Power Distributors and Dispatchers
The short answer
Parts of this job are expected to change. AI can already assist with some of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 508 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth for how much AI could touch it—right around the middle.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 64% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Coordinate with engineers, planners, field personnel, or other utility workers to provide information such as clearances, switching orders, or distribution process changes.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Control, monitor, or operate equipment that regulates or distributes electricity or steam, using data obtained from instruments or computers.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Distribute or regulate the flow of power between entities, such as generating stations, substations, distribution lines, or users, keeping track of the status of circuits or connections.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prepare switching orders that will isolate work areas without causing power outages, referring to drawings of power systems.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Monitor and record switchboard or control board readings to ensure that electrical or steam distribution equipment is operating properly.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Respond to emergencies, such as transformer or transmission line failures, and route current around affected areas.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Direct personnel engaged in controlling or operating distribution equipment or machinery, such as instructing control room operators to start boilers or generators.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Manipulate controls to adjust or activate power distribution equipment or machines.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Inspect equipment to ensure that specifications are met or to detect any defects.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Tend auxiliary equipment used in the power distribution process.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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What the move takes
A step up—usually requires a bachelor's degree, with 5 years or more of experience.
Getting ready typically takes two to four years.
Skills you already have
- Problem Sensitivity
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Mathematics
- Inductive Reasoning
New skills to build
- Production and Processing
- Administration and Management
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Management of Financial Resources
- Chemistry