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Overview
Hydroelectric plant operators operate and maintain equipment that produces energy from moving water. They watch measuring instruments, assess production demand, adapt flow and handle repair or maintenance tasks.
In job descriptions, look for turbines, generators, hydraulic systems, pumps, control rooms, safety routines, maintenance, production schedules and response to electrical or mechanical faults.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work usually combines control-room monitoring with hands-on checks around turbines, generators, pumps and hydraulic systems. Operators read instruments, adjust flow and respond when production or equipment condition changes.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes hydroelectricity, hydraulics, generator monitoring, hydraulic controls, electrical safety and maintenance routines. Broader roles may include contingency work or coordination of generation schedules.
Salary context
Pay is best compared through shift responsibility, plant size, fault response, maintenance duties, electrical safety exposure and authority to adjust production equipment.
Career paths
Development may move from routine operation toward senior control-room responsibility, maintenance coordination, power equipment oversight, contingency planning or broader power production operations.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names turbines, generators, dams, hydraulic pumps, control systems, standby duty or repair work. Those details separate plant operation from general facility maintenance.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Production of electricity from renewable sources
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include solar power plant operator, geothermal power plant operator and power production plant operator.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Power Plant Operators
51-8013.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETHydroelectric Plant Technicians
51-8013.04
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
35.12Production of electricity from renewable sources
Alternative labels
hydropower plant technician
hydro-power plant operator
hydropower plant operative
hydro-power plant technician
hydroelectric power plant technician
hydropower plant operator
hydroelectric plant operative
hydro-power plant worker
hydro plant worker
hydro-power plant operative
hydropower plant worker
hydroelectric plant worker
hydro plant operative
Occupation group
power production plant operator (3131.3)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/12938d1a-eeb2-4b1e-a22b-f0bebeadfb73 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3131.3.5 |
| ISCO group | 3131 |
| Concept type | Occupation |