| With the constant construction new of wind farms | | | | work in wind energy jobs can generally expect higher |
| across North America, wind energy jobs have been | | | | salaries for their willingness to work at respectable |
| experiencing record growth rates. Current projects | | | | heights. In fact, the average salary for a wind |
| that extend from Texas to Minnesota and from | | | | technician is currently $78,000 per year and this |
| Oregon to beyond Illinois are all contributing to the | | | | number is expected to increase with the rising demand |
| increasing demand for new and trained wind industry | | | | for newly trained technicians. With salaries like this it is |
| employees. As a result many have asked, "What | | | | easy to see why wind energy companies now require |
| employment opportunities are available for those who | | | | that applicants have prior wind tech training from |
| are new to the renewable energy sector and have no | | | | educational programs that tend to fill quickly. For more |
| prior wind industry experience?" To answer this | | | | information about how to get the necessary training, |
| question, the following sections will focus on the top | | | | do a Google search for "monthly wind tech training" to |
| two entry-level wind energy jobs which are known to | | | | learn about available accelerated wind training courses. |
| have the most growth potential and that typically | | | | The second occupation that this article will highlight is |
| receive the highest starting salaries. | | | | that of the wind turbine construction laborer. Of all the |
| The first occupation that this report will discuss is that | | | | available wind energy jobs in the industry, this |
| of the Wind Technician. Wind technicians are | | | | profession can be the most challenging. Work will |
| categorized in the wind industry as field professionals | | | | frequently start and stop and conditions regularly |
| who are primarily responsible for the Operations and | | | | necessitate traveling to new site locations. As a |
| Maintenance of wind turbines. Working out in the field, | | | | general wind industry laborer, there are typically many |
| wind technicians are able to enjoy the splendor of the | | | | duties to perform on site which vary in their difficulty |
| outdoors while performing regularly scheduled duties | | | | as dictated by employee experience levels and the |
| which keep wind turbines in good operating condition. | | | | wind energy employers obligations. Fortunately, this |
| Common tasks for wind technicians include; oil | | | | occupation requires no prior wind energy training, |
| changes, filter replacement, component troubleshooting, | | | | however average salaries are significantly lower than |
| and general warranty compliance tasks. In order to | | | | that of a wind technician. In all, wind energy companies |
| accomplish these tasks wind techs must be willing to | | | | often post available openings and for those looking to |
| climb a fixed ladder that is found inside of the wind | | | | get their "foot in the door" this is a definite career that |
| turbine's tubular support tower. Although many are | | | | will get you there. The current states that are most |
| initially intimidated by the thought of climbing, the | | | | active in advertising open positions in construction |
| installation of safety equipment like fall restraint | | | | focused wind energy jobs are Colorado and Illinois. To |
| systems have reduced workplace injuries to the point | | | | find these jobs, a variety of outlets exist which can be |
| that they are now incredibly rare. In addition, those who | | | | easily identified using a simple Google search. |