Michael Berzenski

• Operation and maintenance of high pressure steam boilers and related equipment, as well as monitoring air conditioning equipment in the Wesleyan Central Power Plant. In addition, responding to campus wide trouble calls as needed. This is a 24 hour/365 days per year operation. I worked 3rd shift from 1980 to approximately 2018. From 2018 to the present I am working 2nd shift. During this period I acquired an S4 Connecticut heating license to fulfill state requirements for power plant operators. In addition to power plant duties, I respond to campus trouble calls as needed, which involves collaborating with Public Safety, students, faculty, staff, the fire department, and the police department in order to resolve issues after normal working hours and on weekends. Around 2015, my duties included monitoring a Cogen/electrical generation system that was installed in the Central Power Plant which produces approximately 75% of the electricity used on campus.

Operated high pressure boilers to supply steam for paper production process. Worked through subcontractor to operate and maintain aging steam plant, replacing existing boiler operators to facilitate transition to new Cogen Plant. Contributed to successful transition as new Cogen plant became operational and old plant was shut down.