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New York New Jersey Offshore Wind Training
New York New Jersey Offshore Wind Training
Annual Salary Range
    Example Job Titles
    • Auxiliary Operator
    • Control Operator
    • Control Room Operator
    • Multicraft Operator (MCO)
    • Operations and Maintenance Technician (O & M Technician)
    • Plant Control Operator
    • Power Plant Operator
    • Station Operator
    • Unit Operator
    Jobs with Transferable Skills
    • Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
    • Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
    • Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
    • Gas Plant Operators
    • Manufacturing Production Technicians
    • Nuclear Equipment Operation Technicians
    • Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
    • Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
    • Signal and Track Switch Repairers
    • Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
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    Power Plant Operators

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    Job Type:

    Power Plant Operators

    Typical Education:

    Bachelor's Degree

    Skills:
    • Operations Monitoring
    • Critical Thinking
    • Operation and Control
    • Speaking
    • Active Listening
    • Quality Control Analysis
    Typical Tasks:
    1. Adjust controls to generate specified electrical power or to regulate the flow of power between generating stations and substations.
    2. Monitor power plant equipment and indicators to detect evidence of operating problems.
    3. Control generator output to match the phase, frequency, or voltage of electricity supplied to panels.
    4. Control or maintain auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, fans, compressors, condensers, feedwater heaters, filters, or chlorinators, to supply water, fuel, lubricants, air, or auxiliary power.
    5. Control power generating equipment, including boilers, turbines, generators, or reactors, using control boards or semi-automatic equipment.
    Training Opportunities

    Power Plant Operator