Also called: Police Car Upfitter, Emergency Vehicle Technician
Installs the lights, sirens, radios, cages, and computers in police cars and ambulances.
Upfitters take a plain new SUV and turn it into a patrol car, wiring light bars, sirens, laptops, radios, and gun racks. The wiring is intricate and the work is precise. Many work for city fleet garages or private shops.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Automotive electronics training; EVT certification.
Ways in: Trade school, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Automotive Technology, Electronics Technology.
Growing about average. Approximate.
Low risk for 10 years. Wiring each vehicle by hand is messy custom work robots can't do; diagnostic tools help.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to emergency vehicle upfitters or police car outfitters for installer trainee jobs
Classes: Automotive CTE, Electronics CTE, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-2096.
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