Where a power plant control room operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a power plant control room operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Power plant control room operators are responsible for the safe and proper operation of power plants, switchyards and associated control structures. They repair and maintain the involved machinery and equipment to ensure the plant's efficient operation and to tackle emergency situations such as blackouts.
Also known as power station operator, electricity generating plant operative, electricity generation plant operator, electricity generating plant worker, electric power station operator, electricity generation operator, electric power station worker, electric power station operative, electricity generation plant worker, electricity generation operative, power station operative worker, power station control room worker.
Technicians and associate professionals 45 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: oil refinery control room operator, 72%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- oil refinery control room operator 72% covered · difficulty 29.1
- electrical transmission system operator 70% covered · difficulty 30.5
- mine control room operator 67% covered · difficulty 30.2
- electrical power distributor 65% covered · difficulty 34.1
- power production plant operator 59% covered · difficulty 48.2
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A power plant control room operator needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- close circuit breaker working with machinery and specialised equipment
- maintain power plant machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- coordinate remote communications communication, collaboration and creativity
- power plant instrumentation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- adapt energy distribution schedules working with machinery and specialised equipment
- monitor equipment condition constructing
- write production reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- conduct inter-shift communication communication, collaboration and creativity
- monitor electric generators constructing
- use remote control equipment working with computers
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a power plant control room operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- power production plant operator 52% covered · difficulty 53.9
- fossil-fuel power plant operator 48% covered · difficulty 56.9
- electrical transmission system operator 38% covered · difficulty 65.3
- nuclear technician 30% covered · difficulty 72
- gas processing plant control room operator 30% covered · difficulty 72.5
- oil refinery control room operator 29% covered · difficulty 73.5
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Power plant control room 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 power plant control room 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.