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| MINOR GROUP 816: POWER-PRODUCTION AND RELATED PLANT OPERATORS
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Power-production and related plant operators operate and
monitor machinery and equipment in an electrical-power-
generating plant, and water-treatment, incinerator and related
plant, and operate and maintain ships and other types of steam-
engines, as well as boilers.
Tasks performed usually include: operating and monitoring
machinery and equipment for producing electric power-operating
and monitoring
steam-engines and boilers and other stationary machinery and
equipment such as incinerators or water-treatment plant and
pumping stations. Supervision of other workers may be included.
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the
following unit groups:
8161 Power-production plant operators
8162 Steam-engine and boiler operators
8163 Incinerator, water-treatment and related plant
operators
Note
Occupations are classified into Major group 7, Craft and
related trades workers if the tasks are carried out by hand and
by hand-powered and other tools and call for an understanding
of the work organisation, the materials and tools used, and the
nature and purpose of the final product.
Occupations are classified into Major group 9, Elementary
occupations if the tasks are of a simple and Routine nature,
mainly entail the use of hand-held tools, some physical effort,
little or no previous experience and understanding of the work,
and limited initiative or judgement.
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