Power Plant Technology (EUT)
View the required classes for the Power Plant Technology program.
If you dream of driving toward a career as a highly-skilled power plant operator or maintenance personnel, then step up toward a degree in Power Plant Technology. Overseen by Youngstown State University with classroom and lab space at Belmont Technical College and American Electrical Power's Mitchell plant, this real-world, hands-on program will gear you up and land you in the spotlight in one of the area's crucial, dynamic power plants.
As a student, you will gain technical skills in:
- Electrical theory
- Electrical machinery and controls
- Power plant operations, boiler, turbine, and generator operations, and power plant instrumentation
- Pollution control equipment
- Tracing out systems, preparing sketches, and reporting on systems operation
. . .and good, solid, essential basic skills in:
- College writing
- Oral Communication
- Interpersonal relations
The future looks bright. There is a need for highly-skilled operators and maintenance personnel in power plants, and your journey begins here!
