Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.
On the job, you would:
Coordinate with engineers, planners, field personnel, or other utility workers to provide information such as clearances, switching orders, or distribution process changes.
Respond to emergencies, such as transformer or transmission line failures, and route current around affected areas.
Control, monitor, or operate equipment that regulates or distributes electricity or steam, using data obtained from instruments or computers.
Direct personnel engaged in controlling or operating distribution equipment or machinery, such as instructing control room operators to start boilers or generators.
Distribute or regulate the flow of power between entities, such as generating stations, substations, distribution lines, or users, keeping track of the status of circuits or connections.
Manipulate controls to adjust or activate power distribution equipment or machines.
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Also called:
Auxiliary Operator
Board Operator
Control Area Operator
Control Board Operator
Control Operator
Control Room Operator
Dispatcher
Distribution A Class Lineman
Distribution Lineman
Distribution Operator
Distribution System Dispatcher (DSD)
Distribution Systems Serviceperson
DSO (Distribution System Operator)
Electric System Operator
Electrical Energy Distribution Technician (Electrical Energy Distribution Tech)
Electrical Energy Storage Technician (Electrical Energy Storage Tech)
Feeder Switchboard Operator (Feeder SWB Operator)
Load Dispatcher
Motor Room Controller
Power and Recovery Shift Engineer
Power System Dispatcher
Power System Operator
Real Time Operator
Station Operator
Steam and Power Panel Operator
Steam Plant Control Room Operator
Substation Operator
Switchboard and Control Room Operator (SWB and Control Room Operator)
