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Energy Plant Operatives

Job holders in this unit group operate boilers to produce hot water or steam and attend and operate compressors, turbines, electrical substations, switchboards and auxiliary plant and machinery to fuel nuclear reactors, drive blowers and pumps, electricity generators and other equipment.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 16,398
£ 34,332
£ 55,819

New workers start around £16,398. Normal pay is £34,332 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £55,819.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 4,263 vacancies for this type of job

4.05%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Carries out minor maintenance tasks and prescribed tests and reports any faults.

  • Records instrument readings periodically and shuts down turbine/generator or boiler as demand decreases.

  • Adjusts controls to maintain correct running speed of turbine or generator and monitors temperature and pressure controls on boilers.

  • Operates remote control panel to load fuel and remove discharged fuel elements from nuclear reactors.

  • Opens valves and operates controls to regulate the flow of fuel to boiler or generating equipment.

  • Determines job requirements from switchboard attendant or operating instructions.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Power BI

  • SQL (Programming Language)

  • Palletizing

  • Microsoft Power Platform

  • Environment Health And Safety

  • Auditing

  • Employee Onboarding

  • Microsoft Power Automate/Flow

  • Technical Recruitment

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communications

  • Operations

  • Management

  • Customer Service

  • Leadership

  • Planning

  • Detail Oriented

  • Training And Development

  • Self-Motivation

  • Advising

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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