Also called: Cleanroom Technician (Space)
Prepares and maintains the ultra-clean rooms where satellites and Mars hardware are built.
You gown up head to toe, clean surfaces, count particles in the air and help handle hardware. It is quiet, careful work right next to hardware headed for space.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; on-the-job training.
Ways in: On-the-job training, 2-year college. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Aerospace Technology.
Growing much faster than average (about 8% over 10 years). Aerospace technicians overall.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Cleaning robots and automated monitors help; suiting up and maintaining cleanrooms stays human.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to satellite and spacecraft makers for cleanroom technician jobs
Classes: Chemistry, Biology, Health, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-3021.
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