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1. Lesson 1 – ELECTRICAL TOOLS
AND EQUIPMENT
1. Screw Drivers – are used to loosen
or tighten screws with slotted heads.
a) Standard/Flat Screw Driver - is
used to drive screws with a negative
(-) or single slot head.

2. b)Phillips Screw Driver - is used to
drive screws with a positive (+) or
cross slot head.
c) Stubby Screw Driver - comes in
either Standard or Phillips screw
driver with short shank or blade and

3. a shorted handle used to turn
screws in tight space.
d)Allen Screw Driver / Wrench – it
is used to drive screw with
hexagonal slot head.
2. Hammers – are tools used in
driving or pounding and pulling out

4. nails. They are made of hard steel,
wood, plastic or rubber.
a) Claw Hammer
b)Mallet (Rubber Head)
c) Ball Peen Hammer
3. Pliers – made from metal with
insulators in the handle and are used

5. for cutting, twisting, bending, holding,
and gripping wires and cables.
a) Combination Pliers
(Lineman’s Pliers) – used for
gripping, holding, and cutting
electrical wires and cables and
even small nails.

6. b)Side Cutting Pliers – used for
cutting fine, medium and big wires
and cables.
c) Long Nose Pliers – used to reach
tight space or small opening and
also used in making terminal loops
of copper wires.

7. 4. Wire Stripper – used for removing
insulation of medium-sized wires
ranging from gauge #10 to gauge
#16.
5. Electrician’s Knife – used by
linemen to remove insulation of wire

8. and cables in low and high voltage
transmission lines.
6. Portable Electric Drill – used in
making holes on metal sheets and
concrete walls.
7. Hacksaw – used to cut metal
conduit and armored cable.