Also called: Wind Construction Worker
Builds wind farms: digging foundations, building roads, and helping assemble turbines.
You help pour a turbine foundation with tons of concrete and steel, guide blade deliveries, and work with crane crews on lifts.
Uses BLS construction laborer figures; travel crews often earn more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. No formal education required; on-the-job training.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Machines dig and lift, but building roads, foundations and turbines in fields is still crew labor.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to wind farm construction contractors or staffing agencies near new projects First: OSHA 10 safety card (a 10-hour course)
Classes: Construction CTE class, Weight training.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2061.
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