Electricity has become necessary for almost all our daily activities.
From the moment you hit your ringing clock when you wake up to the
moment you watch a movie in your apartment after a harsh day at work,
you are actually connected to a large network of people, electric lines,
and generating equipment without even your knowledge.
Distribution engineer also called power plant distributors and dispatchers are the people in charge of the monitoring of the flow of electricity first from the power plant, over a network of transmission lines, to industrial plants and substations, and, eventually, over distribution lines to residential users.
Distribution engineer control and operate current converters, voltage transformers, and circuit breakers to control electricity needs. They are also in charge of the monitoring of any distribution equipment and keeping record readings at a pilot board which is the map of the transmission grid system showing the status of transmission circuits and connections with substations and industrial plants. Most of their control does not consists only in controlling power needs but also in anticipating them such as those caused by changes in the weather.
How to become a distribution engineer?
For the potential candidates to a career in this field, you will be required to be a college graduate in engineering or a bachelor degree in engineering. Since there is no difference to any engineering position, potential candidates must possess excellent skills in mathematics and science to study in engineering schools. Candidates having also prior experience in a mechanical or technical job will be preferred. Selected candidates will be provided with an extensive training program before starting their duties as distribution engineers. But they will also be given periodic refresher training as any other plant technicians and operators.
In the U.S., there were about 47,000 power generation operators or plant technicians including distribution engineer in 2004. About 60% of them were hired by electric power generation, transmission, and distribution firms, 20% in local government and the balance in manufacturing companies producing their own electricity. The job market for distribution engineer is very competitive for high-paying positions and the overall employment for distribution engineer is expected to decrease through 2014. But there will be plenty of overseas opportunities for engineering jobs in Australia or in Eastern Europe.
By Steve Andrew
Distribution engineer also called power plant distributors and dispatchers are the people in charge of the monitoring of the flow of electricity first from the power plant, over a network of transmission lines, to industrial plants and substations, and, eventually, over distribution lines to residential users.
Distribution engineer control and operate current converters, voltage transformers, and circuit breakers to control electricity needs. They are also in charge of the monitoring of any distribution equipment and keeping record readings at a pilot board which is the map of the transmission grid system showing the status of transmission circuits and connections with substations and industrial plants. Most of their control does not consists only in controlling power needs but also in anticipating them such as those caused by changes in the weather.
How to become a distribution engineer?
For the potential candidates to a career in this field, you will be required to be a college graduate in engineering or a bachelor degree in engineering. Since there is no difference to any engineering position, potential candidates must possess excellent skills in mathematics and science to study in engineering schools. Candidates having also prior experience in a mechanical or technical job will be preferred. Selected candidates will be provided with an extensive training program before starting their duties as distribution engineers. But they will also be given periodic refresher training as any other plant technicians and operators.
In the U.S., there were about 47,000 power generation operators or plant technicians including distribution engineer in 2004. About 60% of them were hired by electric power generation, transmission, and distribution firms, 20% in local government and the balance in manufacturing companies producing their own electricity. The job market for distribution engineer is very competitive for high-paying positions and the overall employment for distribution engineer is expected to decrease through 2014. But there will be plenty of overseas opportunities for engineering jobs in Australia or in Eastern Europe.
By Steve Andrew
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