Also called: Maintenance Mechanic, Millwright
Repairs pumps, valves, and huge turbines in nuclear plants, often during intense refueling outages.
During an outage, you might rebuild a reactor coolant pump seal while wearing protective gear, working against a tight schedule.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 3 years after high school. Mechanical apprenticeship, trade school, or Navy machinist's mate training.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Trade school, Military. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Industrial Maintenance (trade school).
Growing much faster than average (about 8% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Robots inspect some radiation areas, but rebuilding pumps, valves and turbines stays hands-on.
Classes: Mechanics CTE class, Welding CTE class, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9041.
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