ProgramCIP 15.1702

Power Plant Technology/Technician

A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in the operation and maintenance of electricity generating power plants. Includes instruction in basic electricity, electrical power, generator operations, industrial controls, power plant instrumentation, power plant theory, pollution control, reactor theory, thermodynamics, turbines, and water chemistry.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

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01.

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3 jobs

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay49-2095
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other17-3029
Power Plant Operators51-8013

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Knowledge those jobs draw on

Mechanical2 of 3
Public Safety and Security2 of 3
English Language2 of 3
Mathematics1 of 3
Engineering and Technology1 of 3
Computers and Electronics1 of 3
Design1 of 3
Physics1 of 3

How many of the linked jobs rate the area important (O*NET importance 3.5 or more out of 5).

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Power Plant Technology/Technician

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