Also called: OCS Lineworker, Third Rail Technician
Maintains the high-voltage overhead wires and third rails that power electric trains and streetcars.
At 1 a.m. when service stops, you ride a special rail truck to fix a sagging overhead wire or replace insulators. You follow strict lockout steps because the system carries hundreds to thousands of volts.
Estimated from BLS electrical power-line installers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Electrical apprenticeship or lineworker training plus agency-specific certification.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Trade school, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Electrical Lineworker (trade school), Electrical Technology.
Growing about average. Grows with rail electrification.
Low risk for 10 years. Remote monitoring flags faults; working on high-voltage wire and third rail stays hands-on and skilled.
Classes: Electrical CTE, Physics, Algebra II.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9051.
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