Where a fossil-fuel power plant operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a fossil-fuel power plant operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Fossil-fuel power plant operators operate and maintain industrial equipment, such as generators, turbines and boilers, that provides electricity produced from fossil fuels like natural gas or coal. They ensure the safety of operations and that the equipment complies with legislation. They may also work in combined cycle power plants which use heat recovery systems to recover exhaust heat from one operation and activate steam turbines.
Also known as power station operator, power station worker, combined cycle power plant operator, LNG-fired power plant operator, coal-fired power plant operator, turbine operator, fossil-fuel power plant boiler operator, generator worker, heat recovery power plant production operator, generator operator, turbine operative, gas-fired power plant operator.
Technicians and associate professionals 43 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: geothermal power plant operator, 68%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A fossil-fuel power plant operator needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- fossil-fuel power plant operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
- control steam flows working with machinery and specialised equipment
- regulate steam pressure assisting and caring
- operate boiler working with machinery and specialised equipment
- operate steam turbine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- monitor utility equipment constructing
- monitor electric generators constructing
- electric current engineering, manufacturing and construction
- electric generators engineering, manufacturing and construction
- electrical power safety regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a fossil-fuel power plant operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- geothermal power plant operator 63% covered · difficulty 42.1
- power production plant operator 53% covered · difficulty 51.6
- solar power plant operator 51% covered · difficulty 54
- biogas technician 40% covered · difficulty 62.2
- geothermal technician 36% covered · difficulty 66.5
- boiler operator 17% covered · difficulty 80.6
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Fossil-fuel power plant operator is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a fossil-fuel power plant operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.