Details Report for:
11-3051.02 - Geothermal Production Managers
Manage operations at geothermal power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor geothermal plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.
This title represents an occupation for which data collection is currently underway.
Tasks | Education | Wages & Employment
Tasks Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Inspect geothermal plant or injection well fields to verify proper equipment operations.
- Oversee geothermal plant operations, maintenance, and repairs to ensure compliance with applicable standards or regulations.
- Supervise employees in geothermal power plants or well fields.
- Develop operating plans and schedules for geothermal operations.
- Develop or manage budgets for geothermal operations.
- Identify and evaluate equipment, procedural, or conditional inefficiencies involving geothermal plant systems.
- Identify opportunities to improve plant electrical equipment, controls, or process control methodologies.
- Monitor geothermal operations, using programmable logic controllers.
- Negotiate interconnection agreements with other utilities.
- Obtain permits for constructing, upgrading, or operating geothermal power plants.
- Perform or direct the performance of preventative maintenance on geothermal plant equipment.
- Prepare environmental permit applications or compliance reports.
- Record, review or maintain daily logs, reports, maintenance, and other records associated with geothermal operations.
- Troubleshoot and make minor repairs to geothermal plant instrumentation or electrical systems.
- Communicate geothermal plant conditions to employees.
- Conduct well field site assessments.
- Select and implement corrosion control or mitigation systems for geothermal plants.
Education
Education data collected from Industrial Production Managers.
 Percentage of Respondents |
Education Level Attained |
|---|---|
43   |
Bachelor's degree or higher |
| 32 |
Some college |
| 25 |
High school or less |
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
survey of employees aged 25-44.
Wages & Employment Trends
National
Median wages data collected from Industrial Production Managers.
Employment data collected from Industrial Production Managers.
| Category | Occupation Information |
|---|---|
| Median wages (2008) | $40.04 hourly, $83,290 annual |
| Employment (2006) | 157,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2006-2016) | 
Decline slowly or moderately (-3% to -9%)
|
| Projected need (2006-2016) | 54,000 additional employees |
State & National
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008 wage data
and 2006-2016 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2006-2016). "Projected need" represents job openings due to growth and net replacement.