Installs and maintains transformers, breakers, and switches in power substations.
You help lift a new transformer into place with a crane, wire its controls, and test it before it powers a whole town.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Utility electrical apprenticeship.
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Electrical Apprenticeship.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Remote monitoring flags substation faults, but maintaining transformers and breakers on-site stays hands-on.
Classes: Physics, Algebra, Electrical CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-2095.
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