Also called: Tunnel Control Room Operator, Tunnel Systems Technician
Watches over road tunnels from a control room, running giant fans, lights and fire systems and responding to crashes inside.
From a control room full of screens, you watch traffic in an underwater tunnel. When a car stalls, you change the lane signs, send a tow truck, and if smoke appears you start the giant ventilation fans.
Estimated; tunnel authority pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 1 year after high school. High school plus agency training; electrical or mechanical skills help.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification, 2-year college. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Industrial Maintenance Technology, Emergency Management.
Growing about average. Small group of tunnels, but they need 24/7 crews.
Medium risk for 10 years. Cameras auto-detect incidents; people still make response calls and fix systems.
Classes: Physics, Computer science, Health.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-6099.
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