats gloves safety glasses arc rated clothing tool maintenance inventory care
calibration LADWP accountability, wiring installation conductor identification sizing wire gauge ampacity insulation color
codes raceway conduit EMT rigid PVC bending cable pulling supporting securing box enclosure junction panelboard
device mounting device receptacles switches lighting fixtures equipment grounding bonding techniques craft helper
assisting, electrical theory code series parallel AC DC power factor NEC structure articles application LADWP work
California Electrical Code LADWP supplement state local amendments blueprint schematic reading symbols plans
diagrams load calculations branch feeder service voltage drop fault current formulas correction, motors controls power
distribution motor fundamentals types operation nameplate selection utility motor control starters contactors overloads
control circuit wiring transformer types connections sizing installation distribution panelboards switchboards switchgear
busways lighting types controls installation maintenance backup generators UPS transfer switches LADWP facilities,
high voltage utility systems high voltage awareness transmission distribution voltage levels substation components
equipment safety zones craft helpers underground duct banks manholes vaults cable installation overhead poles
crossarms insulators conductors hardware metering service residential commercial service installation utility safety
minimum approach distances energized work clearances, troubleshooting maintenance methodology systematic finding