Also called: Laundry Machine Technician, Laundromat Technician
Repairs the big washers, dryers and ironers in laundromats, hotels, hospitals and apartment buildings.
You replace a bearing on a 100-pound washer at a hospital laundry, then fix a card reader at a laundromat. Hotels can't function without clean sheets, so you're always in demand.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma or less; learned on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. Connected machines report faults, but repairing big washers and dryers on-site stays hands-on.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to laundry equipment distributors or service companies for helper jobs
Classes: Electrical CTE, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9031.
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