Job-site craft: sequencing with the other trades, protecting the home, the daily close, and the punch list that ends the job
In one paragraph
The code's only sentence about craft is that work be done in a neat and workmanlike manner with the equipment protected from paint, plaster and debris, and it is enforced every day by inspectors, general contractors and customers who decide whether to call you back. This lesson is the working habits behind that sentence: where the electrician fits in the sequence of a remodel and what has to be true before you start each phase, how to protect a lived-in house so that the customer's memory of the job is the work and not the dust, the ten-minute close that ends every day, and the punch list that ends the job with the final payment earned, the change orders signed, the panel labeled and the photographs taken.
The rule
Electrical equipment is installed in a neat and workmanlike manner, with unused openings closed and internal parts protected from paint, plaster, cleaners and debris during construction (2025 CEC 110.12); permitted work stays exposed until the inspector approves it (89.108.4.4); the contract fixes the approximate start and completion dates (B&P 7159(d)(10)-(11)); extra work waits for a signed change order (7159(c)(5)); and no payment may exceed the value of work performed or material delivered (7159.5(a)(5)), which is why the punch list, not the last day, is what earns the final payment.
Why it matters
Customers cannot judge a splice, but they can judge whether the drywall dust is on their piano and whether you showed up when the contract said. Craft on the site is the part of the work the customer actually sees, it is what the general contractor remembers when the next job comes up, and the punch list is the difference between a final payment on time and a Phase 3 collections problem.