Splices high-voltage cables in underground vaults beneath city streets.
You climb down into a manhole under a busy street and spend hours carefully splicing a cable as thick as your arm.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Lineworker or cable splicer apprenticeship.
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Lineworker Apprenticeship.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Splicing high-voltage cable in cramped vaults takes precise hand skills; growing undergrounding adds demand.
Classes: Physics, Electrical CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9051.
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