A professional who inspects electrical installations to verify conformance with safety laws and ordinances. Responsibilities include:

• Inspects electrical installations during construction or remodeling to enforce laws and ordinances establishing and maintaining minimum standards for residential, commercial, and industrial electrical installation and appliances.
• Reviews electrical plans and materials list to interpret specifications and methods of installation.
• Verifies loads, demand factors, and number of circuits to ensure that circuits are capable of operating without overloads.
• Inspects electric wiring, fixtures, and equipment, and issues notices to repair, remove, or refrain from using items found to be unsafe.
• Interprets legal requirements and recommends compliance procedures to contractors, craftworkers, and owners.
• Keeps records of inspections and prepares reports for use by administrative or judicial authorities.