Also called: Airport Lighting Technician, Runway Lighting Electrician
Installs and repairs the thousands of runway and taxiway lights, signs and wiring that guide pilots at night and in fog.
At 1 a.m., when the runway is closed, you drive out with a list of dark lights. You pop a light fixture out of the pavement, test the underground cable, and swap a transformer so the runway is ready for the 6 a.m. arrivals.
Estimated; big-airport and union rates.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Electrical apprenticeship plus airfield lighting training.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Electrical Technology (apprenticeship).
Growing about average. Airports keep upgrading to LED lighting.
Low risk for 10 years. Monitoring systems flag outages, but fixing lights on runways stays hands-on.
Classes: Electricity or shop, Physics, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2111.
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