Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.

• Feeder-Switchboard Operator
• Load Dispatcher
• Motor-Room Controller
• Substation Operator
• Substation Operator Apprentice
• Switchboard Operator
• Switchboard Operator
• Switchboard Operator Assistant

• Accept and implement energy schedules, including real-time transmission reservations and schedules.
• Calculate and determine load estimates or equipment requirements, in order to determine required control settings.
• 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, and other utility workers to provide information such as clearances, switching orders, and distribution process changes.
• Direct personnel engaged in controlling and operating distribution equipment and machinery, for example, instructing control room operators to start boilers and generators.
• Distribute and regulate the flow of power between entities such as generating stations, substations, distribution lines, and users, keeping track of the status of circuits and connections.
• Inspect equipment to ensure that specifications are met, and to detect any defects.
• Manipulate controls to adjust and activate power distribution equipment and machines.
• Monitor and record switchboard and control board readings to ensure that electrical or steam distribution equipment is operating properly.
• Prepare switching orders that will isolate work areas without causing power outages, referring to drawings of power systems.
• Record and compile operational data, such as chart and meter readings, power demands, and usage and operating times, using transmission system maps.
• Repair, maintain, and clean equipment and machinery, using hand tools.
• Respond to emergencies, such as transformer or transmission line failures, and route current around affected areas.
• Tend auxiliary equipment used in the power distribution process.
• Track conditions that could affect power needs, such as changes in the weather, and adjust equipment to meet any anticipated changes.

• adjust production equipment/machinery setup
• clean equipment or machinery
• compute production, construction, or installation specifications
• confer with engineering, technical or manufacturing personnel
• direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
• inspect machinery or equipment to determine adjustments or repairs needed
• maintain consistent production quality
• maintain equipment service records
• maintain or repair industrial or related equipment/machinery
• maintain production or work records
• monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
• operate gas, petroleum, or power distribution equipment
• perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting
• prepare safety reports
• read technical drawings
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use hand or power tools
• use high voltage apparatus
• use pneumatic tools
• use pressure gauges