How people get into Power Plant Operators

What it takes to do this work

We do not hold a licence requirement for this one. That usually means the route in is hiring and training rather than a classroom, but we would rather tell you we cannot see one than promise there is nothing to it.

The jobs people hold first

These are the jobs people hold before moving into this one. Doing one of them is not the only way in, and it is not a requirement. It is the route the data can actually see.

Work people come from	Typical pay	Step up	Evidence
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Employers often ask for: NIMS Industrial Technology Maintenance (ITM) Level 1 I do this now →	$49,520	+$59,570	Related work
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other No licence we can see I do this now →	$48,450	+$60,640	Related work
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators No licence we can see I do this now →	$58,530	+$50,560	Related work
Solar Photovoltaic Installers No licence we can see I do this now →	$39,690	+$69,400	Related work
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders No licence we can see I do this now →	$61,020	+$48,070	Related work
Meter Readers, Utilities No licence we can see I do this now →	$50,700	+$58,390	Related work
Plant and System Operators, All Other No licence we can see I do this now →	$72,780	+$36,310	Related work
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators No licence we can see I do this now →	$79,160	+$29,930	Related work

Related work The federal O*NET occupation index lists this as related to your kind of work, because the two share skills and day-to-day activities. It is a match on the work itself, not a record of people moving between them.

We keep those labels apart because they are different strength claims, and none of them means we watched individual people make the move.

Routes that already pay more than power plant operators are left out, because those are side moves rather than ways in. So are routes needing more schooling than you told us about.

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