NorthStar

Occupations/51-8012.00

Power Distributors and Dispatchers

Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.

Certificate or two-year

Usually a certificate, vocational program, or associate degree — not a bachelor’s.

AI automation risk

66%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

59%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

77%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

    Control, monitor, or operate equipment that regulates or distributes electricity or steam, using data obtained from instruments or computers.

  • Mostly routine

    Direct personnel engaged in controlling or operating distribution equipment or machinery, such as instructing control room operators to start boilers or generators.

  • Task

    Coordinate with engineers, planners, field personnel, or other utility workers to provide information such as clearances, switching orders, or distribution process changes.

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Coordinate with engineers, planners, field personnel, or other utility workers to provide information such as clearances, switching orders, or distribution process changes.
  2. 02Respond to emergencies, such as transformer or transmission line failures, and route current around affected areas.
  3. 03Control, monitor, or operate equipment that regulates or distributes electricity or steam, using data obtained from instruments or computers.
  4. 04Direct personnel engaged in controlling or operating distribution equipment or machinery, such as instructing control room operators to start boilers or generators.
  5. 05Distribute 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.
  6. 06Manipulate controls to adjust or activate power distribution equipment or machines.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks4.35
  • Degree of automation2.78
  • Time sitting3.44
  • Originality (ability)2.62
  • Conflict situations2.90
  • Hands-on objects/tools3.73
  • Outdoors / weather2.80
  • Disease exposure1.42
  • Decision freedom4.30

Top abilities

  • Problem Sensitivity4.00
  • Oral Expression3.88
  • Oral Comprehension3.88
  • Inductive Reasoning3.88
  • Written Comprehension3.75
  • Deductive Reasoning3.75
  • Written Expression3.62
  • Near Vision3.62

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.62
  • Active Listening3.62
  • Writing3.12
  • Speaking3.50
  • Mathematics2.75
  • Science1.88
  • Critical Thinking3.62
  • Active Learning3.00
  • Learning Strategies2.75
  • Monitoring3.62

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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