Industrial electricians are experienced professionals with extensive knowledge in setting up, fixing, and testing electrical systems and equipment. Installation, maintenance, and repair services for various electrical components, equipment, and controls are the key employment needs for industrial electricians.

Industrial electricians’ services are typically provided in odd settings such as factories, smelters, warehouses, construction sites, research centres, and electrical power companies. As well as manufacturing plants, oil and gas refineries, mining operations, and shipping yards.

Industrial electricians manage and supervise a number of daily tasks to ensure that production and manufacturing equipment runs efficiently. These tasks include grounding systems, testing equipment and upgrading existing equipment. In addition, analysing and interpreting blueprints, conducting tests, managing heavy-duty industrial equipment and many more.

A commercial electrician has undertaken a demanding training programme that concentrates on electrical systems in structures other than residential buildings. An industrial electrician's work description and that of a commercial electrician are quite similar. Commercial electricians operate in commercial structures, whereas industrial electricians work in industrial settings, which is the fundamental distinction.

Commercial electricians operate larger systems in complex structures, and their workplaces are primarily inside. Some examples of these include government buildings, office buildings, restaurants, retail malls, and other structures not intended for residential usage. 

These skilled electricians handle a number of crucial jobs. The most demanded ones include installing wiring or electrical components, interpreting blueprints, diagnosing and fixing wiring issues and repairing damaged systems.