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LEARN MORE / EARN MOREPass Pre-Employment Tests and Become

HELPER

STARTHERE

EARN CREDENTIALS: National Career Readiness Certifcate

Energy Employability Skills Certifcat Industry Fundamentals Certifcate

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESFOR ADVANCEMENT

* Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

** Dependent on company requirements

8+ YEARS** Bachelors Degree

Long-Term On-the-Job TrainingOPERATIONS SUPERVISO

($85,000)

68 YEARS** Long-Term On-the-Job Training

Experience in Position OPERATIONS SPECIALIS($75,000)

HIGH SCHOOL

DIPLOMA OR GED

Associates Degree**

Long-Term On-the-Job TrainingOPERATOR

($55,000)36 YEARS**

Apprenticeship (for College Credit)** Experience in Position

ASSISTANT OPERATOR($30,000)

2 YEARS**

Power Plant Operator:

Putting STEM*to Work

GET INTO ENERGY

CAREER PATHWAYS

(Includes generation of all types except for nuclear)

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POWER PLANT OPERATOR: What willyou do?(Includes generation of all types except for nuclear)

Energy industry careers ofer:

Excellent salaries Opportunities or advancement

Job growth & stability Community service

Great benefts

Where can I nd training?

Go to the Get Into Energy web site atwww.getintoenergy.com/careers.ph

and check Training Programs and Work-Based Training.

Where can I nd a job?

Go to the Get Into Energy web site atwww.getintoenergy.com/careers.ph

and check Featured Employers.

ENERGY INDUSTRY COMPETENCY MODEL

STARTING OFF AS AN ENTRY-LEVEL HELPER:

Provide assistance to plant operators by reading gauges

and checking equipment

Make work area sae

Teamwork

Able to lit 75 lbs

Listening and ollowing directions

Be comortable with heights

Be able to work in noisy conditions

Math skills including algebra, trig and geometry

Come to work on time and prepared

What competencies will you need? (built onenergy oundational competenciesincremental as career advances)

Note: Most utilities use a pre-employment testto pass you will need math, communications, problem solving, and mechanical reasoning ski

ASSISTANT OPERATOR:

Auxiliary equipment operations and maintenance

Check gauges and levels

Alternating Current / Direct Current

Valves

Pumps

Engines/turbines

Plant processes and systems (water, electric, etc.)

Physical ability to climb stairs and ladders, operate stif valves

manually, lit weights, control pneumatic or hydraulic wrenches

Apply knowledge obtained during training in the work environment

OPERATOR:

Ensure generating equipment runs when needed

Prepare reports o unusual incidents or problems

Use inormation to diagnose and solve problems

Be able to manage multiple tasks at one time

Understand and apply basic mechanical principles (e.g., gear

trains, centriugal orce, heat ow)

Ability to comprehend entire systems and how they unction

Ability to oresee system implications o malunctions or o

own actions

Ability to anticipate required uture conditions in numerous

interacting systems

OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR:

Determine schedules and work activities o team

members

Review team member perormance and provide

eedback

Inspect records and log book entries to determine

plant eciency

Prepare and manage budgets

Report to management

Deal with potentially stressul situations

People management Communications skills Financial management

Computer skills or report preparation Assign priority or sequence to the steps or completing a job Coordinate several competing activities or ecient use o time

and material Adapt work procedures or priorities in response to changing or

unoreseen requirements or conditions

Tier 6-8 Occupation Specic

Tier 5 Industry-Specic Technical

Tier 4 Industry-Wide Technical Competencies

Tier 3 Workplace Competencies

Tier 2 Academic Competencies

Tier 1 Personal Eectiveness