Wind Turbine Service Technicians
Inspect, diagnose, adjust, or repair wind turbines. Perform maintenance on wind turbine equipment including resolving electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic malfunctions.
Most important skills
- Operations Monitoring
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Repairing
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Monitoring
- Complex Problem Solving
Key knowledge
- Mechanical
- Computers and Electronics
- English Language
- Public Safety and Security
- Engineering and Technology
- Education and Training
- Administration and Management
- Building and Construction
What the work involves
- Troubleshoot or repair mechanical, hydraulic, or electrical malfunctions related to variable pitch systems, variable speed control systems, converter systems, or related components.
- 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.
- Start or restart wind turbine generator systems to ensure proper operations.
- Test electrical components of wind systems with devices, such as voltage testers, multimeters, oscilloscopes, infrared testers, or fiber optic equipment.
- Test structures, controls, or mechanical, hydraulic, or electrical systems, according to test plans or in coordination with engineers.
- Collect turbine data for testing or research and analysis.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Investigative.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Post-Secondary Certificate (34.4% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (32.5%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (46.4%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Wind Turbine Service Technicians is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | High | Higher on contact with others than 74% of occupations compared | 74% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very low | Lower on dealing with the public than 84% of occupations compared | 39% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly important” |
| Teamwork | High | Higher on teamwork than 72% of occupations compared | 76% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Moderate | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 56% of occupations compared | 53% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | High | Higher on time pressure than 76% of occupations compared | 50% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | High | Higher on conflict situations than 78% of occupations compared | 31% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very high | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 83% of occupations compared | 45% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Consequence of error | Very high | Higher on consequence of error than 98% of occupations compared | 81% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: high
- Conflict situations: high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: very high
- Consequence of error: very high
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 3.5%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 22.75%
- Constant contact with others: 73.75%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2021
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 25.12%
- Fairly important: 39.04%
- Important: 15.89%
- Very important: 9.16%
- Extremely important: 10.8%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2021
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 11.01%
- Important: 3.08%
- Very important: 10.04%
- Extremely important: 75.87%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2021
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 2.35%
- Limited freedom: 10.49%
- Some freedom: 52.77%
- A lot of freedom: 34.39%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2021
Time pressure
- Never: 1.54%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 4.74%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 15.37%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 27.99%
- Every day: 50.35%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2021
Conflict situations
- Never: 5.4%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 30.68%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 17.08%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 22.93%
- Every day: 23.91%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2021
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 13.65%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 18.56%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 15.01%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 7.9%
- Every day: 44.89%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2021
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 0%
- Fairly serious: 1.79%
- Serious: 1.57%
- Very serious: 15.32%
- Extremely serious: 81.32%
n = 29, Incumbent 08/2021
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