Employability, Entrepreneurship and Workplace Communication
What is tested
Whether you can present yourself for work: writing an application and CV, answering interview questions, communicating with a customer or supervisor, costing a small job, and knowing the route to self-employment.
Job and self-employment routes
Employers include wiring contractors, factory maintenance departments, lift and pump servicers and solar installers; the ladder runs from helper or apprentice to wireman, technician and supervisor. Self-employment options are domestic wiring contracts, appliance repair, motor rewinding, inverter and solar installation, and annual maintenance contracts. Short-term training through schemes such as PMKVY or state vocational programmes, plus a wireman licence from the electrical inspectorate, widens the work you may legally do.
Worked example - quoting a job
A house needs 20 light points, 8 power points, one 4-way distribution board and about 120 m of conduit. Material ₹18,000; labour at ₹150 per point for 28 points = ₹4,200; transport ₹500. Cost = ₹22,700. Add overheads at 10% (₹2,270) = ₹24,970; add profit at 15% (₹3,745) = ₹28,715. Quote ₹28,700 with a written scope that excludes fittings, and state the payment stages.
Communication
Confirm scope in writing, give a realistic timeline, explain the safety reason for a 30 mA RCCB in plain language, and record every payment. Keep a cash book, a bill book with GST details if registered, and warranty slips for materials.
Traps
Quoting only material cost; promising work outside your licence; and starting extra work without written approval.