Wind Turbine Service Technicians

Architecture and Construction In demand
Inspect, diagnose, adjust, or repair wind turbines. Perform maintenance on wind turbine equipment including resolving electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic malfunctions.

What a wind turbine service technician does

Become a wind turbine service technician

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good wind turbine service technician

  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $31 per hour with an average salary of $64,100 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $28 and $34 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $57,700 and $71,600 per year.

Wind Turbine Service Technician job outlook

  • There are 94 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 44 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

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