Energy Plant Operatives | Career profile | UCAS

Average Salary: £35,395
Jobs: 4,226

Daily Tasks

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.

Boilers
Oil And Gas
Water Treatment
Natural Gas
Control Systems

Soft skills

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

Operations
Communications
Detail Oriented
Management
Leadership

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.

Routes to this career

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £27k
UCAS Tariff: 104/120
Student satisfaction: 73%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 60%

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 64/64
Student satisfaction: 69%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £28k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 83%

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Sandwich including industrial placement
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £24k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 71%

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £25k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 79%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 89%

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 80/80
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £24k
UCAS Tariff: 72/72
Student satisfaction: 80%

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 64/64
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £35k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 76%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 9 course options available

Qualification: MEng
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £29k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 89%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £27k
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: 76%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £27k
UCAS Tariff: 80/80
Student satisfaction: 57%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 18 Months
Study mode: Part-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: HNC
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 32/32
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £26k
UCAS Tariff: 128/128
Student satisfaction: 58%

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £26k
UCAS Tariff: 128/128
Student satisfaction: 32%

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