Repairs and rewinds electric motors, pumps, and generators.
You take apart a burned-out factory motor, rewind thousands of feet of copper wire by hand, and test it until it hums again.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 1 year after high school. On-the-job training; electrical coursework helps.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Trade school. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Electrical Technology.
Growing slowly. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Vibration-monitoring AI predicts which motors fail, but tearing down, rewinding and rebuilding them is shop handwork.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to electric motor repair shops for shop helper or trainee jobs
Classes: Electronics CTE, Small engines or shop, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-2092.
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