Also called: Mooring Technician, Ocean Glider Technician
Builds, deploys, and repairs ocean sensors, robots, and underwater gliders.
You prepare an ocean glider that will 'fly' through the sea for months collecting data, test sensors in tanks, and recover moorings covered in barnacles.
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 in electronics or marine technology.
Ways in: 2-year college, On-the-job training, Military. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Marine Technology (2-year), Electronics Technology.
Growing about average. BLS does not project this specialty separately; rating estimated from related occupations.
Low risk for 10 years. Building and recovering gliders, moorings and sensors is hands-on work; more ocean robots mean more techs.
Classes: Physics, Electronics CTE, Algebra II.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-4099.
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