Small pool feeding both local campuses and AU rosters. Poachd indexes the capability that gates energisation here - UPS and static switch, HV switching and permits, commissioning and witness testing, SCADA and BESS - and fences every search to the site so you know who can actually turn up.
The proving ground: licensed trades, high rate floors and a data centre pipeline competing with resources and renewables for the same teams.
Modelled from ABS/BLS and equivalent national electrician employment counts, published data centre construction pipelines and the 3–4 approaches per worker per year observed in the sector. Rate bands are base hourly pay in local currency for a data-centre-grade electrician, benchmarked August 2026 against enterprise agreement and collective-agreement scales (ETU/NECA in AU, CIF-Connect SEO in IE, JIB in UK), IBEW local scale and Davis-Bacon determinations in the US, and published public-works labour unit prices in JP/KR. They exclude on-costs, allowances, per diem and union fringe packages, which can add 25–60% to the total cost of an hour. Estimates, not platform counts.
The band above is a baseline licensed electrician. Scarcer critical-power roles price above it.
A-grade / journey-level electrician
Electrical supervisor / leading hand
HV cable jointer
Controls / BMS technician
HV / switchgear technician
Commissioning / ITS engineer
UPS systems & static switch
HV switching (up to 132kV)
Commissioning & IST
Generator synchronisation
SCADA / PLC / BMS
Battery energy storage
Power distribution & busway
Containment & cable pulling
Modelled capability mix across the data-centre-relevant electrical workforce, derived from published vendor certification volumes and project workforce plans. Anonymised and indicative - no individual is identifiable.
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For electriciansSee in-radius, extended reach and relocation-only capability against your site before you commit to an energisation date.
For contractors