For those who attend a community college in Alaska to get an associates degree in engineering, you can take power generation as a focus of that degree. While you still have an associates in engineering when you finish the two-year program, you will also be exposed to more material and training that's used specifically in the power generation, or electrical power generation, field rather than solely general engineering.
Industrial repair is a hands-on collection of courses you can take as a diploma or associate degree at an Alaskan community college. Industrial repair covers industrial safety, pipe fitting, hand tools, drafting and other engineering skills, but it also focuses on how to fix what's already there, rather than building from the ground up. This can be used in the field of power generation to keep the lights on and running.
Rather than a full degree, power generation can also be a number of courses that are part of a larger degree. These classes fall into the Repair Technologies umbrella and, at the moment, a full degree that studies only power generation isn't offered at technical colleges in Alaska. But once the basics of power generation are taught, they're combined with other repair and engineering classes, which makes it possible for students to work in the field with generators and electricity.
While not a power generation focus, electrical engineering as an associate or certification program teaches students how electricity and electrical systems function. This provides the basis for building and repairing these systems, which can be used in the field of power generation. There are also more advanced degrees in electrical engineering, but four-year degrees aren't offered at community colleges, as a rule.