Power Plant Operators
Operation and component-level mechanical maintenance of shipboard gas turbine generating plants transfer directly to turbine, generator, and auxiliary equipment operation.
How to prepare: Seek a gas-turbine plant operator trainee opening with site-specific instruction in control-board operation and generator output control.
What the civilian work involves
- Control power generating equipment, including boilers, turbines, generators, or reactors, using control boards or semi-automatic equipment.
- Monitor power plant equipment and indicators to detect evidence of operating problems.
- Start or stop generators, auxiliary pumping equipment, turbines, or other power plant equipment as necessary.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS