Also called: Utility Designer, Electric Design Technician
Lays out the poles, wires, and transformers needed to bring power to new neighborhoods and buildings.
You visit a new housing development, plan where poles and underground lines go, and produce the job package line crews build from.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate degree in electrical technology or drafting.
Ways in: 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Electrical Engineering Technology, Drafting and Design.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years).
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Design software and AI now auto-layout poles and transformers for new subdivisions; fewer designers handle more jobs.
Classes: Drafting or CAD CTE class, Geometry, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-3023.
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