Keeps solar farms running by cleaning panels, mowing, and fixing simple problems.
You drive a utility vehicle down rows of panels, wash dusty ones, mow weeds, and replace a broken connector.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. A high school diploma plus on-the-job training at a solar farm, an OSHA 10-hour card and a driver's license.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing much faster than average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Medium risk for 10 years. Cleaning robots, robot mowers and drone thermal scans take over routine O&M; fixing faults stays human.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to solar farm operations companies for O&M technician or cleaning crew jobs
Classes: Electrical CTE, Earth science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2231.
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