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Nuclear Power Reactor Operators

Description
Control nuclear reactors.

Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks
  • Corrects abnormal conditions, following standard practices.
  • Monitors computer-operated equipment.
  • Notes malfunctions of equipment, instruments, or controls.
  • Regulates equipment according to data provided by recording and indicating instruments or computers.
  • Dispatches orders and instructions to personnel through radiotelephone or intercommunication system to coordinate operation of auxiliary equipment.
  • Monitors and operates boilers, turbines, wells, and auxiliary power plant equipment.
  • Adjusts controls to regulate flow of power between generating and substations.
  • Monitors gauges to determine effects of generator loading on other power equipment.
National Average Salary
$60,590.00/year

Important Abilities
   1. Written Comprehension
   2. Oral Expression
   3. Oral Comprehension
   4. Control Precision
   5. Information Ordering

General Work Activities
   1. Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
   2. Controlling Machines and Processes
   3. Handling and Moving Objects
   4. Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
   5. Communicating With Other Workers

Important Skills
   1. Operation Monitoring
   2. Operation and Control
   3. Coordination
   4. Problem Identification
   5. Speaking

Frequent Work Context
   1. Consequence of Error
   2. Degree of Automation
   3. Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
   4. Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
   5. Importance of Being Aware of New Events

Related Careers
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