Role
AI for Substation Technicians
Founder, Automation Squad
Inspect, test, repair, or maintain electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays.
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay · O*NET 49-2095.00 · Job Zone 3 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database
Automation coverage
7 of 11tools on this list have an AI solution available today
Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.
AI you can use for this job
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Microsoft Outlook
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Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
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AppAutoCAD is a design and drafting platform which supports automated design tasks and offers features such as 2D drafting, drawing and annotation, 3D modeling and visualization, and more.
Autodesk
MCP serverEasy Autocad
MCP serverExcel
MCP serverExcel
SkillMicrosoft
MCP serverMake (make.com)
PowerOffice
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Spreadsheet
SkillWeb Browser
MCP serverWeb Browser
Skill
The tools this job actually uses
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- Autodesk AutoCADhot
- Microsoft Excelhot
- Microsoft Office softwarehot
- Microsoft Outlookhot
- Microsoft Windowshot
- Microsoft Wordhot
- Fluke Corporation FlukeView Forms
- Megger PowerDB
- OMICRON Test Universe
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Web browser software
What this job involves
17 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 17.
- Inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using wiring diagrams and testing devices such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or ammeters.
- Prepare and maintain records detailing tests, repairs, and maintenance.
- Consult manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering personnel to troubleshoot and solve equipment problems and to determine optimum equipment functioning.
- Analyze test data to diagnose malfunctions, to determine performance characteristics of systems, or to evaluate effects of system modifications.
- Open and close switches to isolate defective relays, performing adjustments or repairs.
- Notify facility personnel of equipment shutdowns.
- Construct, test, maintain, and repair substation relay and control systems.
- Test insulators and bushings of equipment by inducing voltage across insulation, testing current, and calculating insulation loss.
- Repair, replace, and clean equipment and components such as circuit breakers, brushes, and commutators.
- Schedule and supervise the construction and testing of special devices and the implementation of unique monitoring or control systems.
- Schedule and supervise splicing or termination of cables in color-code order.
- Test oil in circuit breakers and transformers for dielectric strength, refilling oil periodically.
- Run signal quality and connectivity tests for individual cables, and record results.
- Disconnect voltage regulators, bolts, and screws, and connect replacement regulators to high-voltage lines.
- Maintain inventories of spare parts for all equipment, requisitioning parts as necessary.
- Calibrate instruments, such as transmitters.
- Use drones for inspection of high-voltage lines and other hard-to-reach equipment.