Career Overview
Wind Turbine Service Technicians - Inspect, diagnose, adjust, or repair wind turbines. Perform maintenance on wind turbine equipment including resolving electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic malfunctions.
Skills and Abilities
Inspect or repair fiberglass turbine blades; Climb wind turbine towers to inspect, maintain, or repair equipment; Diagnose problems involving wind turbine generators or control systems; Perform routine maintenance on wind turbine equipment, underground transmission systems, wind fields substations, or fiber optic sensing and control systems.
AVERAGE SALARY
- $78,140 (annually)
- $37.57 (hourly)
Salary Ranges (entry level > experienced)
- $51,576 - $115,810 (annually)
- $24.80 - $55.68 (hourly)
*SOURCE: Occupational Employment Statistics Program, US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for Colorado, from May 2018. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
* Entry Level wage rates based on the average of the lower 1/3 of the wage distribution. Experienced wage rates based on the average of the top 10% of the wage distribution.
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