Vocational Programs for Power Plant Operators Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
31K	$44.17	$91,880

The role of Power Plant Operators is to control, operate, or maintain machinery to generate electric power. Includes auxiliary equipment operators. The average annual wage of the occupations is $91,880 and $44 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Power Plant Operators career. Based on BLS data, a total of 31,490 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Power Plant Operators Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Power Plant Operators. Total 3 schools are offering certificate programs. If you want to check schools for bachelor's or graduate degrees, check Power Plant Technology/Technician page.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Power Plant Operators
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Power Plant Technology/Technician	3	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Power Plant Operators

The following 3 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Power Plant Operators. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.

Northland Pioneer College

Holbrook, AZ public, 2-4 years

Tuition & Fees

2023-2024$2,428(in-state) $9,851(out-of-state)

Flint Hills Technical College

Emporia, KS public, 2-4 years

Tuition & Fees

2023-2024$6,932(in-state) $6,196(out-of-state)

Utah State University

Logan, UT public, four-years

Tuition & Fees

2023-2024$9,228(in-state) $24,802(out-of-state)