Also called: Battery Production Technician
Assembles, tests and troubleshoots high-voltage battery modules and packs for electric vehicles.
Wearing insulated gloves, you connect battery modules into a pack bigger than a mattress, torque every bolt and run tests that check each cell's voltage and temperature. If a pack fails, you trace the problem with a meter.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. High school plus high-voltage safety training; electrical background helps.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification, 2-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Electrical Technology (certificate), Electric Vehicle Technology.
Growing faster than average. New plants opening, though EV demand is uneven.
Medium risk for 10 years. Battery module lines are getting heavily automated; skilled techs who test and fix high-voltage packs stay needed.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at EV battery and car plants or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Electronics CTE class, Chemistry, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-2028.
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