Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $59,820; experienced workers reach $101,010. About 60 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- -5.1%
- Openings a year
- 5
- Employed in 2024
- 59
Typical entry education: High school diploma or equivalent · Training: Long-term on-the-job training
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
No program is mapped to this career yet. Many careers start from a transfer pre-major or a related program.
Browse all programsSkills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Critical Thinking3.8
- Reading Comprehension3.6
- Active Listening3.6
- Monitoring3.5
- Speaking3.4
- Operations Monitoring3.4
- Complex Problem Solving3.3
- Judgment and Decision Making3.3
What the work is
Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.
- Respond to emergencies, such as transformer or transmission line failures, and route current around affected areas.
- Prepare switching orders that will isolate work areas without causing power outages, referring to drawings of power systems.
- Control, monitor, or operate equipment that regulates or distributes electricity or steam, using data obtained from instruments or computers.
- Coordinate with engineers, planners, field personnel, or other utility workers to provide information such as clearances, switching orders, or distribution process changes.
- Direct personnel engaged in controlling or operating distribution equipment or machinery, such as instructing control room operators to start boilers or generators.
- Distribute or regulate the flow of power between entities, such as generating stations, substations, distribution lines, or users, keeping track of the status of circuits or connections.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less22%
- Certificate40%
- Some college8%
- Associate degree24%
- Bachelor's degree6%
Job zone 3, medium preparation: Training, an associate degree, or a few years of related experience.
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