Also called: Election Technician, Voting Systems Specialist
Tests, repairs, and secures the voting machines and ballot scanners used in elections.
Before each election, techs run logic-and-accuracy tests on every machine in public view, seal them with tamper-evident tape, and deliver them to polling places. On Election Day they race around fixing problems.
County pay; extra hours around elections. Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Technical training or experience plus training on the county's certified voting system.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification, 2-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Electronics Technology, Information Technology.
Growing about average. Steady county demand.
Low risk for 10 years. Machines get smarter, but testing, repairing and sealing them in public view needs certified hands.
Classes: Electronics CTE class, Computer science, AP U.S. Government, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9099.
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