Also called: Fare Machine Technician, Revenue Equipment Technician
Repairs the ticket machines, card readers and fare gates in subway stations and on buses.
A turnstile at a busy subway station keeps rejecting cards. You open it, swap a reader board, update its software, and fix a ticket machine that jammed with coins before the morning rush.
Estimated; union transit agency pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Electronics associate degree or certificate.
Ways in: 2-year college, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Electronics Technology.
Growing about average. Agencies are switching to tap-to-pay systems.
Medium risk for 10 years. Tap-to-pay reduces ticket machines; readers and gates still need hands-on repair.
Classes: Electronics, Computer science, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-2097.
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