NOC 9241 – Power engineers and power systems operators

The National Occupational Classification (NOC) code 9241 is for Power engineers and power systems operators

NOC skill type/level: Skill Level B

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Power engineers require a college training program in power engineering and several years of work experience.
• Power engineers require a provincial or territorial power engineering certificate according to class.
• Stationary engineer trade certification according to class is compulsory in Nova Scotia and Quebec and available, but voluntary in New Brunswick.
• Power systems operators require completion of a three- to five-year power system operator apprenticeship program or over three years of work experience in the trade and some college or industry courses in electrical and electronic technology.
• Trade certification is available, but voluntary for power systems operators in Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Control room operators at nuclear power plants require licensing from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

List of Job Titles for NOC 9241 – Power engineers and power systems operators

• Air compressor operator
• Air conditioning system operator
• Apprentice power dispatcher
• Apprentice power dispatcher – electrical power systems
• Apprentice power engineer
• Apprentice stationary engineer
• Area dispatch chief operator
• Area dispatch chief operator – electrical power systems
• Area load centre dispatcher
• Automated substation operator – electrical power systems
• Auxiliary equipment operator
• Auxiliary plant operator
• Biomass plant technician
• Boiler operator
• Boilerhouse operator
• Building systems operator
• Building systems technician
• Central control room operator – electrical power systems
• Central-office power control room operator – electrical power systems
• Control room operator – electrical power systems
• Control room operator trainee – electrical power systems
• Conversion substation operator – electrical power systems
• Cooling system operator
• Diesel generating station operator – electrical power systems
• Diesel plant operator – electrical power systems
• Diesel station operator
• Distribution control operator
• Distribution control operator – electrical power systems
• Distribution system dispatcher apprentice – electrical power systems
• Distribution system operator
• Electrical power systems operator
• Electrical station operator
• Electrical station operator – electrical power systems
• Electrical station power distribution inspector
• Energy from waste plant operator
• Energy recovery incinerator plant operator
• Feeder switchboard apprentice operator – electrical power systems
• Feeder switchboard operator – electrical power systems
• Fifth-class stationary engineer
• First-class power engineer
• First-class stationary engineer
• Fourth-class power engineer
• Fourth-class stationary engineer
• Furnace boiler operator
• Generating station main operator
• Generating station operator
• Generating station operator – electrical power systems
• Generating station switchboard operator
• Generation substation operator – electrical power systems
• Heating and ventilation equipment tender
• Heating stationary engineer
• Heavy water steam plant operator
• Hospital stationary engineer
• Humidifying systems operator
• Hydro-electric generating station operator
• Hydro-electric power plant operator
• Load dispatcher – electrical power systems
• Mobile generator operator
• Nuclear generating station field operator
• Nuclear generating station operator
• Nuclear generating station operator – electrical power systems
• Nuclear reactor control room operator – electrical power systems
• Nuclear reactor operator
• Nuclear station control room operator
• Operating engineer – power plant
• Plant maintenance stationary engineer
• Power control room operator – electrical power systems
• Power dispatcher
• Power dispatcher – electrical power systems
• Power dispatcher – generating station
• Power engineer
• Power engineer apprentice
• Power plant operator
• Power plant operator – electrical power systems
• Power plant stationary engineer
• Power reactor operator – electrical power systems
• Power station operator – electrical power systems
• Power substation operator
• Power switchboard operator – electrical power systems
• Power switchboard operator apprentice – electrical power systems
• Power system operator
• Power system operator – offshore drilling
• Powerhouse operator
• Rectifier operator – electrical power systems
• Refrigeration plant operator
• Second-class power engineer
• Second-class stationary engineer
• Station operator – electrical power systems
• Stationary diesel engine operator
• Stationary engineer
• Stationary engineer “A” and refrigeration plant operator
• Stationary engineer “B” and refrigeration plant operator
• Stationary engineer apprentice
• Stationary operating engineer
• Stationary power engineer
• Steam operator
• Steam plant operator
• Steam power plant stationary engineer
• Steam turbine operator – electrical power systems
• Substation inspector – electrical power systems
• Substation operator
• Substation operator – electrical power systems
• System control centre operator – electrical power systems
• System controller – electrical power systems
• System operator – electrical power systems
• Thermal plant operator
• Third-class power engineer
• Third-class stationary engineer
• Turbine operator – stationary engines