Power Distributors and Dispatchers

Key skills

A typical day

• •Coordinate with engineers, planners, field personnel, or other utility workers to provide information such as clearances, switching orders, or distribution process changes.
• •Respond to emergencies, such as transformer or transmission line failures, and route current around affected areas.
• •Control, monitor, or operate equipment that regulates or distributes electricity or steam, using data obtained from instruments or computers.
• •Direct personnel engaged in controlling or operating distribution equipment or machinery, such as instructing control room operators to start boilers or generators.
• •Distribute or regulate the flow of power between entities, such as generating stations, substations, distribution lines, or users, keeping track of the status of circuits or connections.

Fields of study

Any field