i am a electrician and just found out i am colour blind can i still work as electrician i can see all colours?

Answer 1

OK. You are color blind but you can see all colors. I don't see a problem as long as you can see all colors. Do you?

Answer 2

If you are already an electrician and just now finding this out, I’d say that you are OK.

If you have doubts you should make a special effort to double check when phasing or grounding are of issue. If possible remark the conductors with 1-2 or 3 wraps of tape. Where safety is an issue ask someone to double check.

You may have more trouble with control wiring. A continuity check and stick on numbers should solve the problem.

Industrial Electrician

Answer 3

I know 3 color blind electricians, one is the owner of the electrical contractor I currently work for. Color differentiation is only really important in big commercial and industrial jobs, and in control work.

However, if you use your number book like a fiend and always label your wires, you won't have any problem. Actually, you should do this anyway, it's just good practice. Doing control work, I wished I was color blind because terminating orange on neu, connecting purple to pink for my hot switch-legs, and another pink to neu for the icecube... it just would have made more sense to only see the numbers on the wires.

As an old boss of mine put it "label, label, label"

Answer 4

I Am An Electrician

Answer 5

I believe the colours of the wires were deliberately chosen so that a colour blind person could still distinguish which was which. So practically, yes you can continue.

But you should check with your trade association whether there is any laws or extra tests you have to do to prove you are OK to work.

Answer 6

Interesting that you 'just' found out. This usually creeps up slowly on people, who find that the colors slowly become less distinct.

In any case, using your volt tester on EVERY wire, and then labelling them with an easy to read label, should cover you.

Example, as you take something apart, label the wires. If you are running new cable, label them before you start.

Answer 7

I would think that as long as you can clearly tell the difference beween Red-Black-Green-Yellow- Brown-Blue and Grey in various shades, there should be no problems, but don't expect to move on to data or telecoms cabling, the colours are a bit more subtle!!

Your optician should be able to advise you

Answer 8

That is no big deal but surely u can work. But for ur better future u ought to go the doctor and have his advice cause he will be checking u out through some tests then examine u and so all.............. that will give u the best work


by the way ......do flicking your eyelids (close open quickly)

Answer 9

My son-in-law is a Master electrician and has the same problems as you. Keep it to yourself, it could be detrimental to you down the line. As long as you know what your doing, that's your business, why mess up a good thing?

Answer 10

How the **** are you colour blind if you can see all the colours. What ******* idiot told you that you are colour blind...I would get a second opinion on that bullshit.