A strategy to help you understand how electricity is made and distributed. This is a great idea to clear your mind of doubt and help you understand it.

In this commercial episode, I skipped the MCC, which feeds the MDP. From there, the power source is protected by OCPD (overcurrent protective devices, or breakers) then goes to devices like switches, outlets, and fixtures.

Understand the slang PSTMMD to gain confidence for entering the Nuclear, Industrial, Commercial, or Residential Electrical field: P — Power Plant; S — Substation; T — Transmission Line; M — Main Control Center; M — Main Distribution Panel; D — Devices.

This is the last episode. I hope it inspired you to pursue one of the highest-demand trades right now.

Learn practical routes to land jobs at nuclear power plants and large companies: gain commercial, industrial, and residential electrician experience to make yourself indispensable and reduce the need for subcontractors.

Pursue URD electrician training to dramatically shorten the apprenticeship (from 4–5 years to about 18–24 months), or complete the IEC/IBEW journey card to prove your value. Technical college diplomas in Electric System Technology and Industrial Assistant Technology combined with job experience are also effective paths.

Starting as a new technician is possible but it takes longer (4–6 years) and costs companies more in training; if you choose that route be determined to work your way up and be prepared to build seniority.

Instrumentation Control Salary. This is the highest salary in the electrical scale trade in a nuclear power plant.

In construction mode, the salary runs between $130,000 to $230,000 a year, with a five-figure company bonus yearly, great health insurance, a strong 401(k) retirement account, life insurance, and more.

In operation mode, the salary runs between $130,000 to $180,000 a year, with all those benefits described above.

In this position, you are the company's most valuable asset, so they will provide excellent training because they need your skills to control the instrumentation and programming control systems/PLCs to ensure the power plant functions properly before being delivered to the operations department.