The document summarizes the portfolio of an apprentice over several work placements. It describes various maintenance and installation tasks completed, including installing new fans in commercial fridges, fixing non-working fans, cleaning air filters on air conditioning units, wiring power points and lights in houses, running cable through a roof, wiring outdoor power points and junction boxes, connecting an oven, and wiring telecommunications equipment. The apprentice learned skills like running and clipping cable, wiring devices, and installing cable trays. They also learned about air conditioning maintenance, the importance of fans, how houses are constructed, and telecommunications systems.

1. Portfolio:
Control Air: 8th
-11th
July2014
A commercial fridge from
Tailembendneededanew
fan;so I helpedLee putthe
fan in.
A Woolworth’s fridge fanwasn’t
working,butdidn’thave time tofix
as it wasthe endof the day.
A commercial fridge forbottlesof
waterat a wildbeancafé petrol
station.Itneededtwonew cooling
fansand I helpedtosuperviseand
screw the fans in;but Lee connected
them.

2. Anotherdrinksfreezerfroze upat
an On the Run petrol station;andI
helpedtomeltthe ice witha hand
heldtorchwhile Lee fixedthe main
problem, whichwasafan that
wasn’tworkingproperly.
Dida lotof maintenance,thiswasone of the airconditionerunitsona
roof that I cleanedoutthe air filtersandLee didsome extrathingsto
make sure that all was workingok.We didthiswithabout 10 units
withinthe week.
Skills that I learnt:
 How to cleanoutair filters
 How to screwinnewfans
ThingsthatI learnt:
 How air conditioningmaintenance and servicingisdone
 That fansare crutial to fridges,otherwise theyfreezeup

3. Star Electrical:21st
-25th
July 2014
1st
fixingahouse downinSeaford
heights.The following photos show
the sort of activitiesthatIdid:nailing
mountingplatesin,runningand
clippingcable forlightsand power
points

4. At glenelgahouse wasmissingthe cable toa LED lightinthe
frontroom. It wasa two storyconcrete and steel frame house,
whichmade itextremelydifficulttofinda cable thatwas
missingfromthe bottomfloor.Inthe endwe had to run a new
cable throughthe roof fromthe meterbox withoutcuttingtoo
manycablesand by usinga snake.
Afterwatchingthe guywire uptwo
outdoorpowerpoint,Iwiredone up;
and here itis,it justhasen’tbeen
screwedup;and nosiliconhasbeen
put on
By lookingatthe plans;we foundthat a
powerpointwashiddenbehindthe
tiles. Aftercontactingthe supervisor,he
knockedthe tilesoutthe way,to find
the socketoutletpushedinthe wall
behindthe tiling.

5. Connectingupanoven,and completedthe
handover.
Wiredup a junctionbox fromthe house and
control board to a septictankand gluedthe
conduit.
Anotherjunctionbox atthe septictankthat I
watchedgetwiredup.
Skills that I learnt:
 How to run andclipcable for powerpointsandlights
 How to run cable throughthe bottomstoryof a roof usinga snake
 How to wire upa weatherproof socketoutlet
ThingsthatI learnt:
 How a house planlooks,andhow the processesof buildingahouse go(1st
fix and2nd
fix etc.)

6.  Learnt about1st
fixes,2nd
fixesandhandovers
 That it’sannoyingwhensomeonetilesoverasocket
 Learnt aboutjunctionboxesandhow theylook

7. SA Power Networks:6th
-10th
July 2015
Thisis the Belairradiotowersite,where Andrew tookme to
give me an ideaof what theylooklike close up;whatis
underneaththemandmakesthemwork.
In the control room underthe radio
towerat Belair,Andrew showedme
throughmost of the telecommunications
cubiclesandgave me an overloadof
informationonwhathappensandhow.
The back-upgeneratorat Belairwhich
wasn’tstayingonstand-bymode andkept
switchingtostop.So that itwouldn’tstart
fromthe control room;or take overif
there wasa faultinthe powerto the
tower.

8. Inside atelecommunicationscubiclewhere Iconnected
all the earth wirestothe earth bar usinglugsandclamps.
I wiredupthe two DC suppliesandthe earthwiresinthe
cubiclesandaddedcable tiestomake it lookneat.
I wiredupa KRONE blockusingcategory5 cables
froma worksheetanddidthisusingpunchscissors.

9. Cable tieda lotof a telecommunicationstomake it
looknice (the redblue DCcable was the powersupply
that wouldbe takenoutwhenitis takenoutof the
workshop).
I alsoinstalledthe yellowfiberglasscabletray,which
evenhadan openingdoor.
Skills I learnt:
 How to install fiberglasscable tray;whichincluded:measuringspottodrill holes, usingdrill
to drill holes,drillingscrewsintoplace toholdthe trayfast
 How to wire upa KRONE blockusinga diagram, scissors,wire strippers andside cutters
 How to wire DCcable intoa telecommunicationscubicle block
 How to wire upearthcable to an earth bar usingpliers,lugs,crimpers,clamsand
screwdrivers
Otherthingsthat I learnt:
 A lotabout howSAPN worksinitsthree different sections
 A lotabout radiotowersfromMalcom
 A lotabout fibre opticcable frommostpeople thatIworkedwith
 A bitabout telecommunicationscubicles
 That there isa lotto telecommunications,andIlearntthe importance of itin
SAPN.
 A bitabout reclosers–these are relaysonthe powerlinesthatcommunicate witheach
other,and enoughvoltage doesn’treachthe otherrelay,theytripthe circuit;andreclose,
and eitherstayclosedoropenagaindependingonthe situation(e.g.branchfallingonlines,
car knockingdownpole)