Hydroelectric Production Managers
Manage operations at hydroelectric power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor hydroelectric plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.
Most important skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Monitoring
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- Management of Personnel Resources
Key knowledge
- Mechanical
- Public Safety and Security
- Administration and Management
- English Language
- Engineering and Technology
- Computers and Electronics
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Education and Training
What the work involves
- Develop or implement policy evaluation procedures for hydroelectric generation activities.
- Provide technical direction in the erection or commissioning of hydroelectric equipment or supporting electrical or mechanical systems.
- Develop or implement projects to improve efficiency, economy, or effectiveness of hydroelectric plant operations.
- Supervise hydropower plant equipment installations, upgrades, or maintenance.
- Respond to problems related to ratepayers, water users, power users, government agencies, educational institutions, or other private or public power resource interests.
- Plan or manage hydroelectric plant upgrades.
- Plan or coordinate hydroelectric production operations to meet customer requirements.
- Perform or direct preventive or corrective containment or cleanup to protect the environment.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Enterprising.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Post-Secondary Certificate (29% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (29.7%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months (18.6%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Hydroelectric Production Managers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 11-3051 (detailed_parent); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Moderate | Higher on contact with others than 52% of occupations compared | 55% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Higher on dealing with the public than 57% of occupations compared | 42% of surveyed respondents chose “Very important” |
| Teamwork | High | Higher on teamwork than 63% of occupations compared | 61% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very high | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 85% of occupations compared | 60% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Higher on time pressure than 56% of occupations compared | 52% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | High | Higher on conflict situations than 70% of occupations compared | 44% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Moderate | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 55% of occupations compared | 51% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Very high | Higher on consequence of error than 89% of occupations compared | 48% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: moderate
- Consequence of error: very high
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 6.89%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 38.27%
- Constant contact with others: 54.84%
n = 28, Incumbent 07/2016
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 10.09%
- Fairly important: 4.68%
- Important: 21.83%
- Very important: 42.25%
- Extremely important: 21.14%
n = 28, Incumbent 07/2016
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 4.79%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 4.43%
- Very important: 30.19%
- Extremely important: 60.59%
n = 28, Incumbent 07/2016
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 3.21%
- Some freedom: 36.46%
- A lot of freedom: 60.34%
n = 28, Incumbent 07/2016
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 11.55%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 10.27%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 51.56%
- Every day: 26.62%
n = 28, Incumbent 07/2016
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 25.26%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 43.97%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 22.96%
- Every day: 7.8%
n = 28, Incumbent 07/2016
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 2.1%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 50.53%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 27.86%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 17.42%
- Every day: 2.1%
n = 28, Incumbent 07/2016
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 9.77%
- Fairly serious: 6.59%
- Serious: 5.69%
- Very serious: 29.81%
- Extremely serious: 48.13%
n = 28, Incumbent 07/2016
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