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Job Description
Perform technical activities at power plants or individual installations necessary for the generation of power from geothermal energy sources. Monitor and control operating activities at geothermal power generation facilities and perform maintenance and repairs as necessary. Install, test, and maintain residential and commercial geothermal heat pumps.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 49-9099.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Geothermal Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Geothermal Technicians
- Operator Technician
- Operations Technician
- Mechanical Technician
- Maintenance Technician
- Maintenance Mechanic
- Instrumentation, Control, and Electrical Technician (I C & E Technician)
- Instrumentation and Electrical Technician (I & E Technician)
- Instrument and Controls Technician (I & C Technician)
- Control Room Operator (CRO)
- Control Operator
- Pump Technician
- PPO (Power Plant Operator)
- Plant Technician
- Plant Operator
- Plant Mechanic
- Plant Control Operator
- Operator
- Operations and Maintenance Technician
- Mechanic
- Ground Source Heat Pump Technician (GSHP Technician)
- Geothermal Technician
- Geothermal Installer
- Geothermal HVAC Technician (Geothermal Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Technician)
- Geothermal Field Technician
- Distribution Field Technician
- Corrosion Technician
Tasks for “Geothermal System Installer”
- Determine the type of geothermal loop system most suitable to a specific property and its heating and cooling needs.
- Adjust power production systems to meet load and distribution demands.
- Prepare newly installed geothermal heat systems for operation by flushing, purging, or other actions.
- Collect and record data associated with operating geothermal power plants or well fields.
- Maintain, calibrate, or repair plant instrumentation, control, and electronic devices in geothermal plants.
- Install, maintain, or repair ground or water source-coupled heat pumps to heat and cool residential or commercial building air or water.
- Install and maintain geothermal system instrumentation or controls.
- Dig trenches for system piping to appropriate depths and lay piping in trenches.
- Identify and correct malfunctions of geothermal plant equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, or controls.
- Identify equipment options, such as compressors, and make appropriate selections.
- Install and maintain geothermal plant electrical protection equipment.
- Integrate hot water heater systems with geothermal heat exchange systems.
- Prepare and maintain logs, reports, or other documentation of work performed.
- Maintain electrical switchgear, process controls, transmitters, gauges, and control equipment in accordance with geothermal plant procedures.
- Design and lay out geothermal heat systems according to property characteristics, heating and cooling requirements, piping and equipment requirements, applicable regulations, or other factors.
- Weld piping, such as high density polyethylene (HDPE) piping, using techniques such as butt, socket, side-wall, and electro-fusion welding.
- Test water sources for factors such as flow volume and contaminant presence.
- Backfill piping trenches to protect pipes from damage.
- Perform pre- and post-installation pressure, flow, and related tests of vertical and horizontal geothermal loop piping.
- Calculate heat loss and heat gain factors for residential properties to determine heating and cooling required by installed geothermal systems.
- Monitor and adjust operations of geothermal power plant equipment or systems.
- Apply coatings or operate systems to mitigate corrosion of geothermal plant equipment or structures.
- Determine whether emergency or auxiliary systems will be needed to keep properties heated or cooled in extreme weather conditions.
- Operate equipment such as excavators, backhoes, rock hammers, trench compactors, pavement saws, grout mixers or pumps, geothermal loop reels, and coil tubing units (CTU).
Related Technology & Tools
- Channel lock pliers
- Wire cutters
- Wire strippers
- Grout mixers
- Laptop computers
- Adjustable pipe wrenches
- Trench compacters
- Claw hammers
- Air monitoring equipment
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Air wrenches
- Desktop computers
- Safety gloves
- Personal computers
- Safety glasses
- Straight screwdrivers
- Portable welding equipment
- Ratchet sets
- Pavement saws
- Depth meters
- Protective respirators
- Tracked excavators
- Well drilling rigs
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Pyrometers
- Butt fusion machines
- Grout pumps
- Alignment clamps
- Pipe squeeze off tools
- Coil tubing units
- Deburring tools
- Socket wrench sets
- Pipe cutters
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Valve wrenches
- ClimateMaster GeoDesigner
- Geothermal Properties Measurement Tool
- SAP
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Word
- Email software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Thermal Dynamics Ground Loop Design GLD
- WaterFurnace International Ground Loop Design PREMIER
- Distributed control system DCS