NOC 2021 · 92100 · TEER 2
Power engineers and power systems operators
Unit group 92100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Power engineers operate and maintain reactors, turbines, boilers, generators, stationary engines and auxiliary equipment to generate electrical power and to provide heat, light, refrigeration and other utility services for commercial, institutional and industrial buildings and other work sites. Power systems operators monitor and operate switchboards and related equipment in electrical control centres to control the distribution of electrical power in transmission networks. They are employed by power generation plants, electrical power utilities, manufacturing plants, hospitals, universities and government and commercial establishments. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
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- air compressor operator
- air conditioning system operator
- apprentice power dispatcher
- apprentice power dispatcher - electrical power systems
- apprentice power engineer
- apprentice stationary engineer
- area dispatch chief operator
- area dispatch chief operator - electrical power systems
- area load centre dispatcher
- automated substation operator - electrical power systems
- auxiliary equipment operator
- auxiliary plant operator
- biomass plant technician
- boiler operator
- boilerhouse operator
- building systems operator
- building systems technician
- central control room operator - electrical power systems
- central-office power control room operator - electrical power systems
- control room operator - electrical power systems
- control room operator trainee - electrical power systems
- conversion substation operator - electrical power systems
- cooling system operator
- diesel generating station operator - electrical power systems
- diesel plant operator - electrical power systems
- diesel station operator
- distribution control operator
- distribution control operator - electrical power systems
- distribution system dispatcher apprentice - electrical power systems
- distribution system operator
- electrical power systems operator
- electrical station operator
- electrical station operator - electrical power systems
- energy from waste plant operator
- energy recovery incinerator plant operator
- feeder switchboard apprentice operator - electrical power systems
- feeder switchboard operator - electrical power systems
- fifth-class stationary engineer
- first-class power engineer
- first-class stationary engineer
- fourth-class power engineer
- fourth-class stationary engineer
- furnace boiler operator
- generating station main operator
- generating station operator
- generating station operator - electrical power systems
- generating station switchboard operator
- generation substation operator - electrical power systems
- heating and ventilation equipment tender
- heating stationary engineer
- heavy water steam plant operator
- hospital stationary engineer
- humidifying systems operator
- hydro-electric generating station operator
- hydro-electric power plant operator
- load dispatcher - electrical power systems
- nuclear generating station field operator
- nuclear generating station operator
- nuclear reactor control room operator - electrical power systems
- nuclear reactor operator
- nuclear station control room operator
- plant maintenance stationary engineer
- power control room operator - electrical power systems
- power dispatcher
- power dispatcher - electrical power systems
- power dispatcher - generating station
- power engineer
- power engineer apprentice
- power plant operator
- power plant operator - electrical power systems
- power plant stationary engineer
- power reactor operator - electrical power systems
- power station operator - electrical power systems
- power substation operator
- power switchboard operator - electrical power systems
- power switchboard operator apprentice - electrical power systems
- power system operator
- power system operator - offshore drilling
- powerhouse operator
- rectifier operator - electrical power systems
- refrigeration plant operator
- second-class power engineer
- second-class stationary engineer
- station operator - electrical power systems
- stationary diesel engine operator
- stationary engineer
- stationary engineer "A" and refrigeration plant operator
- stationary engineer "B" and refrigeration plant operator
- stationary engineer apprentice
- stationary operating engineer
- stationary power engineer
- steam operator
- steam plant operator
- steam power plant stationary engineer
- steam turbine operator - electrical power systems
- substation operator
- substation operator - electrical power systems
- system control centre operator - electrical power systems
- thermal plant operator
- third-class power engineer
- third-class stationary engineer
- turbine operator - stationary engines
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.