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