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Employment Percentage
-145.4545455
SOC ID
51-8012
SOC Title
Power Distributors and Dispatchers
ONET ID
51-8012.00
ONET Concat ID
51801200
Median Salary
95617.6
Ed Level High School
51.919998
Ed Level Certificate
17.870001
Ed Level Some College
15.47
Ed Level Associates
14.73
Ed Level Bachelors
0
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.
Core Tasks
  • Respond to emergencies, such as transformer or transmission line failures, and route current around affected areas.
  • Prepare switching orders that will isolate work areas without causing power outages, referring to drawings of power systems.
  • Control, monitor, or operate equipment that regulates or distributes electricity or steam, using data obtained from instruments or computers.
  • Coordinate with engineers, planners, field personnel, or other utility workers to provide information such as clearances, switching orders, or distribution process changes.
  • 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.
  • Record and compile operational data, such as chart or meter readings, power demands, or usage and operating times, using transmission system maps.
  • Track conditions that could affect power needs, such as changes in the weather, and adjust equipment to meet any anticipated changes.
  • Calculate load estimates or equipment requirements to determine required control settings.
Start Annual Earnings
75296
Top Annual Earnings
107723.2
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