Also called: ROC Operator, Renewables Control Room Operator
Monitors hundreds of wind turbines across the country from a 24/7 control room.
You watch turbine alarms on big screens, restart a turbine that faulted in Iowa, and dispatch a technician to one in Texas that's overheating.
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 wind technician experience.
Ways in: 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Wind Energy Technology, Electrical Technology.
Growing faster than average. Not tracked separately by BLS; wind technician jobs are projected to grow about 50%.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI increasingly runs turbine resets and alarm triage automatically, so one controller watches far more turbines.
Classes: Computer science, Physics, Algebra 2.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-8013.
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