According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Supervise employees in geothermal power plants or well fields. | 87% |
| Oversee geothermal plant operations, maintenance, and repairs to ensure compliance with applicable standards or regulations. | 86% |
| Prepare environmental permit applications or compliance reports. | 85% |
| Negotiate interconnection agreements with other utilities. | 83% |
| Communicate geothermal plant conditions to employees. | 81% |
| Identify and evaluate equipment, procedural, or conditional inefficiencies involving geothermal plant systems. | 80% |
| Perform or direct the performance of preventative maintenance on geothermal plant equipment. | 80% |
| Inspect geothermal plant or injection well fields to verify proper equipment operations. | 79% |
| Develop or manage budgets for geothermal operations. | 78% |
| Obtain permits for constructing, upgrading, or operating geothermal power plants. | 78% |
| Select and implement corrosion control or mitigation systems for geothermal plants. | 78% |
| Develop operating plans and schedules for geothermal operations. | 77% |
| Record, review, or maintain daily logs, reports, maintenance, and other records associated with geothermal operations. | 77% |
| Conduct well field site assessments. | 75% |
| Monitor geothermal operations, using programmable logic controllers. | 75% |
| Identify opportunities to improve plant electrical equipment, controls, or process control methodologies. | 73% |
| Troubleshoot and make minor repairs to geothermal plant instrumentation or electrical systems. | 69% |
