Also called: Amusement Game Technician, Arcade Tech
Repairs and maintains arcade, prize, and redemption games at entertainment centers and theme parks.
An arcade tech diagnoses a broken ticket dispenser, replaces a joystick, updates game software, and adjusts claw machines so they're fair.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Electronics training or on-the-job learning.
Ways in: Trade school, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Electronics Technology (trade school).
Growing about average. Steady with arcades' comeback in 'eatertainment' venues.
Low risk for 10 years. Diagnostics help, but fixing prize machines and games on site stays hands-on.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply for game tech openings at arcades like Dave & Buster's or Main Event; many train handy people
Classes: Electronics, Computer science, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9099.
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