Control Room Operator
Competency-based
ONET: 51-8012.00
2
Years
70
Skills
235h
Related instructions
Curriculum
- Performing Start-Up, Trip Recovery, Plant Controls and Signal Diagrams
- Performing Normal Operations on Start-Up, Shut-Down, and Trip Recovery
- Performing Trip Recovery and Malfunctions Response
- Responding to Major Malfunctions and Performing Start-Up and Recovery
- Supporting Apprentices Through On-The-Job Training
- Final Exam and Review
- Performing Start-Up, Trip Recovery, Plant Controls & Signal Diagrams Simulator Time
On-the-job training
- Performing Startup, Trip Recovery, Plant Controls and Signal Diagrams
- Lock open the boiler feed pump recirculation valves
- Operate the Unit 3 steam face coils to put in service and lock down
- Operate the drum level control manually
- Admit seal steam to G-Heater
- Start the submerged flight conveyor on Unit 3
- Start the economizer on lower dry flight on Unit 3
- Start the economizer on upper dry flight on Unit 3
- Start the SCR on lower dry flight on Unit 2
- Start the SCR on upper dry flight on Unit 2
- Start up at farm on the ammonia system on Unit 2
- Start the start-up boiler feed pump
- Start a main condenser hotwell pump with no pumps running
- Start a main condenser hotwell pump with one pump running
- Start a second boiler feed pump turbine
- Adjust air flow to influence re-heat temperature
- Start an air heater
- Start an induced draft fan
- Start a forced draft fan
- Purge the boiler
- Start a primary air fan
- Start an electrical hydraulic control pump
- Calculate maximum allowable top to bottom drum metal temperature differential
- Blow soot in the boiler
- Establish turbine rotor pre-warm
- Activate the wobulator
- Apply steam seals to the turbine and pull vacuum on the main condenser
- Performing Normal Operations on Start-Up, Shut-Down, and Trip Recovery
- Establish light off air flow on a individual mill package
- Increase the bias on B pulverizer group
- Start a set of gas lighters
- Automate an pulverizer mill package
- Fill the cooling tower basin
- Fill the circulating water tunnels
- Start a cooling tower fan
- Start a circulating water pump
- Automate the boiler master
- Automate the fuel master
- Place the stator cooling water system in service
- Test the main control valves
- Performing Trip Recovery and Malfunctions Response
- Perform an emergency stop on a pulverizer mill package
- Demonstrate the response to high pulverizer mill differential pressure
- Demonstrate the response to a coal feeder trip
- Demonstrate the response to a pulverizer fire
- Automate the super heat spray controls
- Automate the reheat spray controls
- Place the turbine on turning gear
- Calculate the correct acceleration rate for the turbine using the turbine starting and loading instructions
- Synchronize the generator and close the main generator breaker
- Calculate maximum allowable VAR load for a given megawatt load using the generator capability curve
- Increase generator terminal voltage
- Operate the unit in boiler follow mode
- Operate the unit in turbine follow mode
- Operate the unit in megawatt control with boiler follow mode
- Responding to Major Malfunctions and Performing Start-Up and Recovery
- Bypass feed water flow around a high pressure heater (Simulator)
- Demonstrate the response to a deaerator high level trip (Simulator)
- Demonstrate the respond to a boiler feed pump turbine trip (Simulator)
- Demonstrate the response to a forced draft fan trip (Simulator)
- Demonstrate the response to an induced draft fan trip (Simulator)
- Demonstrate the response to a circulation pump trip (Simulator)
- Demonstrate the response to a scrubber booster fan trip (Simulator)
- Properly operate the turbine with A heater out of service
- Demonstrate the proper response to a turbine trip
- Demonstrate the proper response to a boiler trip
- Establish normal back-feed for the in-house electrical distribution system
- Perform deicing on a cooling tower
- Maintaining Safe Work Practices with Breakers and Arc Flash
- Maintain safe work practices
- Identify the OSHA requirements to protect against electrical and arc hazards
- Identify low voltage circuit breakers, circuit breakers and motors
- Supporting Apprentices through On-the-job training
- Identify DOL regulations and Labor Agreement for journeymen working with apprentices
- Conduct pre-job briefing
- Communicate effectively with apprentices
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