Wind turbine technicians maintain and repair wind farm turbines on land and at sea.
£23,000 Starter
to£42,000 Experienced
37 to 40 a week
on call occasionally
You can get into this job through:
You can do a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in:
You'll usually need:
You can do a college course, which can help you to get a trainee job with a wind turbine engineering company. Courses include:
You'll usually need:
You can do an engineering technician, or maintenance and operations engineering technician, advanced apprenticeship.
You can also complete a higher apprenticeship in manufacturing engineering: wind generation.
You'll usually need:
You can apply directly for jobs if you've got qualifications and experience in electrical or mechanical engineering from another industry, or from the armed forces.
Demand for wind turbine technicians is predicted to grow over the next 10 years, with older wind farms being replaced or refurbished, as they come to the end of their working lives.
You can discover more about a career as a wind turbine technician from RenewableUK.
You'll need:
You'll need to:
You'll also need safety training to work on wind turbines. This could include sea survival if you're working offshore. Employers will advise you on what's required.
Your day-to-day duties may include:
You could work in remote rural areas or at sea.
Your working environment may be at height and outdoors in all weathers.
You may need to wear protective clothing.
You could become an authorised technician, with responsibility for supervising a technical team, and dealing with health and safety.
With further training, you could work as an operations and maintenance manager, control systems engineer or energy engineer.
The Find a job service can help you with your search for jobs and send alerts when new jobs become available.
Received your exam results? Speak to a careers adviser for advice on the options available to you.
Call 0800 100 900 from 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week.
Calls are free from landlines and most mobile numbers.
Follow us on Twitter for more support.
Take an assessment to learn more about your skills and the careers that might suit you.
Call 0800 100 900 or use webchat
8am to 10pm, 7 days a week
More ways to contact us