Also called: Scale Service Technician, Weighing Systems Technician
Installs, repairs and certifies the scales everyone trusts, from grocery store scales to 100-ton truck scales.
You drive a truck loaded with certified test weights to a gravel quarry and check its truck scale, adjusting it until it reads exactly right. Then you fix a deli scale and a lab balance. Fair trade depends on accurate scales.
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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, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. Scales get digital, but testing them with certified weights and certifying them by law needs a technician.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to scale service companies for technician helper jobs; they train you
Classes: Algebra, Physics, Electronics CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9069.
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