Career roadmap
How to become a Power Distributors and Dispatchers
What you would actually do
The tasks Power Distributors and Dispatcherss spend real time on, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Exchange information with colleagues.
- Direct operational or production activities.
- Operate energy distribution equipment.
- Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
- Plan production or operational procedures or sequences.
- Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
- Record operational or production data.
- Inspect production equipment.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Reading Comprehension3.6/5
- Active Listening3.6/5
- Critical Thinking3.6/5
- Monitoring3.6/5
- Speaking3.5/5
- Complex Problem Solving3.3/5
- Operations Monitoring3.3/5
- Judgment and Decision Making3.3/5
- Writing3.1/5
- Operation and Control3.1/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix Power Distributors and Dispatcherss are measured on — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Realistic5.2/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Conventional5.1/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Enterprising3.0/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Investigative2.5/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Social1.9/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Artistic1.0/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
