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Fossil-fuel power plant operator

Other names

power station operator, power station worker, combined cycle power plant operator, LNG-fired power plant operator, coal-fired power plant operator, turbine operator, fossil-fuel power plant boiler operator, generator worker, heat recovery power plant production operator, generator operator, turbine operative, gas-fired power plant operator

Electricity and power

They run and care for machines that make electricity from fuels like gas or coal, and watch gauges for problems.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Control generator output to match the phase, frequency, or voltage of electricity supplied to panels.

  2. 2

    Take regulatory action, based on readings from charts, meters and gauges, at established intervals.

  3. 3

    Control power generating equipment, including boilers, turbines, generators, or reactors, using control boards or semi-automatic equipment.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
conducteur/conductrice d’installation de production d’énergie fossile
español
operador de central de combustible fósil/operadora de central de combustible fósil
العربية
مشغل محطة توليد الوقود الأحفوري / مشغلة محطة توليد الوقود الأحفوري
português
Operador de instalações de produção de energia a partir de combustíveis fósseis
Deutsch
Steuerer von mit fossilen Brennstoffen betriebenen Kraftwerken/Steuerin von mit fossilen Brennstoffen betriebenen Kraftwerken
italiano
operatore di centrale elettrica a combustibili fossili/operatrice di centrale elettrica a combustibili fossili

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