Also called: Ultra-High Vacuum Technician
Builds and maintains vacuum chambers emptier than outer space for fusion and physics experiments.
You assemble a stainless-steel chamber with gloves on so fingerprints won't spoil the vacuum, bake it out, and hunt leaks with a helium detector.
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 or on-the-job training.
Ways in: 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Engineering Technology, Physics.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Leak detection and assembly of vacuum chambers is fussy hands-on work that AI doesn't do.
Classes: Physics, Chemistry, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-3029.
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