Also called: Solar Farm Electrician
Wires up giant solar farms: thousands of panels, combiner boxes, inverters, and substations.
You work outdoors on a crew, pulling cable through trenches, terminating wires, and testing circuits before the farm goes live.
Uses BLS electrician figures.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. 4-5 year electrical apprenticeship and state license.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Trade school. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Electrical Technology (trade school).
Growing much faster than average (about 9% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Robots are starting to place panels, but wiring, testing and terminating at substations stays skilled electrical work.
Classes: Physics, Electrical CTE class, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2111.
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