Also called: Underground Utility Locator, 811 Locator
Finds and marks buried gas, power, and water lines with colored paint and flags before anyone digs.
You get a list of dig requests, drive site to site with a radio locator, find buried lines, and spray-paint their paths on the ground.
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 plus training.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Steady demand with construction.
Medium risk for 10 years. Better maps and ground-penetrating radar speed locates, but someone still walks each site, finds lines and marks them.
Age 21+. One way to start: Apply to locating companies (like USIC) that mark buried lines; they train you for a few weeks
Classes: Earth science, Geometry, Driver's education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-4099.
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