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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:
    • Analytical Skills
    • Communication
    • Operations Management
    • Safety
    Typical Tasks:
    1. Control generator output to match the phase, frequency, or voltage of electricity supplied to panels.
    2. Take regulatory action, based on readings from charts, meters and gauges, at established intervals.
    3. Control power generating equipment, including boilers, turbines, generators, or reactors, using control boards or semi-automatic equipment.
    4. Start or stop generators, auxiliary pumping equipment, turbines, or other power plant equipment as necessary.
    5. Monitor power plant equipment and indicators to detect evidence of operating problems.
    Training Opportunities

    Power Plant Operator