Power Plant Operators

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• 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.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• 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 energy distribution equipment.
• Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
• Operate energy production equipment.
• Operate pumping systems or equipment.
• Exchange information with colleagues.

• Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of water, cleaning solutions, or other liquids.
• Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
• Record operational or production data.
• Clean production equipment.
• Maintain production or processing equipment.
• Lubricate production equipment.
• Maintain sustainable energy production equipment.
• Test electrical equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
• Monitor lubrication of equipment or workpieces.
• Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
• Repair production equipment or tools.
• Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
• Collect samples of materials or products for testing.

• Gas Plant Operators

• Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

• Nuclear Technicians

• Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators

• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

• Signal and Track Switch Repairers

• Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door

• Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

• Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians

• Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers