Plans and schedules all the maintenance work so machines are fixed without stopping production.
You line up parts, tools, and crews for a weekend shutdown so 200 repairs happen in 48 hours.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 4 years after high school. Maintenance experience plus planning software skills.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Industrial Maintenance Technology.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI in maintenance software auto-schedules jobs and orders parts; planners still balance production and crew realities.
Classes: Business, Computer applications, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1082.
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