DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2013

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	300	148	$34.40/hr	$1.55/hr	$29.65/hr	$31.04/hr	$33.42/hr	$35.79/hr	$40.69/hr
U S	11,590	556	$35.91/hr	$0.40/hr	$23.58/hr	$29.24/hr	$34.93/hr	$41.86/hr	$49.54/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

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• Controls and operates equipment to regulate or distribute electricity or steam, according to data provided by recording or indicating instruments or computers.
• Monitors switchboard and control board to ensure equipment operation and electrical and steam distribution.
• Compiles and records operational data, such as chart and meter readings, power demands, and usage and operating time.
• Notifies workers or utilities of electrical and steam distribution process changes.
• Tends auxiliary equipment used in the power distribution process.
• Repairs, maintains, and cleans equipment and machines, using hand tools.
• Inspects equipment to ensure specifications are met and to detect defects.
• Directs activities of personnel engaged in the controlling and operating of electrical distribution equipment and machinery.
• Calculates and determines load estimates or equipment requirements to control electrical distribution equipment or stations.
• Adjusts controls to regulate the flow of power between generating stations, substations, and distribution lines.
• Turns and moves controls to adjust and activate power distribution equipment and machines.