From Senior Technician, Electrical to Lead Critical Facilities Technician
A step up the ladder, typically 2 years.
There’s a page for this pathway in , with its licences and local details.
Skills to build
What a Lead Critical Facilities Technician needs beyond a Senior Technician, Electrical.
Commissioning
- Accept capacity in phases Leads others
- Work in a site that is part live and part under construction Leads others
Leadership
- Coach and assess others Up to Leads others
- Coordinate an incident response Leads others
- Lead a shift Leads others
- Find root causes and learn from incidents Independent
- Keep customers informed during an incident Independent
- Supervise contractors and vendors Independent
Power transfer and generation
- Coordinate load changes with the site plant or utility Up to Leads others
Monitoring and response
- Escalate to the right people Leads others
- Triage DCIM and BMS alarms Leads others
Emergency response
- Evacuate and muster Leads others
- Raise the alarm and escalate Leads others
- Recognise and report a suspected cyber incident Up to Independent
Procedures and documents
- Follow an emergency operating procedure (EOP) Leads others
- Keep the shift log and hand over Leads others
- Work within change management Independent
BMS and fire
- Respond to a fire alarm Leads others
Site safety
- Assess risk and plan safe work Independent
Cooling plant
- Restart cooling in an emergency Independent
Liquid cooling
- Respond to a coolant leak or a CDU failure Leads others, desirable
- Know who owns each part of the loop Independent, desirable
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)
- ISCO-08, International Labour Organization, as published in ESCO v1.2.1. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents)