Biomass Plant Technicians

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Chemistry - Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

People in this career often do these activities:

• Operate biomass or biofuel production equipment.
• Test materials, solutions, or samples.
• Test fluids to identify contamination or other problems.
• Inspect sustainable energy production facilities or equipment.
• Record operational or production data.

• Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
• Operate pumping systems or equipment.
• Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
• Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
• Load materials into production equipment.
• Clean work areas.
• Maintain sustainable energy production equipment.
• Measure stock or liquid levels in sustainable fuel production systems.
• Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of water, cleaning solutions, or other liquids.
• Prepare biological feedstock for physical, chemical, or biological processing.
• Evaluate quality of materials or products.
• Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.
• Operate heavy-duty construction or installation equipment.
• Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.